McQuiston: When The Smoke Shows Up … A Wildfire Guide For Los Alamos Families
By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
You usually smell it before you see it. A sharp pine smell drifts in through a window. Or a smudge of smoke shows up over the Jemez that wasn’t there the day before. You step outside, look west toward the forest, and reach for your phone to find out where it’s coming from.
If you’ve lived on the hill for long, you don’t need to be told this matters. Los Alamos has watched fire come over the ridge before. The dry weeks of late spring and early summer, before the monsoon rains arrive in July, are when it happens here. Most years it stays in
Op-Ed: One Million Metric Tons—What It Took And Why It Matters
By AMANDA HEHR
COO
Kathairos Solutions
On May 30, Kathairos Solutions crossed a milestone we have been working toward since the company was founded: one million metric tons of CO2 equivalent eliminated through our nitrogen venting elimination systems. I wanted to take a moment to explain what that number means, how we got here, and why we think it matters beyond our own balance sheet.
Methane venting during oil and gas operations is one of the more tractable emissions challenges in the energy sector. It is not a problem that requires shutting in production or waiting on breakthrough technology. Read More
Home Country: Hotter Right Here
Home Country
By SLIM RANDLE
“Wonder what the count is today,” said Herb. “Sure is hot.”
We sipped simultaneously, as is our wont, and stared at our friend. “What count would that be?” asked Steve.
“The btu count, of course,” said Herb. “Those are British thermal units, you know. It’s how heat is measured.”
Leave it to Herb. There doesn’t appear to be any coffee-drinking topic that Herb can’t make completely obscure.
“I was just getting used to the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius,” our cowboy, Steve, said.
“I always eat my Celsius with peanut butter on it,” said Doc.
“Doc made a joke!” came Read More
Interior Department Begins Nationwide Review Of Rock Climbing And Wilderness Study Area Management Policies
DOI News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced a 60-day public comment period on proposed recreational climbing guidance and potential updates to wilderness study area management policies for lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service.
The Department is seeking public input on two important efforts:
- First, establishing a consistent approach to recreational rock climbing management across designated wilderness areas; and
- Second, evaluating whether existing wilderness study areas and
Daily Postcard: Wasp Gathers Nectar In White Rock
Daily Postcard: A thread-waisted wasp gathers nectar from a blossom recently in White Rock. These wasps are both pollinators and hunters of caterpillars. Photo by Richard Skolnik Read More
Catch Of The Week: Your Friend Didn’t Send You That Steam Gift Card
By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post
Ding! You get a Discord message from someone you know. Maybe it’s a gaming buddy, maybe it’s someone from a community server you both hang out in. The message is friendly, casual, and comes with a link or QR code promising a free $50 Steam gift card. Sounds like a nice surprise, and in this economy we can all use an extra $50, right? That’s a big ol’ nope from me.
This scam has been circulating on Discord for a while now, but security researchers are flagging it with new urgency in 2025 because the tactics have grown more sophisticated and the Read More
Daily Postcard: Lilies Liven Up Whiskey Barrel In White Rock
Daily Postcard: Lilies liven up whiskey barrel in White Rock. Photo by Nancy Hibbs Read More
