Daily Postcard: Swallow Tail Spotted On Butterfly Bush
Daily Postcard: A swallow tail is spotted on a butterfly bush in White Rock. Photo by Lorraine Hartway Read More
Scenes From ScienceFest Discovery Day At Pond
This young engineer builds a circuit during ScienceFest Discovery Day, which drew a big crowd today to Ashley Pond Park and the lawn area at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Discovery Day visitors stroll among the bubbles from the Los Alamos County booth at Ashely Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
Albert Einstein (aka Katy Korkos) gets an idea at ScienceFest today at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
This little shark found a shark’s tooth at the United Way of Northern New Mexico/Los Alamos DailySinging Scientist Curious Chris Performs July 17
LA HISTORY MUSEUM News:
Mix music, science and history together and you get Curious Chris the Singing Scientist!
The Los Alamos History Museum and the Los Alamos Creative District will present a special History Adventures program for 1st through 6th graders the morning of Tuesday, July 17.
Curious Chris will be singing the Symbols of Enchantment, hands-on science songs about New Mexico’s state symbols.
Children going into 1st–3rd grade meet 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Fuller Lodge Lawn (caregivers, please stay with your children). Children going into 4th-6th grade meet 10:45-11:45 a.m.
ScienceFest: Scenes From PEEC Electric Car Show Today
Los Alamos County’s fleet maintence employee Matthew Lengyel checks out a County’s hybrid car, which is one of two hybrid cars in the County’s motor pool. The Ford C-Max was displayed during the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s electric car show today in the parking lot at the Los Alamos Nature Center. In addition to hybrid cars, electric cars, electric bicycles and even a home-made electric motorcycle were showcased. There also were a number of cars available for test drives. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Paul Frederickson and PEEC volunteer Read More
Nature Center Planetarium Programs Today, Sunday
Two special planetarium programs are at the nature center this weekend. Saturday Steve Becker will give a preview of the Pajarito Astronomers Dark Night program. Sunday visit the NM PBS Science Café and watch segments of Day the Dinosaurs Died and hear from a panel of asteroid experts. Courtesy/NM PBS
PEEC News:
Today and Sunday, the community is invited to attend two special planetarium programs at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
Saturday afternoon, tour the heavens at a preview of the Pajarito Astronomers Dark Night program and Sunday, watch segments of Day Read More
Why Zero Waste?
Members of the Zero Waste Subcommittee meeting recently at the Los Alamos County Eco Station. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
ZWLA News:
Did you know that Los Alamos has a Zero Waste Subcommittee (ZWLA)? This group started as a subcommittee of the Environmental Sustainability Board and now welcomes participation from others who want to contribute to the Zero Waste aspect of environmental sustainability.
There are representatives from the Los Alamos High School Eco Club, Sierra Club and Pajarito Environmental Education Center. Anyone interested in attending a meeting should Read More
Daily Postcard: Early Evening Sky Above Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Los Alamos sky early Thursday evening looking westward. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Game Cam Captures Bear Bathing On Barranca Mesa
A game cam captures a bear taking a bath earlier this month in the backyard of a home on Kachina Street on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Andrew Delorey Lightning Sparks Aragon Fire In Cuba Ranger District
SFNF News:
Lightning sparked a fire today in the Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest
Start Date: July 13
Cause: Lightning
Size: 5 acres
Location: Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest
Containment: 0 percent
Fuel: Ponderosa Pine
Weather: Cloudy with thunderstorms and lightning
Resources: seven personnel on UTVs
Situation: The fire is in a remote location East of Gallina Peak and West of the Rio Chama Wilderness in the Aragon Spring Area. The fire received precipitation. Personnel scouted for containment lines and will continue through the weekend. Resources Read More
Naval Nuclear Laboratory Contracts Awarded To FMP
Courtesy/NNL
NNSA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Naval Reactors, a joint program of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of the Navy (DON), announced the selection of Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC (FMP) as the new DOE and DON contractor for the Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL).
FMP, a limited liability company, is a wholly owned, special-purpose subsidiary of Fluor Corporation.
Naval Reactors conducted a full and open competition for the new NNL contracts.
The estimated combined award value of these contracts is approximately $30 billion over ten years if all options are exercised. Read More
SFNF: Sarca Fire Update
SFNF Sarca Fire Update:Daily Postcard: Bull Elk In Full Velvet Spotted Grazing
Daily Postcard: A bull elk with his antlers covered in velvet is spotted May 31 grazing in the Jemez. Photo by Jim CobblePEEC: Tour And Test Drive Electric Vehicles Saturday
Courtesy/PEECMarr Is Best Predictor In Weekly Pace Race
Duane Marr was the top predictor in the Atomic City Road Runners weekly pace race Tuesday on the trails behind the Aquatic Center and on Canyon Road. Courtesy photo
Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: Hummingbird Hovers In Quemazon
Daily Postcard: Hummingbird hovers in the sunshine ahead of a rain shower recently in Quemazon. Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring 3-5 inches in length. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 2-inch bee hummingbird weighing less than .07 oz. They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, which vary from Read More
Reminder: This Is Yard Trimming Collection Week
This tan cart is for yard trimmings. Courtesy/LAC
COUNTY News:
The Los Alamos County Environmental Services Department would like to remind residents that this is a yard trimming collection week (tan cart).
Anyone who has not yet received a yard trimming roll cart is asked to be patient.
Anyone who would like to register for a yard trimming roll cart should visit: https://www.losalamosnm.us/government/departments/public_works/environmental_services_division/yardtrim_rollcart_registration/
Recycling carts will be collected next week. Read More
Cooper’s Hawks Return To White Rock For Second Year
Three offspring from a pair of Cooper’s hawks that have returned to their nest in White Rock for the second year. Photographer Jim Cobble said he sees the Cooper’s hawks daily on his walks and as they did last year, the pair produced three offspring. Photo by Jim Cobble
When the photographer got too close to the Cooper’s hawks nest, the male hawk went on the attack. Photo by Jim Cobble
Male Cooper’s hawk guarding the nest containing his triplets. Photo by Jim CobbleSFNF: Wildhorse Fire Update
SFNF Wildhorse Fire Update:Rio Grande Chapter Of Sierra Club Endorses Christine Chandler For House Dist. 43
Dist. 43 candidate Christine Chandler Weekly Fishing Report: July 11
By GEORGE MORSE
