Bird Walk On Cañada Bonita/Nordic Ski Trails Sept. 10
Cordilleran flycatcher. Photo by Marion Stelts
PEEC News:
One of the best ways to begin bird watching is by looking for the birds one sees and hears every day.
The community is invited to join longtime Los Alamos resident and bird watcher Joe Fitzgibbon at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 for a hike along the Cañada Bonita and Nordic Ski Trails.
The high-elevation trek winds through mixed conifer forest and offers breathtaking views. This is the perfect opportunity for adults and children who can hike up to five miles to get outside and admire local species of birds. Sightings Read More
Tales Of Our Times: A 500-Year Flood Apportions Risk
Tales of Our Times By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water
The special term works in major ways to measure and divide the risk of flooding among government, citizens and the free market. Dividing up risk is a central reason societies organize.
Wider Temperature Tolerance Is Based On Ion-pair-coordinated Polymers
Researchers Yu Seung Kim,left, and Kwan-Soo Lee. Courtesy/LANLA new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types of polymer fuel cells, a breakthrough with the potential to accelerate the commercialization of low-cost fuel cells for automotive and stationary applications.
A Los Alamos National Laboratory team, in collaboration with Yoong-Kee Choe at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan and Cy Fujimoto of Sandia National Read More
National Park Service Is 100 Years Old Today!
Turret Arch and North Window are two of the massive stone arches at the Windows Section in Arches National Park Utah. Photo by NPS/Jacob W. Frank
NPS News:
The National Park Service turns 100 years olds today and everyone can take part in the celebration.
The centennial kicks off a second century of stewardship of America’s national parks and engaging communities through recreation, conservation and historic preservation programs.
The National Park Service invites the nation to find a park and discover the national parks and programs in their own Read More
National Park Service Turns 100 Years Old: All Parks Are Free To Visit Aug. 25-28
To celebrate this anniversary, all national parks will be free to visit Aug. 25-
28, and I wanted to tell you why I hope you will go to FindYourPark.com and plan a visit to some of these amazing places.Parks are very important to me. When you go to parks, you are able to see just how beautiful and awesome the outdoors can be and how we must be good stewards of our planet.
Sure, you can go on an adventure in a video game, or see
Robot Electrocutes Invasive Lionfish In Coral Reefs
Courtesy photoRobots In Service of the Environment (RISE) joined deep ocean research charity, Nekton, on its maiden voyage in the North Atlantic to test a prototype being developed to operate remotely in deep water to locate and deliver a fatal electric shock to the invasive species.
Nekton’s research vessel was off the Bermudian coast conducting the XL Catlin Deep Ocean
Summit Garden Club Fall Plant Sale Sept. 10
Summit Garden Club President Shelby Redondo displays a few of the plants for sale at the Sept. 10 event at PEEC. Photo by Nancy Nunnelley
GARDEN News:
Here’s some good news for anyone in need of more plants for their home or garden or who just can’t pass up a good bargain, especially when it involves plants. Summit Garden Club is holding a plant sale 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road.
More than 300 landscape garden and indoor plants will be available for sale, in 2-inch to 1-gallon containers, some even in 5-gallon containers.
Spectacular, Read More
Valles Caldera Celebrates National Park Service Birthday With Free Entry Aug. 25-27 And Special Event Saturday
VCNP News:
JEMEZ SPRINGS — Valles Caldera National Preserve, in partnership with Los Amigos de Valles Caldera and the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, is celebrating the National Park Service centennial anniversary with free entry from Aug. 25-28 and a special event 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27.
Visitors on Saturday can participate in the preserve’s “BioBlitz” where citizen-scientists of all ages can help the NPS discover and document the plants and animals that call the preserve home.
Los Amigos de Valles Caldera, the preserve’s friends group, will sponsor a variety
Governor Activates State Emergency Operations Center In Preparation For Potential Flooding Statewide
STATE News:
Today, Gov. Susana Martinez directed the activation of New Mexico Emergency Operations Center to assist in the coordinated response to flooding across the state, including Rio Arriba, Sierra, Dona Ana and Eddy counties.
