EM Assistant Secretary Monica Regalbuto Discusses Year Ahead
EM Assistant Secretary Dr. Monica Regalbuto
EM News:
EM Update recently spoke to Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM) Monica Regalbuto about EM’s priorities and goals for fiscal year 2017.
What are your main objectives and goals for fiscal year 2017?
We were very fortunate in EM in the last fiscal year to realize some significant achievements across the complex, and I think we’re on track to do the same this fiscal year.
Of course, our highest priority is resuming waste emplacement activities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) once it is safe to do so. We’re currently Read More
Daily Postcard: Anniversary Trail Scenes In November
Daily Postcard: A smattering of snow falls along the Anniversay Trail in Los Alamos. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
Daily Postcard: Scene from Anniversay Trail. Photo by Leslie Bucklin
ANNIVERSARY TRAIL:
Anniversary Trail begins at the east end of Los Alamos and offers spectacular views over the Rio Grande Valley.
Start at the water tank across N.M. 502 from Eastgate Industrial Park at the Los Alamos/Santa Fe county line sign. Hike up the road to the ridge. The moderate, 1.5 miles one way trail goes east.
It is on bedrock with parts of a prehistoric trail still visible. Keep an eye on young children because Read More
Playing In Nature Center Planetarium This Weekend
PEEC News:Letter To The Editor: Open Letter To Obama From Sierran
By JOHN R. BUCHSEREarlier this week, my wife and I returned from several days volunteering at the Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota. There was a lot of activity in camp preparing for the winter. I have never encountered so much positive energy towards a common goal, it was with great sadness we had to depart due to both of us getting viral infection of the lung.
Generally, an 1800+ mile long oil pipeline would require an environmental impact statement (EIS). This has NOT been done for this major project. Given president-elect Trump’s statements
Tour Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge Dec. 3
Canadian Geese spend time in the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge during their migration. Courtesy photoPEEC Offers Guided Hike To Ojo Mica Mine
Dr. Kirt Kempter, geologist and experienced guide, has studied geology in South America and Iceland and led educational tours to a variety of local and international destinations. Courtesy photoAGU: West Antarctic Ice Shelf Breaking From Inside Out
AGU News:Thank You From LEWF As Cubs Released To Wild
Orphaned cubs Valley Girl and Cowboy were released Nov. 16 back to the wild. Courtesy/LEWF
LEWF News:
Valle (Valley Girl) and Caldera (Cowboy) were released Nov. 16 back into the wild after being nurtured by Dr. Kathleen Ramsay. The orphaned cubs came into rehabilitation after a tragic incident with their mother and marathon runner Karen Williams.
Dr. Ramsay turned to Land of Enchantment Wildlife Foundation, a non-profit, to help fund raise the $12,000 that she needed to raise these two cubs to get them ready for their release back into the wild. LEWF put the word out for help and Los Alamos heard Read More
2,000 Petitions Turned In Demanding Healthier, Cleaner New Mexico
CVNM News:Nature Center Talk: The Southwest’s First Urban Refuge
Jennifer Owen-White manages the first urban wildlife refuge in the Southwest, Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Urban green spaces offer people a reprieve from concrete and asphalt, but they also benefit wildlife. Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is bringing Jennifer Owen-White, manager of the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, to speak at no charge to the public at 7 p.m, Tuesday, Nov. 29 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Owen-White will share the refuge’s history and future plans.
As the first urban wildlife refuge in the Southwest, Valle Read More
Tales Of Our Times: A Novel Method Lets Out More Truth
John Bartlit, center, receives the Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award painting from Friends of Bandelier President Craig Martin with Bandelier National Monument Superintendent Jason Lott. Courtesy photoBy JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
A Novel Method Lets Out More Truth
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Heinrich Calls On President To Reroute Dakota Access Pipeline
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) issued Thanksgiving Day the following statement on the Dakota Access pipeline:
“Today is Thanksgiving and I cannot help but reflect on our history in these United States and how often it has not lived up to the rosy picture of Pilgrims and Indians sharing a meal in friendly company that I saw in textbooks as a child. The issues facing Indian Country are many and they are complex, but that should not stop those of us in positions of elected leadership from seeking to make Read More
NMED Chief Scientist Presents 2015-16 Environmental Monitoring Of Gold King Mine Spill
NMED’s Chief Scientist Dennis McQuillan. Courtesy photo
NMED News:
SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Gold King Mine Spill Citizens’ Advisory Committee, based out of San Juan County, will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 in the San Juan College Student Center – SUNS Room (accessible through the Henderson Fine Arts Building).
New Mexico Environment Department’s Chief Scientist Dennis McQuillan will present a status update and multi-year review of activities related to New Mexico’s Long Term Monitoring Team’s activities.
The Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) is a group of 10 citizen volunteers from Read More
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Like Walking On Mars
A recent hike to the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, reveals a 45,000-acre (18,000 ha) wilderness area in San Juan County in the four corners area of New Mexico. Established in 1984, this wilderness is a desolate area of steeply eroded badlands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, with the exception of three parcels of private Navajo land within its boundaries. Translated from the Navajo word Bistahí, Bisti means ‘among the adobe formations.’ De-Na-Zin takes its name from the Navajo words for ‘cranes.’ Petroglyphs of cranes have been found south of the Read More
Legacy Cleanup Project Conducts First Public Meeting
At Fuller Lodge Wednesday night, David Rhodes, director of quality and regulatory compliance for the Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office, gave a detailed account of last year’s activities and current priorities. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.comBy ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post
With scant hope that additional funds may yet be found for the current year, the newly structured Los Alamos clean-up project under the revised compliance order with the state is gearing up for a long haul. Project officials gave a comprehensive report on current priorities Read More
Public Meeting On Small Modular Reactor Technology
COUNTY News:
Officials with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) invite the community to a presentation from NuScale Power, the developer of small modular reactors. The public meeting is 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in the large meeting room at the Golf Course Building at 4244 Diamond Dr. in Los Alamos.
Speakers include NuScale’s Chief Commercial Offcer Mike McGough, Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Director of the Office of Civilian Nuclear Programs DV Rao, and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) CEO Doug Hunter.
At the direction of the Board of Public Utilities, DPU Read More
Small Business Profile: PEEC Gift Shop At Nature Center Has Hidden Benefits
PEEC Gift Shop Manager Kate Barrere in front of the gift shop at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Sandra West
Staff Report
A major, undeniable benefit to life in Los Alamos is the outstanding scenery and unspoiled flora and fauna surrounding the community. For more than 10 years, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) has strived to educate, celebrate, preserve and explore these natural wonders.
PEEC Marketing Manager Sandra West explained that the organization was founded in 2000 “by a group of dedicated citizens who had a vision of bringing a nature center to Los Alamos.” Read More
AGU: Great Valley Found On Mercury
AGU News:Scenes From Recycle Fashion Show
Courtesy photoInterstate Stream Commission Accepts Jemez y Sangre Regional Water Plan
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