Environment

NWS: Today’s High Near 41, Tonight’s Low Around 23

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 13, 2019

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 41 with a 60 percent chance of snow showers likely, mainly before noon and a total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible. Tonight’s low around 23 with a 30 percent chance of scattered snow showers, patchy blowing snow and wind gusts as high as 40 mph. Courtesy/NWS Read More

Zero Waste: From Farm To Trash (Not To Table)

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 12, 2019

ZERO WASTE News:

In America we love food. The Natural Resources Defense Council stated that 40 percent of all food produced in the United States (US) never gets eaten. Americans throw away $165 billion dollars’ worth of food every year or 20 pounds of food per person per month. That is enough food to fill 730 football stadiums each year.

Between producers, sellers, and consumers, Americans are tossing a third –or even more—of our food. That’s outrageous! Especially when in many cases it’s actually good enough to eat. This picture from our own transfer station shows edible food that should Read More

Daily Postcard: View From Old Anderson Overlook

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 12, 2019
Daily Postcard: View of a nice gloomy day with great clouds shot Monday from the old Anderson Overlook (where you park on the right heading down the Main Hill Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
 
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Daily Postcard: Pair Of Coyotes Spotted At Bandelier

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 11, 2019

Daily Postcard: A pair of coyotes is spotted recently at Bandelier National Monument. Coyotes are significantly larger than foxes and can be mistaken for a large dog like a German Shepard. The tell-tell giveaways are their pointed muzzles and intriguing yellow eyes heavily ringed in black. Photo by Sally King/NPS Read More

Amateur Naturalist: What Is Happening To The Birds?

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 10, 2019
A Bushtit is among the declining species. Photo by Bob Walker
 
Amateur Naturalist: What is Happening to the Birds?
By ROBERT DRYJA
 
We are considering what is happening to the birds of Los Alamos. This has involved reviewing the different kinds of habitats throughout the county.
 
Annual data for individual species as well as groupsof species is available from 1989 to the present, or 30 years.
 
We had considered species of birds t in a prior article that are generalists when it comes to preferred habitats for nesting. Most bird species nest primarily in one kind of habitat.
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Daylight Saving Time Begins 2 a.m. Today!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 10, 2019

Daylight Saving News:

Sunday, March 10, most Americans will set their clocks forward an hour, as daylight saving time (sometimes erroneously called daylight savings time) begins at 2 a.m., and most of the United States will “gain” an hour of daylight.

These spring and fall clock changes continue a long tradition started by Benjamin Franklin to conserve energy.

Starting in 2007, DST begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March, when people move their clocks forward an hour at 2 a.m. local standard time (so at 2 a.m. on that day, the clocks will then read 3 a.m. local daylight

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Glorieta Camps Prescribed Burn Planned For March

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 9, 2019
GLORIETA CAMPS News:
 
SANTA FE ― Glorieta Camps, The Nature Conservancy’s Rio Grande Water Fund and the Forest Stewards Guild plan to take advantage of favorable conditions, including moisture levels, air quality, wind direction, and weather forecasts, and initiate a prescribed burn at Glorieta Camps, west of Pecos, as early as Monday March 11.
 
Exact dates will be dependent on environmental conditions. This burn will be implemented by the All Hands All Lands Burn Team (Burn Team), which is a fully qualified team designed to lead prescribed burns or support others in burning across
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Senate Bill To Ban Coyote Killing Contests Passes First House Committee

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 9, 2019
APV News:
 
SANTA FE — A vote of 3-1, the New Mexico House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 76 Thursday to prohibit coyote killing contests statewide.
 
Coyote killing contests are organized events in which participants compete for prizes—typically cash, firearms, and commemorative belt buckles—by attempting to kill the most, the largest, and the smallest coyotes over a period of time. There are at least 25 to 30 such contests known to be held throughout the state each year. A “small dog” winner at a recent New Mexico coyote killing contest
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NWS: Today’s High Near 57, Tonight’s Low Around 28

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 8, 2019

The National Weather Service forecasts today’s high in Los Alamos near 57 with a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m. and wind gusts as high as 35 mph., tonight’s low around 28 with a 60 percent chance of showers, possibly a slight amount of snow and wind gusts as high as 40 mph. Courtesy/NWS Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: March 7

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 7, 2019
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Despite a cold snap over the weekend in Eastern New Mexico, ice conditions at several lakes have deteriorated and they have been closed to ice fishing.
 
Eagle Nest Lake has been closed to fishing as the ice is breaking up. Call 575.377.1594 for an update on conditons.
 
Lake Maloya and Lake Alice at Sugarite Canyon State Park near Raton have been closed to ice fishing due to unsafe conditions. Call 575.445.5607 for conditions.
 
Heron Lake and El Vado Lake are both closed to ice fishing due to unsafe ice conditions. El
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After Filibuster, Senate OKs Power Plant Shutdown Bill

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 7, 2019
Sen. Bill Sharer, R-Farmington
 
By STEVE TERRELL
 
A bill aimed at shutting down the coal-burning San Juan Generating Station and strengthening New Mexico renewable energy standards survived a rambling 3 1/2-hour filibuster and other parliamentary maneuvering by opponents Wednesday night in the state Senate.
 
But one victim of the games on the Senate floor was the annual House vs. Senate basketball contest at the Santa Fe Indian School gym, an annual benefit for the University of New Mexico’s Comprehensive Cancer Center. The
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Legislative Roundup: March 7

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 7, 2019
Zeke Pirtle, 7, helps his father, state Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, warm up before Wednesday’s game against the House Aggies in the Hoops 4 Hope contest, which benefits the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, held at the Santa Fe Indian School on March 6, 2019. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican
 
Chris Jans, New Mexico State Aggies head basketball coach, goes over plays with members of the state House of Representatives before their game against The Senate Lobos at the start of Hoops 4 Hope, an annual event that benefits the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center, held at the Santa Fe Indian
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