Daily Postcard: Stag At Sunset Near Bandelier
Daily Postcard: A stag is spotted at sunset Sunday on N.M. 4 near Bandelier. Photo by Nickolas Seet Read More
Animal Protection Of New Mexico: Federal Court Ruling Allows Challenge To Cougar Trapping To Proceed
Cougar with cub. Courtesy/kimcampion.com
APNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A federal judge has rejected New Mexico’s second request to dismiss a lawsuit that asserts the state Department of Game and Fish’s 2016 decision to open a cougar trapping season on public lands—for the first time in almost 50 years—violates the Endangered Species Act.
The ruling came just one day after the start of the 2017-2018 cougar trapping season.
Judge William P. Johnson issued a ruling in favor of local wildlife advocates, The Humane Society of the United States and Animal Protection of New Read More
Bandelier Reminds Hikers: Beware Of Burned Trees!
Dead, falling and fallen trees in an area severely burned by the Las Conchas Fire of 2011. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
One day in October, a hiker in Bandelier National Monument’s backcountry stopped along Frijoles Creek to have lunch and cool her feet in the water. She took off her backpack and put it just behind her on the creek bank. A breeze came up, and she heard a sharp CRAACCK right overhead. She looked up and then very quickly sprang to the other side of the creek, just as a burned Ponderosa pine fell right where she had been sitting, crushing her backpack but very narrowly missing her. Read More
Daily Postcard: Night Sky At Burnt Mesa Trailhead
Daily Postcard: The night sky spotted recently from Burnt Mesa Trailhead. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com Read More
Bird Walk In Lower Water Canyon With Joe Fitzgibbon
Black-throated gray warbler. Photo by Selvi ViswanathanNature Center Talk: The Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Andy Lawrence releasing a Lesser prairie-chicken. Courtesy photoSierra Club; PEEC: Pueblo Canyon Geology Walk
Pueblo Canyon. Photo by Jamie O’Rourke
PEEC News:
Geologist Elaine Jacobs will lead hikers 12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 along the south rim of Pueblo Canyon. This free outing is made possible thanks to the Sierra Club and Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC).
This afternoon guided walk will start at East Park, follow the paved trail along the canyon rim, and continue along the unpaved portion of trail to the Los Alamos Airport Terminal. Along the way, the group will explore volcanism and landscape evolution in the Jemez Volcanic Field. By observing the Read More
Recycle Fashion Show Postponed
COUNTY News:
The Recycle Fashion Show is POSTPONED until further notice.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Read More
SFNF May Conduct Prescribed Burn On French Mesa
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest hope to take advantage of favorable conditions, including fuel moisture levels, air quality and forecasted weather, to conduct the previously announced French Mesa prescribed burn as early as Monday, Nov. 6.
The French Mesa treatment area totals 5,041 acres approximately 10 miles north of the community of Gallina and may take three to four days to complete.
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools available to resource managers for restoring fire-adapted ecosystems. These fires mimic Read More
Getting Ahead Of Next Pandemic: Is The World Ready?
Is the world ready for the next pandemic? Courtesy photoCDC News:
When a deadly mystery illness was detected in Liberia in April 2017, first responders were on the ground within 24 hours. Through the Ministry of Health’s quick action and collaboration with global partners, the cause of the outbreak was identified as meningococcal disease and contained with only 31 cases and 13 deaths.
In stark contrast, when Ebola struck Liberia just three years ago, it took the country months to mount an effective response; thousands of lives were lost as responders raced to control the growing epidemic.
The Read More
Daily Postcard: Woodpecker On Camino Encantado
Daily Postcard: A woodpecker is spotted Sunday afternoon at a residence on Camino Encantado. Woodpeckers are known for tapping on tree trunks in order to find insects living in crevices in the bark. There are more than 180 species of woodpeckers, all in the family Picidae. Woodpeckers can be found in wooded areas all over the world, except in Australia. Source: wildlifedefenders.org. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Scenes From Otowi Bridge Sunday
Scenes spotted from Otowi Bridge during a Sunday hike. Photo by Robert Beberniss
Photo by Robert Beberniss
Photo by Robert Beberniss Read More
Udall, Heinrich Press White House To Extend Critical Lifeline Funding In Future Disaster Aid Request
U.S. SENATE News:Daily Postcard: Last Call For Fall
Daily Postcard: The last call for fall comes to Los Alamos. Photo by Corrina Hughes
Photo by Corrina Hughes Read More
Tales Of Our Times: Could Parties Craft A CCC Program?
Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
Could Parties Craft A CCC Program?
By all accounts, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a splendidly successful government program launched amid the dire straits of the 1930s. A look back shows the CCC met many needs of the kinds being argued over in today’s different times.
Think of populations that are short of schooling and the skills to do needed work. Think of family units that are fractured by the need to find productive work. Think of lacking healthcare and basic food enough to work steadily. These conditions Read More
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
Throughout the month of November, there are numerous opportunities to learn more about Native culture in the Land of Enchantment. The Tourism Department created a list outlining the “12 Ways to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month in New Mexico,” a digital guide to authentic and enriching experiences unique to our state.
Near the top of the list is Albuquerque’s Indian Pueblo Cultural Center,
November Night Sky And Phantoms At Planetarium
Udall, Heinrich Challenge Proposal To Raise National Park Visitor Fees While Cutting Budgets
U.S. SENATE News:
- Senators: ‘Fee increases … will price out many visitors and deny American families the opportunity to visit and experience some of our nation’s most popular and iconic national parks’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a group of 11 Democratic senators in writing to Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ryan Zinke requesting that he withdraw his proposal to dramatically increase national park entrance fees, especially while he proposes to cut the National Park Service budget by over $300 million.
The senators asked Zinke to provide Congress
PEEC: Lisa Coddington’s Last Fall Art Class Of 2017
Blooming artichoke by Lisa Coddington. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
There is still time to take a class with instructor and artist Lisa Coddington. Her last fall drawing and painting workshop is 20 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. This class, made possible by Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), will focus on drawing colorful and intricate autumn leaves.
Participants will explore making color charts and creating their own colorful leaves. Coddington will show how layers of transparent colors make beautiful leaves and share techniques for creating Read More
