Meet Classic Air Medical At Los Alamos Nature Center
Classic Air Medical helicopter in flight. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
To live in Northern New Mexico is to be surrounded by rugged beauty. But what happens if you have a medical emergency when you’re out exploring the wilderness?
Luckily Classic Air Medical, a helicopter medical transport service, is ready to help. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, meet pilot Geoff Rodgers and the medical team to discuss the exciting work of this helicopter rescue company and how they work with the local community.
Rodgers is a former Los Alamos County councilor who served Read More
LANL: Capture Sunlight With Your Window
The luminescent solar concentrator could turn any window into a daytime power source.Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- With integrated photovoltaics, quantum dot solar windows go non-toxic, colorless, with record efficiency
A luminescent solar concentrator is an emerging sunlight harvesting technology that has the potential to disrupt the way we think about energy; It could turn any window into a daytime power source.
“In these devices, a fraction of light transmitted through the window is absorbed by nanosized particles (semiconductor quantum dots) dispersed in a glass window, re-emitted Read More
Cinema Cindy Reviews ‘Love And Mercy’
By CYNTHIA BIDDLECOMB“Love and Mercy” is an intense bio-pic about Brian Wilson, the genius behind the 1960s band the Beach Boys, and his downward spiral into mental illness.
Rated PG-13 “for thematic elements, drug content and language,” “Love and Mercy” is not light fare. Its focus on mental health, abusive therapists and parents requires of the audience a strong and merciful heart. However, the story is historically informative and courageous.
Movie poster for ‘Love and Mercy.’ Courtesy/Reel Deal TheaterJohn Cusack plays a mentally and emotionally oppressed Read More
Udall Welcomes Committee On Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing On Gold King Mine Disaster
Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Tom Udall welcomed an announcement by Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming,chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (SCIA), that the committee will hold an oversight hearing to examine the harmful impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Gold King Mine spill on Indian Country.
Udall and fellow committee member Sen. John McCain of Arizona, wrote a letter earlier this month to Barrasso and SCIA Vice Chairman Jon Tester of Montana requesting the hearing.
The hearing, titled “EPA’s Gold King Mine Disaster: Read More
NMED, State Engineer, RMSC Win Injunction
NMED News:
Santa Fe – Today, Gov. Susana Martinez’s executive agencies – the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the Office of the State Engineer (OSE) – along with 12 other co-plaintiff states (States) prevailed in their motion to block the Aug. 28 implementation of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
Chief Judge Ralph Erickson granted the States’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction in the U.S. District Court of North Dakota, and ruled that the North Dakota Read More
Game Commission Votes 7-0 For Cougar Trapping
New Mexico Game Commission votes to endorse the NMDGF recommendations to drastically expand trapping, snaring and killing cougar across New Mexico. Courtesy/APNM
APNM News:
SANTA FE – Today, the New Mexico Game Commission voted to endorse the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish’s (NMDGF) extreme recommendations to drastically expand trapping, snaring, and killing across New Mexico as part of revisions to the 2016 Bear & Cougar Rule.
By a unanimous vote, the Game Commission endorsed the NMDGF proposals to:
- allow cougar trapping using leg-hold traps and snares on state trust
Nature Center’s Fourth Friday Fractal Show Cancelled
PEEC News:The Los Alamos Nature Center’s Fourth Friday Fractal show scheduled for Friday, Aug. 28 has been cancelled.
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center will start monthly fractal shows beginning Sept. 25 in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s Planetarium. Read More
Council Recognizes Los Alamos Co+op Market As 2015 Business Recycler Of The Year
Environmental Services Manager Angelica Gurule and Public Works Director Philo Shelton recognize the Los Alamos Co+op Market as the 2015 Los Alamos County Business Recycler of the Year and present Co+op Board President Tracy McFarland with the award. This is the second time the Co+op has received this award. Print Screen/LADP
Staff Report
The County Council this evening recognized the Los Alamos Co+op Market as the 2015 Los Alamos County Business Recycler of the Year.
Public Works Director Philo Shelton Environmental Services Manager Angelica Gurule presented the Read More
Luján And DeGette Call For Oversight Hearing On Spill
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CONGRESSIONAL News:Advocates Call To Reform Federal Coal Lease Program
BLM News:Seed Harvesting Hikes Begin Friday
Seed collection volunteers. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Since the Las Conchas Fire, many areas of the Pajarito Plateau are in stream channel stabilization and floodplain restoration. To help in this effort, join Chick Keller to collect grass seeds and look at other interesting native plants.
