Environment

Summer Concert Is On Tonight … Rain Or Shine!

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 11, 2017

Dale Watson and the Lonestars perform at 7 p.m. today at Ashley Pond regardless of the weather. Courtesy photo

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Summer Concert is on tonight regardless of whether it continues to rain!

Country music star Dale Watson and his band the Lonestars from Austin, Texas perform at 7 p.m. at Ashley Pond Park.

Watson has been dubbed by the Austin Chronicle as the “silver pompadoured, baritone beltin’, Lone Star drinkin’, honky-tonk hellraiser.” He also plays rockabilly and Texas swing. He has guested on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, “The David Letterman Show”, “Austin City Limits” Read More

Bandelier Law Enforcement Rangers Offer Reward For Information On Elk Poaching

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 11, 2017
NPS News:
 
Between the evening of Aug. 3 and morning of Aug. 4, an elk was poached within Bandelier National Monument. 
 
Evidence was collected at the scene and some parts of the poached elk were taken by the suspects. 
 
The incident occurred along N.M. 4 near milepost 44 near Cerro Grande. The elk was on the south side of the road. If you observed a vehicle stopped along the road during this time, Bandelier law enforcement rangers want to know about it. 
 
If you have any information
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Northern New Mexico National Forests Extend Application Deadline For SRS Funding To Aug. 14

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 11, 2017
SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Carson, Cibola and Santa Fe National Forests have extended the deadline to apply for funding under Title II of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Community Self-Determination Act to Aug. 14, 2017. 
 
Up to $680,000 is available to tribal and local governments, small businesses, non-governmental organizations and Forest Service field units for ecosystems and land and water quality projects that benefit the three forests in Northern New Mexico. 
 
Title II funding directs millions of federal dollars into local communities
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Udall, Heinrich, Luján Welcome Interior Department Announcement On Sabinoso Wilderness Access

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 9, 2017

CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján welcomed an announcement from the Department of the Interior (DOI) that Secretary Ryan Zinke intends to finalize the process to consider whether to accept the donation of 3,595 acres, known as the Rimrock Rose Ranch, that are adjacent to Sabinoso Wilderness in New Mexico to be included as part of the wilderness.

Last year, the Wilderness Land Trust purchased the Rimrock Rose Ranch in order to donate the land to the Bureau Read More

DOI Repeals Defective Federal Mineral Valuation Rule

Submitted by Chris Clark on August 9, 2017
DOI News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― To create more workable oil, gas and mineral valuation regulations and avoid costly litigation, the Department of the Interior announced the repeal of the Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule (Valuation Rule) which had created confusion and uncertainty regarding how companies report and pay royalties on energy and other mineral resources from federal onshore and offshore areas and American Indian lands.
 
The repeal of the Valuation Rule, published today in the Federal Register and
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PEEC Provides Family-Friendly Backpacking Trip

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 9, 2017

Kids and adults enjoyed backpacking to Name Lake last year with Tony Hinojosa and Beth Cortright, PEEC’s first family backpacking trip. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is hosting a guided, family-friendly backpacking trip Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27 hiking up to five miles a day in the backcountry. This family backpacking adventure will last two days and one night.

Adults and families are invited to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16 at the Los Alamos Nature Center for a short orientation.

The trip location will be determined nearer to the Read More

Bandelier Launches Restoration And Replacement Projects In Frijoles Canyon This Fall

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 8, 2017

These ladders leading to Alcove House are among the ones that will be replaced. Courtesy/NPS Photo

BANDELIER News:

 
For anyone who has ever wondered if the ladders leading up the cliffs in Bandelier National Monument are replaced regularly, the answer is yes. And the proof will be easily seen this fall, when the park maintenance and preservation crews will replace the long ladders leading up to Alcove House, as well as the shorter ones that provide access to the smaller caves in the cliffs. As might be expected, that means that the ladders will occasionally be closed during the work.
 
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Santa Fe National Forest Declares Cow Fire Out

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 8, 2017

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest called the lightning-caused Cow Fire out at noon Monday.

The fire started July 18 in slash and dead and down timber within the burn scar of the 2000 Viveash Fire. Natural drainages and the rocky landscape helped fire crews contain the small fire to around seven acres. The Cow Fire also received a significant amount of monsoonal moisture.

Smoke should no longer be visible from the Cow Fire, which was about 6 miles northeast of the village of Pecos.

Fire updates are posted on the New Mexico Fire Information Read More

Logan Beary Needs Help Bulking Up For Winter

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 8, 2017

Young orphan Logan Beary came to Dr. Kathleen Ramsay to ensure he gains enough weight for winter. He will join Blue Beary as they learn how to become full grown bears before their release back into the wild. Logan Beary is perfectly healthy, but requires about $4,000 in food before he can be released later this year. The community is being asked to consider donating to Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation to help get Dr. Ramsay the food she needs to get these bears nice and fat before winter. Photo by James Robinson Read More

LAHS Student To Speak At Nature Center

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 8, 2017

Lillian Petersen

PEEC News:

The community is invited to join Los Alamos High School Student Lillian Petersen at the Los Alamos Nature Center at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15 as she presents her research on climate change.

Peterson has conducted three award-winning science fair projects that analyze fluctuating temperatures and precipitation rates, as well as how present-day extremes may impact crops in the future.

Peterson will give a basic overview of the science behind climate change and the correlations between CO2 and temperature for the past 800,000 years. She also will talk Read More

Mama Bear And Cubs Spotted Dumpster Diving

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 8, 2017
Bear spotted this morning near Urban Park. Photo by Jim Nesmith
 
By JIM NESMITH
Los Alamos
 

For the past couple of weeks, a mama bear and her two cubs have been dumpster diving all of the trash cans near Urban Park, 41st Street in particular. They usually limit their carousing to the wee hours of the morning but there have been two incidents in the last week where they were still in the neighborhood when it became light.

 
This morning, a little after 9 a.m., I received a call from my daughter that the two cubs were in a tree next to our house. She couldn’t see the mama bear. I drove over
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Join Local Expert Chick Keller For Wildflower Walk

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 7, 2017

Wildflower expert Chick Keller, left, leads wildflower walks for PEEC. Photo by Thomas Graves Photography

Coneflowers (Rudbeckia laciniata). Photo by Chick Keller

PEEC News:

The community is invited to join Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s Jemez Mountain Herbarium curator, Chick Keller, for an easy walk to identify local wildflower species in bloom on the Pajarito Plateau. Wildflower Walks are free, and no advance registration is required.

Wildflower Walks take place one Monday a month, but the viewing season is coming to a close. Don’t miss the next outing Sept. 11 before Read More

Secretary Of Interior On Sage-Grouse Report

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on August 7, 2017

Greater Sage-Grouse. Courtesy/fws.gov/greatersagegrouse

Office of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke received a report from the Department of the Interior Sage-Grouse Review Team (DOI Team) regarding possible plan and policy modifications to complement state efforts to improve Greater Sage-Grouse conservation and economic development on public lands.

The report is the final product required by Secretarial Order 3353 “Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation and Cooperation with Western States” Read More

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