Environment

Burnish And Nolan Tie For Best Predictor In Weekly Pace Race

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 22, 2017
ACRR News:
 
Wendee Brunish and Jacqueline Nolan were both 3 seconds off their predicted time in the weekly pace race held on the Sach Cowan/Quemazon Nature Trails for top prediction. 
 
Other accurate predictors were: Sanna Sevanto with a 22 second differential as well as fastest female on the 3 mile course with a time of 32:37, Sue Elkins recording a 30 second error, and Paul Elkins with a 48 second difference.
 
Nikol Strother was the best finisher on the 1 mile paved course at 7:20 and 8 year old William Strother was the fastest male with a time of 9:33. Brian
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Santa Fe Celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 9

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 22, 2017
SANTA FE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Joining numerous cities across the nation, the City of Santa Fe in 2016 officially designated the second Monday of October annually as Indigenous Peoples Day to honor and recognize the contributions of Native Americans to the history and culture of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the United States.  
 
On Santa Fe Indigenous Peoples Day, we reserve the day to take time to, honor and uphold our valued Native American neighbors from the 23 Tribes, Nations and Pueblos in New Mexico, our urban Indian citizens
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Udall, Heinrich Urge President Trump To Reject Zinke’s Recommended Changes To National Monuments

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 22, 2017
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich released the following joint statement Sept. 18 on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s report on national monuments, which was leaked to the media late Sunday:
 
“During Secretary Zinke’s review process, almost 3 million Americans — including thousands of New Mexicans – made their opinions clear. They believe our existing national monuments are vitally important to our economy, community and culture, and they don’t want them changed. 
 
“The Department of Interior’s
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Brown Bag Show Features Black Mesa Brass Quintet

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 21, 2017
Black Mesa Brass Quintet will perform during the next Brown Bag show at noon Oct. 4 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News: 
 
The next monthly Brown Bag Performances, will be presented noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 4 at Fuller Lodge, and will feature trumpet player, Jan McDonald, leading the locally acclaimed Black Mesa Brass Quintet. The program will present popular and classical tunes arranged for brass quintet and drum set.
 
Favorites such as “Sweet Georgia Brown, “Basin Street Blues” and “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” along with the
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A Fed Bear Is A Dead Bear…

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 21, 2017
The Environmental Sustainability Board will discuss the ordinance that addresses the placement and maintance of roll carts during its meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in the Municipal Building. The goal is to prevent what is occurring in this picture: wildlife getting into garbage cans. This picture was taken in October 2016 off Canyon Road. Photo by Robert Cunningham
 
BY KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post 
kirsten@ladailypost.com

 

Garbage cans and bears are a bad combination. When a bear dumpster dives, it raises safety concerns for people and may spell death for the animal. Read More

LANL: Pew! Pew! Curiosity’s ChemCam Zaps Half Million Martian Rocks!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 21, 2017

 A graph illustrating the number of laser shots by ChemCam per Martian day (or ‘sol’). Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • ChemCam instrument aboard Mars Curiosity rover passes milestone

Late Tuesday, the ChemCam instrument that sits atop NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover fired its 500,000th shot at a Martian rock. That’s big news for the ChemCam team at Los Alamos National Laboratory, which developed the instrument in conjunction with CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales) in France and continues to help direct operations.

Data collected from ChemCam has helped quantify elements like hydrogen, Read More

ESD Discusses Changes To Brush & Bulk Program

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 21, 2017

The wood chipper at the Eco Station makes a giant pile of mulch that is free to the community. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 

The brush pile is huge right now at the Eco Station. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

 

BY KIRSTEN LASKEY 

Los Alamos Daily Post 

kirsten@ladailypost.com

 

The Environmental Services Division’s quarterly brush collection is underway. The program started in August and runs through the beginning of October.

 

When it comes to what can be collected most yard waste is accepted except for weeds, Office Specialist Tiffany Read More

Lightning Strikes Los Alamos Golf Course Trees

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 21, 2017

Lightning struck a tree around 4:30 p.m. Sunday near Tee 12 at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Reports are that a golfer near the strike was knocked off his feet but uninjured and the sound from the strike heard over in Quemazon. The lightning appears to have jumped to a smaller tree a few feet away. Excavated dirt is visible at the base of the tree where the lightning exited at the ground. Photo by Kerry Habiger

Los Alamos County Golf Pro Jim Phillips stands on Tee 12 Monday near where it appears the same lightning bolt that hit the tall tree at left, also struck this smaller tree growing a few feet away to the Read More

BLM Seeks Comments On Analysis Of Northern New Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Parcels

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 21, 2017
BLM News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Bureau of Land Management is seeking input on the analysis of 26 parcels in northern New Mexico for the March 2018 competitive oil and gas lease sale. The parcels are located in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and San Juan counties.
 