These seeds will be used next spring in the post-fire restoration project along Frijoles Creek near the Visitor Center in Bandelier National Monument. This project, managed by Keystone Restoration Ecology, is part of a New Mexico River Stewardship grant to protect New Mexico’s water quality and resources. Read More
Learn About Hidden Treasures Of Mesa Prieta Tuesday
Mesa Prieta Petroglyph. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Which site has 50,000 volunteer-logged petroglyphs? What is the largest petroglyph site in North America? The answer to both of these questions is Mesa Prieta, an amazing archaeological treasure just in our own backyard.
To learn more about this fascinating area and unique nonprofit, come hear Katherine Wells, founder of Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project, discuss her work at 7 p.m., Tuesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road. It is free to attend, and no registration is required.
Wells will show petroglyphs from the Archaic, Puebloan Read More
Upper Gold King Mine Spill Still Not Cleaned Up
Mine Wastes on Animas River bank rocks in Durango Aug. 14, 2015. Courtesy/Dr. Jack NyhanThe ghost town of Gladstone is found in one of the most stunningly beautiful areas of the San Juan Mountains in Colorado, located at the head of Cement Creek about 6 miles north of Silverton.
Proceeding south along the Animas River from Silver City leads to the most beautiful farmland in all of Colorado and New Mexico adjacent to the Animas River. So, from Gladstone, it’s 6 miles to Silverton, and then 47 mi to Durango Read More
SFNF Releases Final EIS For Southwest Jemez Mountains Landscape Restoration Project
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) announced the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and draft Record of Decision (ROD) for one of the largest forest restoration projects in the Southwest.
The Southwest Jemez Mountains (SWJM) Landscape Restoration Project is a long-term collaborative effort to restore forest ecosystems at the landscape scale and improve resilience to major disturbances, including fire, insects and disease, and climate change.
SFNF Supervisor Maria T. Garcia said the plan of action selected for the SWJM project is based Read More
Hazy Los Alamos Sky From Western Fires
Hazy skies. Courtesy photo
LAFD News:
The Los Alamos Fire Department explains that the smoky haze occurring in the sky over Los Alamos is coming from fires burning in the western states.
“We’re getting into the Fall pattern and the jet stream is pulling all the smoke from fires in Washington, Idaho, California, Oregon and Colorado right through Los Alamos,” Deputy Fire Chief Justin Grider said. Read More
NMED Proposes Repeal Of 20.2.36 NMAC Sulfur Limits
NMED News:The rule was identified in the November 2012 Improving Environmental Permitting Report as a rule for potential revision or repeal.
The NMED will host informational open houses
WIPP: New Hybrid Bolting Machine Ready For Service
New hybrid bolting machine assembled at Wipp. Courtesy/WIPP
WIPP News:
WIPP’s new hybrid bolting machine was recently transported to the WIPP underground, where it was reassembled by site personnel.
The bolter is designed to run on either diesel or electricity. The unit was inspected and acceptance tested at the manufacturer’s site before it was disassembled and transported to the WIPP site. Operational checks have been completed, and the automatic fire suppression system has been installed on the unit.
Before the bolter can be placed into service, portable power units that will Read More
Project Underway To Repair Flood Damage In Bandelier Visitor Center Area
Work has begun on a project to clean up and repair the area across Frijoles Creek from the Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center. Courtesy/NPS
Fallen branches are being removed as part of a project to clean up and repair the area across Frijoles Creek from the Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center. Courtesy/NPS
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Map. Courtesy/NPS
BANDELIER News:
Work has begun on a project to clean up and repair the area across Frijoles Creek from the Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center, which has been damaged by flash floods following the Las Conchas Fire in 2011.
Using emergency relief funds Read More
Sierra Club Applauds New Methane Pollution Standard
SIERRA CLUB News:Results Of Well Water ‘Walk-in’ Samples Sent To 570 Residents Concerned With Gold King Mine Spill Effects
NMED Secretary Ryan Flynn said
NMED News:
SANTA FE – Results of domestic well water testing are being mailed to approximately 570 concerned residents of San Juan County following the Aug. 5 EPA-caused Gold King Mine Spill.
“We mobilized about 25 environment department staff in the wake of the Gold King Mine Spill for a variety of purposes, and we still have many in the field. Many of these environment staff tested water on behalf of more than 500 domestic well owners who brought their ‘walk-in’ samples to the County Fair last week,” NMED Secretary Ryan Flynn said. “Many test participants received Read More
