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AGU: Researchers Describe Likely Origin Of Perfect Lines On Saturn’s Moon

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 1, 2018
Saturn’s moon Dione coasts along in its orbit appearing in front of its parent planet. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
 
AGU News:
 
Strange features on Saturn’s moon Dione resembling lines of latitude on a map could be the result of space dust crashing onto Dione’s surface, according to a new study.
 
Dione is the fourth-largest of Saturn’s 53 confirmed moons. It has a liquid water ocean covered by an icy shell and a surface marked by craters, fault scarps and recently discovered bright, linear streaks parallel to its equator. The streaks have puzzled scientists
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UbiQD Of Los Alamos Selected Nationally For Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Program

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 1, 2018

UbiQD of Los Alamos is one of only five companies selected nationally for the IN2 program. UbiQD will receive up to $250,000 to accelerate innovative commercial buildings technology. Courtesy/UbiQD

BUSINESS News:

  • One of only five companies selected nationally for the IN2 program, UbiQD will receive up to $250,000 to accelerate innovative commercial buildings technology

The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has announced that UbiQD, Read More

Nature On Tap: Turkeys In The Past At Bandelier Nov. 5

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 1, 2018
Turkey petroglyph. Courtesy photo
 
LACDC News:
 
Join the Los Alamos Creative District and staff from Bandelier National Monument at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5 during Nature On Tap at UnQuarked Wine Room to learn about the importance of turkeys to Ancestral Puebloans based on archeological and ethnographic information.
 
Attendees also will learn about the rock art of Frijoles Canyon.
 
These topics are particularly relevant today because 2018 is the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the most powerful and important bird-protection law ever passed. In honor
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New Mexico Communities Hand-Deliver Protest Comments On Expanded Fracking In Greater Chaco

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 1, 2018
Scene from citizens protesting expanded fracking Wednesday in Greater Chaco at the Bureau of Land Management state office. Courtesy photo
 
Scene from citizens protesting expanded fracking Wednesday in Greater Chaco at the Bureau of Land Management state office. Courtesy photo
 
Sierra Club News:
 
SANTA FE ― Community groups and advocates hand-delivered more than 10,000 citizen protest comments to the Bureau of Land Management’s New Mexico state office in snowy Santa Fe Wednesday in opposition to an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for December that would auction off close
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SFNF: 150 Acres Completed On Borrego Mesa Burn

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 1, 2018
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) completed 150 acres of a 200 acre broadcast burn Tuesday on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit.
 
The broadcast burn reduces the risk of high-severity wildfire. The treatment area consists of slash left behind from wood cutting.
 
The remaining 50 acres are expected to be completed sometime between early November and Dec. 31.
 
The area is approximately five miles East of Cordova, and five miles South of Truchas. Smoke may be visible from Santa Fe, Espanola, Tesuque, Truchas,
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Scenes From Los Alamos Rotary Club ‘Bat Week’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on November 1, 2018

Los Alamos Rotarian Judy Goldie, center, was the recipient Tuesday of the Major Donor Award from The Rotary Foundation, the funding branch of Rotary International. Goldie has given generously to The Rotary Foundation during her 25 years of membership. She was drawn to Rotary’s many humanitarian initiatives, in particular the eradication of polio, because a relative had contracted the crippling disease in childhood. In recognition of her contributions, Goldie received a distinctive blue enameled and gold pin with a diamond and an engraved crystal depiction of a peace dove. Joining Read More

Explore November’s Night Skies At Planetarium

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 31, 2018

Explore the night skies of November at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2. At 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 watch the full-dome film “National Parks Adventure” at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Learn what will be visible in November’s night skies Friday, Nov. 2 in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium.

Paul Arendt will host an interactive tour of the heavens at 7 p.m. and will highlight planets, star patterns and constellations that may be readily observed throughout the month.

During the month of November, Mars, Saturn and Venus will all be visible. Arendt also will discuss Read More

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Monument Closed Nov. 1

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 31, 2018
BLM News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― In keeping with the administration’s priorities of being good neighbors and respecting the ties that native and traditional communities have to public lands, the Bureau of Land Management is announcing that the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument will be closed Nov 1.
 
