Environment

Defenders Of Wildlife: U.S. Forest Service Moves Backward On Old-Growth Logging

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 30, 2018
Defenders of Wildlife News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Friday, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Prince of Wales Landscape Level Analysis project, proposing massive new old-growth clearcutting on the largest island in our nation’s largest forest. In 2016, the USFS committed to a transition out of old-growth logging and away from uneconomical and destructive timber sales like this proposal.
 
Defenders of Wildlife Senior Alaska Representative Pat Lavin issued the following statement:
 
“The U.S. Forest Service committed
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Deadline For 2018 Clouds NatureScapes Photo Contest Submissions Aug. 31

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 30, 2018
Entry from 2017 NatureScapes Annual Photo Contest: Sun Sets Over the Waters of Navajo Lake, East Arm shore, Navajo Lake State Park, Michael Shaw. Courtesy photo
 
NMMNHS News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Amateur photographers participating in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNHS) annual NatureScapes Photo Competition need to submit their entries to the museum by Aug. 31. “Clouds” is the topic for this year’s NatureScapes competition.
 
“We want to remind all of our competing photographers to turn their focus skyward this year for images of clouds before
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CIR Presents Discussion On Energy Independence

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 30, 2018

Former Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Lee Salazar

CIR News:
 
The Santa Fe Council on International Relations at 5:30 p.m. Monday, May 7 at The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 N. St. Francis Dr., is presenting a discussion between former Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, and Doug Howe, independent consultant in the energy and utilities industries, entitled Towards Energy Independence? 
 
Their conversation will be moderated by Denise D. Fort, Emerita Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School
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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján Questions EPA Administrator

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 29, 2018

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

From the Office of U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján:

Washington, D.C. – During a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján questioned Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), about his travel, his failure to visit low-income communities and communities of color, and whether he will take responsibility for the many scandals at the EPA.

Watch the video of Rep. Luján’s exchange with Pruitt here.

Transcript:

Luján Administrator Pruitt, you seem to view the EPA budget as a personal slush fund, redirecting resources to your Read More

Scenes From Clean Up Los Alamos Day

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 28, 2018

A team from REMAX First picks up debris this morning along a stretch of road near East Park as part of Clean Up Los Alamos Day. The real estate company adopted this one-mile portion of the road. Courtesy photo

Branden Scunk cleans up around East Park Pool this morning during Clean Up Los Alamos Day. Scunk worked with the REMAX First team. Photo Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Kristy Ortega with REMAX First helps spruce up a section of the road this morning near East Park. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

From left, Keira Fichtl, her brother, Caden and Taylor Martinez with REMAX First take Read More

Bandelier Announces Bird Of The Month For May

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 28, 2018

The bird of the month for May is the Yellow-rumped warbler. Photo by Ranger Sally King/NPS

BANDELIER News:

The bird of the month for May is the Yellow-rumped warbler. These small birds are known for their yellow rump that can be seen as they fly away. There are two subspecies included in this designation, one is the Myrtle with a white throat and typically seen in the east. The other is the Audubon’s, which has a yellow throat and is typically seen in the west. Keep an eye on the Bandelier Facebook page for pictures and more information about this bird.

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Beautiful & Bounteous: Bees & Butterflies Of Bandelier

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018

Dr. Olivia Carril and Roy Michelotti will present a talk about native bees and butterflies May 1 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo/Olivia Carril

PEEC News:

The community is invited to learn more about local bees and butterflies, their biology and behavior, at a talk at the Los Alamos Nature Center.

Dr. Olivia Carril is conducting research to discover what native bees live at Bandelier National Monument and will share her findings at this free talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 1. Additionally, local butterfly enthusiast Roy Michelotti will be speaking about basic butterfly biology and behavior. Read More

Scenes From LANL Sustainable Fair Thursday

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018

A crowd checks out the vendor booths at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Small Business Department’s sustainability fair Thursday at Fuller Lodge. Sustianable Acquisition Lead for LANL Maryrose Montalvo said 14 vendors participated in the fair, which showcased businesses’ sustainable products and services. She explained the participating vendors have blanket order agreements with the laboratory. While the businesses offer a wide range of products and services, they were able to promote their green services and products during the fair. The event was open to the public Read More

PEEC: Wildflower Walk With Chick Keller April 30

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018
Wildflower expert Chick Keller, right, leads wildflower walks for PEEC. Photo by Josip Loncaric
 
Wildflowers along Quemazon trail. Photo by Yvonne Keller
 
PEEC News:
 
At 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 30, Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium curator, Chick Keller, will lead his first Wildflower Walk of the season.
 
