Española Valley Arts Festival Takes Place This Weekend
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
EVAF News:
ESPAÑOLA — The 33rd Annual Espanola Valley Arts Festival honoring its handmade history takes place this weekend, Sept. 29 and 30 at the Plaza de Espanola Convento.
The festival will feature 60 artists that will showcase their work. A wide variety of art mediums and styles such as, woodwork, metal, glass, sculpture, pottery, contemporary clay, weaving, furniture, fabric art, quilts, photography, retables, bultos, tinwork, jewelry, acrylic, watercolor and oil paintings, will be on display.
The festival will also have a booth for “youth art” that will
Read More Night Sky Fiesta 2018 At Bandelier Oct. 4, 5 & 6
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
Telescope viewing of the night sky at Bandelier. Courtesy/NPSNPS News:
Bandelier will be celebrating your skies here in the park and New Mexico for three days! Solar viewing, scale model solar system walks, guests speakers, and giant telescopes will all be offered the first weekend in October.
Days will start with solar scope viewing 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Visitor Center in Frijoles Canyon to safely look at your nearest star, the sun. Friday and Saturday will include a scale model solar system walk at 3 p.m., at the Bandelier Visitor Center and all 3 days have guest speakers
Energy Department Approves 30 Month Extension Of Portsmouth Site Cleanup Contract
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
DOE News:LEXINGTON, KY ― The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it has exercised its option to extend the contract with Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth LLC (FBP) for decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) for a period of 30 months beyond the current expiration date of Sept. 30, 2018.
The estimated value of the option period is approximately $850 million. The initial five-year base contract with FBP commenced in March 2011. An initial 30-month option was exercised on March 28, 2016. Today’s new option period will
Read More NIST: New Instrument Will Give Scientists Window On Change At Nanoscale
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
The Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (VSANS) instrument. Courtesy/NISTNIST News:
It looks more like a long water main pipe than a microscope, but a new custom-built instrument at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will give scientists new ability to glimpse moment-by-moment changes in materials on the crucial nanometer scale.
(Link to video here).
The tool’s name is almost as lengthy as its 45-meter footprint—it’s called the Very Small Angle Neutron Scattering (VSANS) instrument. Culminating from several years of in-house engineering,
Read More DOE Solar Competition At Los Alamos Makers
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
The Department of Energy has broken down the American-Solar competition into a series of 3 distinct contests with increasing prize value. Courtesy/LA MakersLOS ALAMOS MAKERS News:
Los Alamos Makers is excited to announce that it was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to participate in the American-Made Solar Prize.
The American-Made Solar Prize is a $3 million prize competition designed to revitalize U.S. solar manufacturing through a series of contests and the development of a diverse and powerful support
Read More Spider Mountain Bike Park Opening This Winter In Burnet, Texas For Year Round Adventures
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
Mountain Biking at Spider Mountain. Courtesy/Spider Mountain 
Aerial view of Spider Mountain. Courtesy/Spider Mountain
MCP News:
DURANGO, Colo. ― Located just outside Burnet, Texas on Lake Buchanan, Spider Mountain is a new bike park slated to open this winter.
Spider Mountain will become the only mountain bike park in Texas offering lift-served trails. Spider Mountain will become the only year-round lift served bike park in North America.
With an anticipated opening before Christmas, Spider Mountain Bike Park will offer year-round mountain biking,
Read More Daily Postcard: Apple Tree On Walnut Street
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 28, 2018
Daily Postcard: Tree bursting with apples is spotted on Walnut Street. Photo by Susan Landmann, visiting from Nantucket Read More
Weekly Fishing Report Sept. 27
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 27, 2018
By GEORGE MORSE Sports Editor
Los Alamos Daily Post
The shorter days and cooler temperatures are stirring the trout from their summer doldrums and fishing conditions are improving throughout Northern New Mexico.
The aspens are starting to show some color and bull elk will likely be bugling in the mountains. Fall is the best time of the year to be enjoying the beautiful outdoors in New Mexico.
The State Game and Fish Department continues to stock thousands of rainbow trout and some very big trout averaging over 18 inches in size were stocked last week. Streamflows continue
Read More Ted Romero Is Top Predictor In Weekly Pace Race
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 27, 2018
People of all ages participate in the weekly pace Tuesday on the trails behind the Aquatic Center. Courtesy photo 
Pace Race participants. Courtesy photo
ACRR News:
Ted Romero was the best predictor in the weekly pace Tuesday on the Bridge Loop on the trails behind the Aquatic Center with a 7 second differential in his prediction.
Other accurate predictors were Ryan Smeltzer at 18 seconds off, Aaron Jackson with a 18 second difference as well as the best finisher in the 3 mile race at 24:03, Adam Stainer at 30 seconds off, and Chris Michel recording a 56 second differential.
