SFNF Officials Seek To Preserve Traditional Grazing While Protecting Endangered Mouse Habitat
Interested parties gather Monday to discuss ways to sustain trans-generational grazing operations in the Jemez Mountains while protecting habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse. Courtesy/SFNF
SFNF News:
SANTA FE – Representatives from Santa Fe National Forest, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Range Improvement Task Force and the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association met with dozens of local ranchers earlier this week discuss ways to sustain trans-generational grazing operations in the Jemez Mountains while protecting habitat for the endangered Read More
DOE Dedicates New National Security Campus
National Security Campus in Kansas City. Courtesy/NNSA
DOE News:
- New Facilities Are Part of NNSA’s Effort to Transform Cold War Era Infrastructure into a 21st Century Nuclear Security Enterprise
KANSAS CITY – Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz was joined by the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, United States Air Force (Ret), U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver II and Vicky Hartzler, and other local officials Friday to officially dedicate the new National Security Campus in Kansas City.
As the manufacturer of non-nuclear Read More
Udall Staff Host Military Service Academy Information Session Tuesday In Albuquerque
The United States Corps of Cadets assembled on the Plain, Aug. 16, for the Acceptance Day Parade to officially welcome the Class of 2018 into the Long Gray Line. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy Bunkley/USMA Public Affairs Wet Weather Slows Pino Fire Growth
SANTA FE – The lightning caused Pino Fire on Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District is now estimated at 91 acres.
The fire, which is being managed for resource benefit, was slowed Friday due to wetting rains in the area most of the day. Some active fire behavior was observed in the heavy fuels. Fire crews continued to monitor behavior and made preparations to step up ignition operations next week if conditions allow.
There are no road closures due to the fire at this time. Read More
Breaking News: SOS Candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver Taps Sheryl Nichols of Los Alamos As Her Deputy
Democrat Maggie Toulouse Oliver, left, candidate for N.M. secretary of state with her choice for deputy, Sheryl Nichols of Los Alamos, at a private residence in Barranca Mesa. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comDemocratic candidate Maggie Toulouse Oliver announced today that if elected New Mexico secretary of state, she intends to appoint Sheryl Nichols of Los Alamos as her deputy.
Nichols worked for the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office for 24 years. She retired as chief deputy clerk earlier this year.
“The voters of Read More
WIPP: Samples Taken From Materials Surrounding Suspected Waste Drum In Underground Facility
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WIPP News:
Workers entered the underground facility to collect additional samples Aug. 15, in support of the Accident Investigation Board’s (AIB) ongoing investigation into the cause of the February radiological event at WIPP.
The AIB requested additional samples of the materials surrounding the waste drum that is the suspected source of the radiological release in Room 7 of Panel 7. The samples will be sent to offsite laboratories for analysis in an effort to further evaluate what types of material were released from the drum at the time of the event.
Another key component Read More
Entire Manhattan Project History Declassified And Online
Cover of Manhattan District History – Book 1, Volume 1. Courtesy/DOE
DOE News:
General Leslie Groves, head of the Manhattan Engineer District, in late 1944 commissioned a multi-volume history of the Manhattan Project called the Manhattan District History.
Prepared by multiple authors under the general editorship of Gavin Hadden, a longtime civil employee of the Army Corps of Engineers, the classified history was “intended to describe, in simple terms, easily understood by the average reader, just what the Manhattan District did, and how, when, and where.”
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Udall Seeks To Protect Service Members From Abusive Loan Contracts
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U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON – Thursday, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. announced that he and several colleagues sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, urging them to close a loophole in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) that leaves service members vulnerable to abusive loan contracts.
The letter follows a ProPublica report on USA Discounters, a business that appears to be using an FDCPA loophole to sue thousands of service members in a venue where they often Read More
Bandelier’s Summer End Activities Include Fee Free Day, Hikes and More
Sign at the entrance to Bandelier National Monument Courtesy/NPS
BNM News:
DEA Publishing Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products
DEA News:
U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will publish in the Federal Register the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as recommended by the Assistant Secretary for Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and as supported by the DEA’s own evaluation of relevant data Aug. 22.
The Federal Register has made the Final Rule available for preview on its website at https:////go.usa.gov/mc8d. This Final Rule imposes the regulatory controls and sanctions applicable to Schedule II Read More
