DPU’s Environmental Compliance Specialist Katelyn Mahoney Digs County Infrastructure
Los Alamos County DPU Environmental Compliance Specialist Katelyn Mahoney in her office Tuesday at the Municipal Building. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comAfter being employed by a contractor in Albuquerque and focusing on air quality, Katelyn Mahoney returned to familiar territory at Los Alamos County.
Nine months ago Mahoney, a Los Alamos native, was hired as the Environmental Compliance Specialist in the County’s Department of Public Utilities. As the Environmental Compliance Specialist, Mahoney said she makes sure the County Read More
Zinke Sworn In As 52nd Secretary Of The Interior
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke
DOI News:
5th-generation Montanan pledges to uphold President Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ryan Zinke (pronounced Zink-EE) was confirmed and sworn in Wednesday as the 52nd Secretary of the Interior.
The Senate voted 68-31 to confirm Zinke the morning of March 1, 2017, and he was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence at a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building later that evening. Zinke is the first Montanan to serve as a cabinet secretary and also the first U.S. Navy SEAL in the cabinet.
“I am honored and humbled to serve Montana Read More
Rotary Club Seeks Young Leaders For Week-Long Camp
ROTARY News:Local GOP Features Paul Gessing On Public Policies Of Climate Change … UNM-LA Building 5 Thursday
GOP News:
The Republican Party of Los Alamos invites all Republicans to attend its monthly meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday in the Jeannette Wallace Hall (Building 5) at UNM-LA.
Light refreshments will be served followed by a presentation by Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation on the public policies of Climate Change.
“Please join us for what is sure to be an informative evening,” RPLA Chair James Robinson said. Read More
Join March For Science At State Capitol April 22
MARCH FOR SCIENCE News:
The March for Science champions science as a pillar for the advancement of human knowledge, progress, and prosperity. They unite April 22, Earth Day, as a diverse, nonpartisan group to call for the freedom of science in the interest of the common good, and for political leaders and policymakers to enact evidence-based policies in the public interest.
“The March for Science is a celebration of science, and of public engagement with science, but it’s not only about scientists,” says march organizer Daniel Larremore. “It’s about the role that science plays in each of our Read More
CVNM: Community Solar Gardens Act Puts Community In Charge Of Energy Choices
CVNM News:Sipapu Picks Up 7″ Of Fresh Snow
Sipapu. Photo by John Paul Bradley
Sipapu. Photo by John Paul Bradley
Parents Ski Free Week, Feb. 27-March 4
Hawaiian Days, March 4-5
14th Annual Cardboard Derby, March 11
13th Annual Pond Skimming Contest, March 18
Yeti Club: A Ski and Ride Club, March Read More
Daily Postcard: Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Daily Postcard: A view of the snowcapped Sangre de Cristo Mountains from Buckman Mesa. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Bandelier Featured In National Park Service ‘Getaways’
View of Tyuonyi Pueblo and cliff homes along the Main Loop Trail in Frijoles Canyon. Courtesy/NPS
Visitors at reconstructed Ancestral Pueblo home along the Main Loop Trail in Frijoles Canyon. Courtesy/NPS Daily Postcard: Cirrus Clouds Over Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: Cirrus clouds early Saturday afternoon decorate the sky over Los Alamos. Photo by Marc Bailey Read More
Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrollers Exchange Program
Pajarito Mountain Ski Patrol welcomed two patrollers from Snowmass Ski Patrol, Aspen, Colo. From left, Pajarito Ski Patrol Director Bill Somersault and members Ryan Carlson, Wendi Ackerly, Denny Hjeresen, Jerry Doughty and Mike O’Neill. Courtesy photoDaily Postcard: First Red-tailed Hawk Released
Dr. Kathleen Ramsay releases the first of two red-tailed hawks that have been under her care following injuries. Courtesy/Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation Read More
Daily Postcard: A Skyview From Acid Canyon
Daily Postcard: A skyview Saturday from Acid Canyon. Photo by John Scott Read More
Tales Of Our Times: News Is The Rare Bead In A Big Jar
Tales of Our TimesBy JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
News is the Rare Bead in a Big Jar
The label on the jar said it held one million small colored beads. I read that most of the beads, some 89 percent of the jarful, were blue; 10 percent were yellow; and 1 percent were red.
Daily Postcard: Sunset At North Mesa Stables
Daily Postcard: Wednesday evening sunset at North Mesa Stables. Photo by Trisha AncellPEEC: Learn Botanical Drawing And Watercolor
Illustration by Lisa Coddington. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Learn botanical drawing and watercolor using botanical and natural subjects with Santa Fe Artist Lisa Coddington. Novices as well as those refining their skills will receive encouraging step-by-step instruction in drawing and watercolor.
With easy to understand demonstrations and master artist examples, Coddington will work to reinforce each artist’s confidence in creating dimensional autumn-themed subjects. The objective is to finish one small painting and/or develop a series of sketches that support the Read More
Among Our Distant Cousins: An Extinct Pig-Turtle With Tusks
Christian Kammerer is a paleontologist at the Museum fur Naturkunde (Museum of Natural History) in Berlin, studies mass extinctions and the ancestors of mammals. The photo was taken with a timer in the Paleontological Institute in Moscow while he was examining fossils of mammal-related ancestors from the Ural Mountains. Courtesy photo
Artist’s recreation of Bulbasaurus by M. Celeskey. Courtesy imageBy ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
Naturalists worry about endangered species and the threat of a sixth great extinction in the contemporary world, which some fear might sweep Read More
World Futures: What Do We Need? STUFF – Infinite Recycling
By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute
In our world today there is much concern about recycling of materials that have been assembled with energy to create something for use by humanity.
Referring to the Plass table shown in column 2, note that decay and respiration add CO2 to the atmosphere. It can be argued that this is essentially the recycling of organic, carbon-based materials readying them for reconstruction via photosynthesis. Essentially solar recycling of formerly living materials – it is organic.
But what about non-organic materials? In gross terms there are Read More
State Senate Unanimously Confirms Butch Tongate Secretary Of New Mexico Environment Department
NMED News:Professor Emerita Denise Fort: How Can U.S. Retain Scientific Leadership In Environmental Protection?
By DENISE D. FORT