The draft environmental assessment analyzes a range of alternatives for the sale, and is available for review at https://www.blm.gov/programs/energy-and-minerals/oil-and-gas/leasing/regional-lease-sales/new-mexico. Comments will be accepted through Oct. 20.
 
Public comments are
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Bear Cubs Spotted On Walnut Street

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 21, 2017

Two bear cubs were spotted in a backyard Wednesday on Walnut Street. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com

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Palmer Fire On Pecos Ranger District To Be Managed For Resource Benefit

Submitted by Chris Clark on September 21, 2017
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to manage the lightning-caused Palmer Fire on Rowe Mesa by using low-intensity fire on the ground to achieve multiple resource benefits, including reducing the risk of future high-severity wildfire and improving range and wildlife habitat.
 
The Palmer Fire was confirmed Sept. 12 after smoke was reported in the Valle Grande on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District, an area marked by islands of grassy meadows interspersed among stands of ponderosa pine and piñon-juniper. The 35-acre Palmer
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Night Sky Observation In Valles Caldera Sept. 23

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 21, 2017
The Milky Way over the Jemez River. Photo by Jim Stein
 
PEEC News:
 
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is working with the Valles Caldera National Preserve (VALL) to offer a night sky observation event 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23.
 
PEEC astronomers and VALL park rangers will point out constellations, planets, and other celestial objects with the help of telescopes and lasers.
 
The Valles Caldera offers some of the darkest skies in our area and is a great place to get a better look at the night sky on clear nights. PEEC astronomers Galen
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Countdown On For Ski Season At Pajarito Mountain!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 20, 2017
Pajarito fall colors starting to show. Photo by Marci Partin
 
Photo by Marci Partin
 
 
SKI PAJARITO News:
 
With fall in the air, now is the time to view the changing colors and enjoy a fun-filled weekend at Pajarito Mountain this Friday through Sunday!  
 
Pajarito is hosting its popular, annual festival, Ullr Fest Saturday, Sept. 23. New this year, there will be FREE mountain bike lessons, a meet and greet with Pajarito’s new mountain bike director Hogan Koesis, and a free guided hike as part of the annual event’s festivities. 
 
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Heinrich Questions Inaccuracies In Department Of Interior Monument Report, Confirms Local BLM Managers Were Not Part Of Review Process

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 20, 2017
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sept. 19 in a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) raised concerns with the Department of Interior’s (DOI) report on national monuments and highlighted the lack of involvement from local land managers in the review process.
 
 
During the hearing, Heinrich questioned John Ruhs, Acting Deputy Director of Operations at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), on Secretary
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Bear Spotted At Lunchtime Around Local Condos

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 20, 2017

.A resident spotted this bear while walking home for lunch at noon Tuesday via Trinity Drive. The bear was rummaging through trash cans and meandering around the condominiums at Oppenheimer and Short Drive. Photo by Cecilia Rivenburgh

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Deer Creek Fire On Jemez Ranger District To Be Managed For Resource Benefit

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 20, 2017
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) plan to manage the lightning-caused Deer Creek Fire on Peggy Mesa by using low-intensity fire on the ground to achieve multiple resource benefits.
 
The Deer Creek Fire started Sept. 15 on Peggy Mesa in the old San Diego prescribed burn area and adjacent to the site of this summer’s lightning-caused Peggy Fire. Objectives for managing the Deer Creek Fire include:
  • mitigating the risk of high-intensity destructive wildfires by reducing excess fuels, including fuelwood slash and bug kill
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Weekly Fishing Report Sept. 20

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 20, 2017
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

The “Catch of the Week” section of the State Game and Fish Department’s weekly fishing report has a story to tell. With the exception of a brown trout caught in the Chama River below El Vado Lake, the big fish that were caught were warmwater species such as bass and catfish. The warm weather we’ve been experiencing has kept the fall fishing season from taking off.

That should change soon. The temperatures in the higher elevations are already dropping into the 30’s and it was actually below freezing Sept. 18 in Angel Fire. There’s a cold front Read More

NNSA Partners With Kazakhstan Research Institute To Remove All Of Its Highly Enriched Uranium

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on September 20, 2017
NNSA News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), in partnership with the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has repatriated the last remaining highly enriched uranium (HEU) from the institute’s VVR-K reactor.
 
“This final removal will make INP HEU-free, ensuring that a bad actor can never acquire material from the site for a nuclear weapon,” said Dave Huizenga, NNSA’s acting deputy administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. “This nonproliferation achievement
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