Mountain Elementary 6th Graders Join PEEC And Bandelier Educators For Bird Banding Training
Mountain Elementary School 6th graders traveled Friday to Alamo Boundary Trail for bird banding training. Educators from the Pajarito Environmental Education Center and Bandelier showed students how to spot and identify birds as well as how to safely catch, study, band and release them. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Denise Matthews, PEEC Play-based Education Specialist greeted students and led a bird watching hike. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Students shared binoculars and learned to spot birds. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
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Celebrate National Public Lands Day At Bandelier
Volunteers will gather Sept. 29 to help remove this invasive plant species called Mullein growing at Bandelier. Courtesy/NPSLANL Scientist Jonathan Dowell Discusses Lighthouse Directional Radiation Detector During Science On Tap
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Jonathan Dowell presented the talk, ‘Simple sophistication: Detecting radiation one beam at a time’ Monday evening at UnQuarked in Central Park Square. Like its namesake, the lighthouse directional radiation detector is all about maintaining a safe distance from harm. Whether the goal is confirming absence of radioactive materials or tracking them, the latest engineering innovation by Dowell and his colleagues brings a radiation-detection tool with immense potential to keep workers and the public safe. Dowell discussed the peanut butter Read More
Daily Postcard: Dragonfly Emerges From Larva
Daily Postcard: A dragonfly is spotted recently emerging from larva in Los Alamos. There are three stages in the life-cycle of all dragonflies: the egg hatches into the larva, which moults up to 15 times before emerging as an adult. Unlike most other insects, there is no pupal stage and the transition from larva to adult is known as incomplete metamorphosis. Source: british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/biology-ecology. Photo by Claire Swinhoe Read More
Ski Club 75th Anniversary Celebration Oct. 26
SKI News:The $40 ticket price includes a thumb drive of historical photos, a logo glass as well as dinner catered by the Pajarito Cafe and drinks. Milt Gillespie will deliver the keynote address. Come lift a glass and celebrate this amazing history.
Balderas On EPA Rollback Of Methane Emission Regs
Attorney General Hector BalderasDaily Postcard: Morning Hike On Guaje Canyon Trail
Daily Postcard: The Guaje Canyon Trail Sunday morning during a hike. The trail is 11.2 miles long. It begins at Upper Guaje Road and ends at Camp May. Courtesy photo Read More
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján Announces Strong Funding For NM Priorities In Energy & Water Appropriations Bill
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánLightning Sparks Bales Fire On Cuba Ranger District
SFNF News:
Lightning has sparked the Bales Fire on the Cuba Ranger District og the Santa Fe National Forest.
- Start Date: Smoke reported Sept. 14
- Cause: Lightning
- Size: 14 acres
- Location: Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest
- Containment: 0 percent
- Fuels: Mixed conifer, dead and down
- Weather: Partly cloudy, winds out of southwest 5-10 mph
- Resources: 50 personnel
Situation: The Bales Fire is in the Bales Canyon area along Forest Road 534 approximately two and one half miles southwest of the Chaparral Girl Scout Camp on the Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Fire Read More
Daily Postcard: Fawn Spotted On 46th Street
Daily Postcard: A fawn spotted Friday on 46th Street. Photo by Sharon Snyder Read More
AGU: U.S. Wildfire Smoke Deaths May Double By 2100
A helicopter drops water on the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs, Colo., as firefighters continue to battle the blaze in 2012. Courtesy/U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock
This image, captured by the NOAA-20 satellite’s VIIRS instrument Aug. 19, 2018, shows thick plumes of smoke over British Columbia. Courtesy/NOAA
Courtesy/NOAAState Weather Outlook: Sept. 15
The National Weather Service reports today’s high near 80 with sunny skies and tonight’s low around 57. Courtesy/NWSDaily Postcard: Autumn Tints Downtown Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Signs of fall tint the trees lining Bathtub Row in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From Los Alamos Farmers Market Thursday
It’s all about fall at the Los Alamos Farmers Market in the Mesa Public Library parking lot on Central Avenue. The local market opened in 1970 to provide the community with fresh fruits, vegetables and other foods and goods and to support local growers and producers. The market opens 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each Thursday. For more information, email Manager Cindy Talamontes at talacook@windstream.net or call 505.929.6579. Follow the market on Facebook. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Roasting chiles. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
It’s appleFall Is Tarantula Time At Bandelier
Female tarantula. Courtesy/NPSOpera On The Rocks At Bandelier Saturday
OPERA News:Ninety-nine Days Until Ski Season At Pajarito Mountain!
Pajarito Mountain. Courtesy photo“Everyone at Pajarito is excited for ski season
Bandelier Welcomes September Artist In Residence
Bandelier September Artist in Residence Thomas Perry. Courtesy/NPS photoMeet Perry Sundays Read More
County: Advanced Metering Coming To Los Alamos
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will seek approval from the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to award a contract for the purchase and installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) for all of Los Alamos County.
AMI is a method of using communication technology to read meters remotely without having to physically access the meters on customers’ properties.
DPU will take the contract to the BPU 5:30 p.m., Sept. 19 at in Council Chambers at 1000 Central Ave. The contract will subsequently go to the Los Alamos County Council for approval.
Upon approval, crews Read More
Daily Postcard: Great Horned Owl On Barranca Mesa
