NWS: Snow Likely To Follow Rain After Midnight
Rain continues falling today across Los Alamos including late this afternoon along the Main Hill Road. The National Weather Service predicts a 90% chance of fairly steady rain turning to snow after midnight. The low tonight is expected to drop to around 31 degrees. The NWS also predicts a 60% chance of snow likely before noon Monday followed by rain showers and a high near 37. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comSFNF Hosts Glorieta Rock Art Tour Oct. 20
SFNF Site Stewards lead an exploration Oct.20 of two unusual horizontal rock art panels on Glorieta Mesa. Courtesy/SFNFDaily Postcard: Morning Sun Breaks Through Clouds
Daily Postcard: Early morning sun breaks through the clouds above White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Congress Let Land & Water Conservation Fund Expire
By JEREMY ROMEROValles Caldera is the largest land acquisition in New Mexico made through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of the primary tools for protecting our national and local parks and public lands. LWCF contributed over $100 million to acquire the Preserve, help promote recreational opportunities and public access, and conserve habitat for wildlife including elk, mule deer, and mountain lions. And LWCF accomplishes things like this all over America at no cost to taxpayers. LWCF is completely funded from Read More
Daily Postcard: Colorful Trees Spotted On Bryce Street
Daily Postcard: Colorful trees line Bryce Street Friday in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Heinrich, Capito Introduce Public Land Recreational Opportunities Improvement Act
U.S. SENATE News:Jemez Historic Site Star Party Features Talk About Ancient Pueblo Connection Oct. 13
Crews Stabilizing Hanford Waste Storage Tunnel
Trucks carry engineered grout from a nearby batch plant to the PUREX Plant Tunnel 2, where pumps insert the grout using piping connected to existing openings in the top of the tunnel. Courtesy photo
A mobile batch plant near PUREX Plant Tunnel 2 will mix approximately 43,000 cubic yards of grout to stabilize the tunnel. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Omega Bridge On Sunday Afternoon
Daily Postcard: A view of Omega Bridge Sunday afternoon. The bridge connects the town site with Los Alamos National Laboratory across Los Alamos Canyon. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
County Yard Trimming Collection Program Garners 2018 Diversion Project Of The Year Award
Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule, second from left, Los Alamos County’s Armando Gabaldon, left, and Public Works Department Director Philo Shelton accept the New Mexico Recycling and Solid Waste Diversion Project of the Year award. Courtesy photo It may new but Los Alamos County Environmental Services Division yard trimming collection program has already grabbed the state’s attention and praise.
The program recently earned the Environmental Services Division 2018 New Mexico Recycling
Snowflake Theme For Festival Of Trees Event
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Festival of Trees News:
Snowflakes are the theme for the community tree at this year’s annual Festival of Trees event.
Community members are asked to donate one snow related item to demonstrate what can happen when we all come together. A donation box will be available at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
The Festival of Trees is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nov. 17. Those wishing to donate a holiday item for the silent auction or reserve a craft fair table for $25 for LARSO members and $40 for non-LRSO members can call 505.662.8920. Read More
Daily Postcard: Sun Dog Over Los Alamos Wednesday
Daily Postcard: A sun dog is spotted in the sky Wednesday evening above Los Alamos. According to skyandtelescope.com, a sundog, or mock Sun, is a concentrated patch of sunlight occasionally seen about 22° to the left or right of the Sun. Sundogs often form when sunlight refracts through icy clouds containing hexagonal platecrystals aligned with their large, flat faces parallel to the ground. Technically known as parhelia (singular parhelion) they are often white but sometimes quite colorful, looking like detached pieces of rainbow, with red on the inside, toward the Sun, and blue on the outside. Read More
Science On Tap: Honey, Have You Seen My CubeSat?
Rebecca Holmes
projectY cowork News:
Join the next Science On Tap, presented by the Los Alamos Creative District and the Bradbury Science Museum, Monday, Oct., 15 for a discussion with Rebecca Holmes on CubeSats.
The On Tap series starts at 5:30 p.m. at UnQuarked Wine Room and is free and open to the public.
Originally designed in 1999 by professors at Stanford and Cal Poly, CubeSats are miniature, short-lived satellites traditionally launched into low Earth orbit. This summer a pair was deployed on a mission to Mars aboard the stationary lander, InSight.
CubeSats initial purpose was Read More
Bring A Friend To PEEC-nic Sunday
The Los Alamos Nature Center hosts PEEC-nic 1-3 p.m. Sunday. This annual membership appreciation picnic is open to the public and includes a variety of special activities. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
The Los Alamos Nature Center celebrates the community with the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s annual membership appreciation event, “PEEC-nic”, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14.
This event is open to the public and a great opportunity to learn more about PEEC and membership benefits, enjoy a variety of fun activities and dine on delicious desserts made by PEEC’s board members.
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N3B Begins LANL Waste Shipments To WIPP
NB3 workers load waste from LANL into a transport container bound for WIPP, marking the resumption of regular shipments from LANL to WIPP for the first time in four years.
N3B News:
Newport News Nuclear BWXT Los Alamos (N3B) last week began shipments of transuranic waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad.
“This is the first of what will be regular shipments of waste from Area G, a LANL waste management area, in more than four years,” said Danny Nichols, manager of the N3B Contact-handled Transuranic Waste Program.
The shipments will Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 10
By GEORGE MORSEDaily Postcard: Dog Admires Fall Colors At Pajarito
Daily Postcard: Dodge admires fall colors at Pajarito Ski Hill. Photo by Doug Stavert Read More
Fall Scenery Spotted Monday At Pajarito Mountain
Scene of fall colors during a visit Monday to Pajarito Mointain. Photo by Cindy RichardHelp Improve Quemazon Trail Oct. 20
Join PEEC and SFNF for a fall trail workday Saturday, Oct. 20 on Quemazon Trail. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Improve our public lands by joining a team of volunteers, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center and the Santa Fe National Forest for a fall trail workday Saturday, Oct. 20. Volunteers will help fix erosion issues, clear brush and check dams on Quemazon Trail. Pre-registration is required to volunteer for this project.
Participants will meet at 9 a.m. at the Los Alamos Nature Center to carpool to the trailhead and return by 2 p.m. There will be trail maintenance jobs for all ages and experts Read More
Paleontologists Converge On Albuquerque On National Fossil Day With Keynote Speaker Steve Brusatte
Bisti Beast (Bistahieversor sealeyi) Skull. Courtesy/NMMNHS 
Miocene Gomphotherium skull being prepared. Courtesy/NMMNHS