Daily Postcard: Moon On Anniversary Trail
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 27, 2018
Daily Postcard: Moon spotted during evening hike Sunday on Anniversary Trail. Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
Student Geology Adventure In Jemez Thursday
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
EDUCATION News:
The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is partnering with the Geological Society of America (GSA), New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Valles Caldera National Preserve, the San Diego Riverside Charter School and the Jemez Valley Middle School on a field project designed to raise awareness of the importance of earth science.
Thursday, Sept. 17, eighth grade students and educators will participate in a guided full school day field trip examining the local geology of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, AGI’s Read More
Bandelier Celebrates Year Of Bird Global Big Day Oct. 6
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
Great horned owl at Bandelier. Courtesy/NPSBANDELIER News:
Bandelier National Monument will be celebrating the Year of the Bird in October with Global Big Day #2 Oct. 6.
Meet at the Visitor Center at 8 a.m. for a bird walk down the Falls Trail to kick off this important bird day. Please wear comfortable shoes/boots and bring water and binoculars if you have them. Contact the Bandelier Visitor Center for more information at 505.672.3861 ext 517.
Global Big Day is an international birding event to collect data on migrating birds. These counts are very important for scientists
Read More AGU: Ocean Research And Education Are Foundations For Economic Growth
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
AGU News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Scientific research in Earth and space sciences advances our understanding of our world and contributes to strong global economies, security, and public health and safety.
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announced a revision to its position statement, “Ocean Research and Education Are Foundations for Economic Growth.” The revision calls upon public and private entities to “forge cooperation and make bold investments that enable scientific discovery and solutions in ocean science to support the global economy.”
The statement
Read More Heinrich To Be Featured Speaker At National Clean Energy Week Symposium
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
U.S. Sen. Martin HeinrichU.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― At 4:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. MT, today, Sept. 26, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), the son of a utility lineman and one of just a few engineers in Congress, will be a featured speaker at the National Clean Energy Week Policy Makers Symposium to discuss his vision for America’s clean energy future.
Through his role on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Heinrich has advocated for growing the clean energy economy in New Mexico. His efforts to secure
Read More NIST: Quantum Information Science – Making The Leap
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
The first fully programmable and reconfigurable quantum computer module developed in 2016 by scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute, a partnership of NIST and the University of Maryland. The pioneering device takes advantage of the unique properties offered by trapped ions to run any algorithm. Quantum computers promise speedy solutions to some difficult problems, but building large-scale, general-purpose quantum devices is a problem fraught with technical challenges. Courtesy/E. Edwards/JQI and S. Debnath/IonQNIST News:
Quantum information science will contribute
Read More Game Commission Meets Oct. 5 In Albuquerque
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
NMGF News:SANTA FE ― The New Mexico State Game Commission will meet Friday, Oct. 5, in Albuquerque to review final biennial review of state listed and endangered species and the fiscal year 2018 report on depredation and nuisance abatement.
The meeting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s new Northwest Regional Office located at 7816 Alamo Road NW, in Albuquerque.
Other agenda items include:
- A ceremonial opening and tour of the new Northwest Regional Office.
- Subsequent discussions for potential rule changes on hunting and fishing
Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn Update
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
SFNF News:SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) completed a 545 acre prescribed burn Monday in the Santa Fe Watershed, about three miles east of the City of Santa Fe, to help protect the watershed from high intensity wildfire.
Prescribed burning is not planned in the watershed again until the spring.
The 545 acre prescribed burn was conducted in proximity to Nichols and McClure Reservoirs. Parts of a 450 acre area northeast of Nichols Reservoir received treatment, as did parts of a 500 acre area just south of McClure Reservoir.
Historically,
Read More Daily Postcard: Towering Thundercloud Fills Sky
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 26, 2018
Daily Postcard: A towering thundercloud spotted Tuesday from the White Rock Senior Center. Photo by Patricia Rathbone Read More
Liddie Martinez With Dahlia From Her Valley Farm
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 25, 2018
Market President Liddie Martinez of Los Alamos National Bank in her office today with a large bloom from one of more than 50 dahlia bushes on her farm in the valley. Photo by Mary Beth Maassen Read More
Pajarito Astronomers Hold Dark Night Oct. 6
Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on September 25, 2018
Pajarito Astronomers News:
The Pajarito Astronomers will be holding a County-Sponsored Dark Night starting at 6:30 p.m. (sunset), Saturday, Oct. 6 at Spirio Soccer Field, Overlook Park in White Rock.
Weather permitting, the public is invited to come out, wander among the telescopes, and star gaze. The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and its moons, Saturn and its rings, Neptune and Uranus will potentially be visible during the evening.
There will be a tour of the late-summer and fall constellations and there will be telescope views of double stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Read More