These monthly outings will be easy walks to identify some of the wildflower beauties found in and around Los Alamos. Each month Keller will pick a different trail, depending on what is blooming at the time. The walks are free and
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Tales Of Our Times: Legalistic Briar-Patch Aggravates Business Risk

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018
Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
 
Legalistic Briar-Patch Aggravates Business Risk
 
A briar-patch of legalities has grown up around corporations in the last 200 years of our nation. That briar-patch is a luring threat to business. The perennial question is how closely does a corporation model a person, as opposed to being a strictly legal structure. The issue arose once again in the US Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in the Citizens United case.
 
Yet, 2010 did not start the question that has long blurred corporate efforts to minimize
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BLM Implements Fire Restrictions

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018
BLM News:
 
ROSWELL ― Due to current and projected fire danger, the Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office has enacted fire restrictions for the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area and the Lincoln Tracts, parcels of BLM-managed public lands in and around the community of Lincoln.
 

PROHIBITIONS:

  • Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire, except within agency-provided fire grates at developed recreation sites, or within fully enclosed stoves with a ¼” spark-arrestor type screen, or within fully enclosed grills, or in stoves
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SAR President’s Lecture: Elizabeth Kolbert June 1

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018
SAR News:
 
SANTA FE ― The School for Advanced Research (SAR) announces its annual President’s Lecture.
 
This year’s lecture, The Fate of the Earth with speaker Elizabeth Kolbert, is co-presented June 1 by The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico. Kolbert, staff writer at The New Yorker, is best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Holt, 2014). There have been five mass extinctions over the last half a billion years.
 
In her book, Kolbert presents evidence
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On The Job In Los Alamos: County Green Team

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 27, 2018

On the job in Los Alamos are members of the Los Alamos County Green Team picking up trash Wednesday along the Canyon Rim Trail by Los Alamos Canyon in preparation for Clean Up Los Alamos Day. Filling four 30-gallon trash bags, from left, Community Services Department Senior Management Analyst Kirsten Bell, Environmental Services Division Manager Angelica Gurule, Environmental Services Division Office Specialist Tiffany Pegoda and Public Works Senior Office Specialist Jocelyn Warner. Clean Up Los Alamos Day is Saturday morning and concludes with a volunteer appreciation luncheon noon Read More

NNSA Awards $7 Million Cooperative Agreement To University Of Texas At Austin

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 26, 2018
NNSA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has designated a new Center of Excellence at the University of Texas at Austin as part of the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances (SSAA) Program. 
 
“These grants ensure a pipeline of world-class scientists trained in areas of relevance to our stockpile stewardship mission,” said Dr. Kathleen Alexander, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation in NNSA’s Office of Defense Programs. 
 
The University
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AGU: Winter Wave Heights, Extreme Storms On The Rise In Western Europe

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 26, 2018
Waves crashing onto Chesil Beach in Dorset during the winter of 2013/14. Courtesy/Tim Poate, University of Plymouth
 
AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of Western Europe have been rising for almost seven decades, according to new research.
 
The coastlines of Scotland and Ireland have seen the largest increases, with the average height of winter waves more than 10 millimeters (more than 0.4 inches) per year higher than in 1948. That is more than more than 0.7 meters (2.3 feet) in total.
 
That has also led to increased wave
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New Mexico Wildlife Center Celebrates ‘Year Of The Bird’

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on April 26, 2018
Swainson’s Hawk. Photo by Izuru Toki
 
NMWC News:
 
ESPAÑOLA ― New Mexico Wildlife Center (NMWC) invites the community to its celebration of the first semi-annual World Migratory Bird Day, at 11 a.m., May 12.
 
Visitors will enjoy wildlife presentations, watch raptors eating up close, meet Linda Compton, the author of “Winged Gifts of Grace,” at her book signing, eat from the nacho bar, and watch children while they have fun engaging in arts and crafts activities.
 
Professional and amateur photographers will display and sell beautiful images of birds, as well.
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