This closure allows for Pueblo de Cochiti cultural observances and routine BLM maintenance.
 
The BLM manages the monument in close cooperation with the Pueblo, which requested the closure. This closure is one of 12 scheduled throughout the year.
 
The scheduled closures
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Gubernatorial Candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham Releases Plan To Manage & Conserve Water

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 31, 2018
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
From the Michelle Lujan Grisham for Governor Campaign:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham has released her plan to manage and conserve our water for future generations of New Mexicans.
 
The plan calls for a strategic 50-year water plan built on consensus and based in reality.
 
“Like many Western states, New Mexico is experiencing a drought with no end in sight as water from the mountains continue to decline,” Lujan Grisham said. “New Mexico’s future depends on a reliable supply of water and for too long, we have taken a disjointed
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SFNF: Borrego Mesa Prescribed Burn Underway

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 31, 2018
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Due to favorable conditions, fire managers on the Espanola Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) began a broadcast burn on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit today.
 
Favorable conditions, such as acceptable fuel moisture levels, air quality and weather forecasts, will allow up to 200 acres on the Borrego Mesa fuelwood unit to be treated anytime between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2.
 
Fire managers plan to target heavier slash left behind from wood cutting to reduce the risk of high-severity wildfire.
 
The area is located approximately five
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NMGF Fishing And Stocking Report

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 31, 2018
Julia Romero, age 10, caught her first fish at Monastery Lake Oct. 21. She caught a 13-inch rainbow trout using a fly with a bubble float. Courtesy photo
 
NMGF News:
 
This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers and anglers. Conditions encountered after the report is compiled may differ, as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.
 
 
CATCHES OF THE WEEK:  
 
Conchas Lake: Kerry Guyette
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NFWF: $1.1 Million Plus In Grants To Help Bats

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 30, 2018

A big brown bat shows the telltale symptom of white-nose syndrome. This mysterious disease is obliterating entire bat colonies as it spreads across North America, and scientists say time is running out to save these ecologically and economically important mammals. Source: mnn.com. Courtesy/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

NFWN News:

  • ​Four grants awarded to test strategies to stop white-nose syndrome from devastating bat populations

BIRMINGHAM, AL – On the eve of Halloween, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced more than $1.1 million in grants to combat white-nose

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Scenes From Pet Pangaea Costume Parade

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 30, 2018

During Trick Or Treat On MainStreet Friday on Central Avenue, Los Alamos High School students Katie Herrmann, left, and Troi Lewis ran the Pet Parade as a LAHS DECA class project, which raised more than $300 for the Los Alamos Animal Shelter. Photo by Paulina Gwaltney

Scene from the Pet Parade during Trick Or Treat On MainStreet Friday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Paulina Gwaltney

Scene from the Pet Parade during Trick Or Treat On MainStreet Friday in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Paulina Gwaltney

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Rio Arriba Issues Winter Storm Warning: Heavy Snow

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 30, 2018

Rio Arriba Emergency Services News:

A fast moving storm system will deliver a quick burst of winter weather to northern New Mexico this evening through Wednesday in Rio Arriba County.

Rain and high terrain snow showers will develop along a cold front entering northern New Mexico later today. Rain will change to snow over the northern high terrain and the Northeast Highlands and Plains as colder air overspreads the region tonight.

The heaviest snowfall accumulations are expected over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Raton Pass. Light snowfall amounts by early Wednesday morning are possible Read More

Prescribed Fire Innovation: All Hands All Lands Burn Team Completes Work In Taos Ski Valley, Carson National Forest

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 28, 2018

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – The USDA Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy’s Rio Grande Water Fund and the Forest Stewards Guild have worked together for more than a month using prescribed fire across more than 2,900 acres to protect water sources, wildlife, and forests while reducing wildfire risk.

These forests are adapted to fire and need low-intensity burns to remain healthy. The All Hands All Lands Burn Team (Burn Team) is a fully qualified team designed to lead prescribed burns or support others in burning across a variety of land jurisdictions. This is an innovative step forward to create resilient Read More

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