Daily Postcard: House Cat Spots Backyard Doe
Ralphie the house cat keeps a watchful eye on a doe in the backyard of his residence in White Rock. Photo by Judith Goldie
Photo by Judith Goldie Read More
Lightning Strikes Pueblo Canyon Inn
Pueblo Canyon Inn was hit by lightning Tuesday night. ‘The Los Alamos Fire Department, police and Utilities were dispatched and extremely helpful in getting power back on and making sure there was no fire’. Photo by Matthew Allen
Photographing New Zealand With Leslie Bucklin
Los Alamos photographer Leslie Bucklin captures New Zealand during a three week visit. Courtesy photo
Scene in New Zealand. Photo by Leslie BucklinBipartisan Interior, Environment Appropriations Bill Reaches Senate Floor
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall15th Annual Commemoration Of 1680 Pueblo Revolt At Jemez Historic Site Aug. 12
Ruins of San Jose de Los Jemez Mission, Jemez Historic Site, New Mexico. Courtesy/New Mexico Historic SitesAGU: Researchers Find Glaciers In East Antarctica Also Imperiled By Climate Change
In this WorldView-2 satellite image of Totten Glacier’s front – acquired Oct. 11, 2015 – ice flows from left to right. The heavily crevassed surface of the floating part of Totten is visible on the left, with larger undulations in topography associated with bottom crevasses. The dark area in front of the glacier is open water, and on the right is thin and packed sea ice. Courtesy/DigitalGlobe Inc.
Udall, Heinrich Announce $1.1 Million Grant For NMSU Sustainable Agriculture Research
U.S. SENATE News:Bandelier Bat Stroll Aug. 4, Aug. 18, Sept. 1
Join Rangers Knight and Gaul at 6:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 4, Aug. 18 and Sept. 1 for an evening stroll to Bandelier Bat Flight. Rangers will take the group to a viewing area where a large flight of Free-Tailed Bats can be watched emerging from a cave to start their night feeding. The hike is a 3 mile round trip downhill with a return uphill. Sign up is required. Call the Bandelier Visitor Center at 505.672.3861 x517 for information and to sign up. Bat Strolls are limited to 20 people. Courtesy/NPS Read More
Daily Postcard: Bendire’s Thrasher Spotted White Rock
Daily Postcard: A Bendire’s Thrasher spotted Monday in the front yard of a residence in White Rock. One of the last resident birds in the southwest to be discovered, this thrasher was overlooked until the 1870’s, when Charles Bendire noticed that it was different from the common Curve-billed Thrasher. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Update: Venado Fire Burns 3,482 Acres
SFNF News:
Lightning sparked the Venado Fire that began July 20 in the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, which has now consumed 3,482 acres of Ponderosa Pine.
Presentation On How Parasites Manipulate Their Hosts And Make Them Real Life Zombies At 7 p.m. Today
Andrew Bartlow on Mindoro Island in the Phillippines collecting parasites from birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians will give a presentation at 7 p.m. today. Courtesy/EEC
PEEC News:
Join Andrew Bartlow tonight at the Los Alamos Nature Center to learn about how some specific parasites have evolved ways to manipulate their hosts and turn them into their own zombie bodyguards.
His talk begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Parasites are everywhere and are extremely diverse. From tiny microscopic Giardia to giant tapeworms, parasites rule the world in terms of biodiversity. Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: July 31
By GEORGE MORSE The monsoon moisture that we have been receiving has helped raise the streamflow in some rivers and streams here in Northern New Mexico. This has improved the fishing conditions.
The rains have also helped ease the danger from wildfires. The rains appear to have all but extinguished the Sarca Fire, which was visibly burning in the Pecos Wilderness Area in Sangre de Cristo Mountains behind Espanola a couple of weeks ago. The Santa Fe National Forest and Carson National Forest are open for camping and fishing.
Still, streamflows remain below Read More
NNMCAB Members Hear Report On LANL Aggregate Area Investigation And Remediation Projects
Brenda Bowlby, N3B Los Alamos project manager for the aggregate area soils remediation program addresses the NNMCAB July 25 at SFCC. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.comDuring its July 25 meeting at Santa Fe Community College, Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board members heard from Brenda Bowlby, N3B Los Alamos project manager for the Aggregate Area Soils Remediation Program at Los Alamos National Laboratory on a total of 28 aggregate areas on site that were contaminated over time with past historic Read More
Solar Flares Disrupt Radio Communications During September Atlantic Hurricane Relief Effort
Hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose lined up in the Atlantic Sept. 6, 2017 in an image captured by the Suomi NPP weather satellite. Courtesy/NASA 
The Sun erupted in class X-9.3 and x-2.2 flares Sept. 6, 2017, visible to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in extreme ultraviolet (171 angstrom wavelength) light. Courtesy/NASA/GSFC/SDO
AGU News:
N3B Los Alamos Official Tells NNMCAB Clean-Up Of Material Disposal Areas Won’t Be Quick
EM-LA Deputy Designated Federal Officer Lee Bishop, left, chats with N3B Los Alamos RCRA Remediation Program Director Erich Evered prior to Evered’s presentation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
NNMCAB member Robert Hull of Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc., left, listens to presentations during the July 25 meeting at Santa Fe Community College. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
EM-LA Deputy Designated Federal Officer Lee Bishop, right, speaks with N3B’s Kristin Henderson, left, and Alison Scott Majure during the networking break at Read More
Daily Postcard: View From Main Hill Road
Daily Postcard: View looking to the north east early Sunday evening from the Main Hill Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Camp Shaver Offers Unique Summer Experience
Scene from Camp Shaver. Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.com
Cabin nine at Camp Shaver. Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.comN3B Los Alamos Releases LANL Interim Facility-Wide Groundwater Monitoring Plan
By MAIRE O’NEILLLos Alamos National Laboratory Environmental Management contractor N3B has released the Interim Facility-Wide Groundwater Monitoring Plan for the 2019 monitoring year which runs from October to September 2019.
N3B environmental remediation manager Joe Legare told the Los Alamos Daily Post at the Northern New Mexico Citizen’s Advisory Board meeting Wednesday at Santa Fe Community College that he was pleased to announce that the report, a milestone for the new LANL Environmental Management contractor, has been issued.
Groundwater Read More
Daily Postcard: Moon Shines Over White Rock
Daily Postcard: Moon shines Saturday night over White Rock. Photo by Tammy J. JiminesUSDA Invites Comments On e-Connectivity Pilot
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Courtesy/USDA
USDA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced USDA is inviting comments on the implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program established March 23 in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018.
USDA is developing this pilot program to catalyze private investment and bring broadband to unserved rural areas of the country. The new program provides a unique opportunity to develop modern methods to leverage federal funds to increase private investment in broadband services Read More