These counties, including other areas of the state, have been hit with heavy rain, which is expected to continue throughout the week.
“As monsoon season continues to bring heavy rains and flooding throughout the state, I’ve activated the Emergency Operations Center to monitor the situation and assist in response as needed,” Martinez said. “Our Read More
A Business Case For Solar Discussion Wednesday
Protecting New And Existing Parks For Next 100 Years
By SANDERS MOORE, DirectorThere’s no better time than the 100th anniversary of our national park system to redouble our efforts to protect our country’s most spectacular natural areas.
Our top priorities this Centennial include:
#1 With its massive size, colorful walls, and breathtaking views, the Grand Canyon is one of the most amazing places on earth. But while the national park itself is protected against destructive activities like mining and drilling, the area surrounding it is not. That puts at risk North America’s largest old growth Read More
LANL: DOE Pilot Program Connects Entrepreneurs With Expertise At National Laboratories
PajaritoPowder, LLC, a fuel-cell-catalyst company based in Albuquerque, is one of the voucher recipients that will partner with Los Alamos. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
Los Alamos National Laboratory will give technical assistance to three fuel-cell technology companies, including one based in Albuquerque, that have been awarded vouchers by the Department of Energy as phase two of the Small Business Voucher (SBV) pilot program.
The program partners small businesses working toward clean-energy technologies with national laboratories so they can better leverage their world-class capabilities Read More
PEEC’s Geology Program For Kids Starts Sept. 20
Kids will participate in hands-on activities and field trips provided by the summer Pebble Pups program. Courtesy photoLightning Splinters Tree Near LAHS Golf Team
Lightning struck this tree Friday afternoon about 300 feet from the LAHS golf team during a practice session at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Photo by Jon Doorn A powerful bolt of lightning splintered a tree Friday at the Los Alamos Golf Course near 16 Los Alamos High School Golf Team members and four coaches.
The strike occurred at around 4 p.m., about 300 feet away from where the team was practicing.
Sam Crooks, 15, described the experience during an interview today with the Los Alamos Daily Post.
“I felt electricity
Planetarium Film At Nature Center: We Are Stars
We are Stars, a planetarium film shows at 2 p.m. Aug. 27-28 at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Courtesy photo
PEEC News:
Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC’s) popular planetarium film, We are Stars, is back for one weekend. We are Stars connects life on earth to the evolution of the universe by investigating the chemistry of stars. This family-friendly film will screen in the Los Alamos Nature Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 and Sunday, Aug. 28.
Tickets may be purchased by phone or at the Los Alamos Nature Center and are Read More
AGU: Climate Change Could Cause Major Decline In Antarctic Krill Habitat By 2100
AGU News:SFNF: Prescribed Burn Planned For Española Ranger District
SFNF News:NOAA Launches America’s First National Water Forecast Model
The new National Water Model will provide river forecast guidance at 2.7 million locations (in blue), complementing the 4,000 locations (in yellow) where National Weather Service river forecasts are currently issued. Courtesy/NOAA
NOAA News:
NOAA and its partners have developed a new forecasting tool to simulate how water moves throughout the nation’s rivers and streams, paving the way for the biggest improvement in flood forecasting the country has ever seen.
Launched today and run on NOAA’s powerful new Cray XC40 supercomputer, the National Water Model uses data from more than 8,000 Read More
Smart Design With Suzette: Join Me For My Green Design Class!
By SUZETTE FOX
Los Alamos
Green is everywhere these days–in the news, politics, fashion, and even technology.
With a million messages and ideas coming at us from all sides, it can be easy to get caught up in the ordinary stuff–switching to organic foods, turning down the thermostat, recycling — without thinking about the big picture of how your actions stack up.
Worse, you could even be suffering from a little green “fatigue” — that is, tuning out the green messages due to its message overload.
While it’s easy to get overwhelmed, the truth is that everything single thing Read More
