Environment

Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation And Open Spaces Take Over Nature Center

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Kids and adults enjoy games and putt-putt at the nature center last year. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Division is taking over the Los Alamos Nature Center and putting up a putt-putt course for the evening. The pulic is invited to putt-putt through the Los Alamos Nature Center 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 2600 Canyon Road.

Play through the nature center and win prizes, including free passes to the pool or ice rink and more. It is a great way to learn about the latest news on local trails and enjoy a fun, free evening. This family-friendly event Read More

Bear Resistant Dumpsters Delivered To LAMC

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Los Alamos County Environmental Services Manager Angelica Gurule and NMG&F Assistant Chief of Private Land Programs Bob Osborn in front of the three new bear resistant dumpster delivered Dec. 29 to LAMC. Courtesy photo

NMG&F Assistant Chief of Private Land Programs Bob Osborn places a Bear Aware decal on the new bear resistant dumpster at LAMC. Courtesy photo

COUNTY News:

Three bear resistant dumpsters were delivered Dec. 29 to Los Alamos Medical Center.

These dumpsters are a safety measure in an effort to deter bears from feeding at these dumpsters and to minimize human-bear Read More

Public Meeting: Carbon Free Power Project … The Next-generation Nuclear Facility 6 p.m. Jan. 12

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COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos community is invited to a presentation on the Carbon Free Power Project, a next-generation nuclear facility that utilizes small modular reactors. 

Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is holding the public meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 12 at Fuller Lodge, at 2132 Central Ave. in Los Alamos.

At the direction of the Board of Public Utilities, DPU is exploring whether or not to add the Carbon Free Power Project to the County’s energy generation portfolio to meet a 2040 goal to be carbon neutral.  Specifically, through DPU’s membership in the Utah Associated Read More

UAMPS Honors Los Alamos County Department Of Public Utilities With System Improvement Award

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From left, UAMPS  CEO Doug Hunter, DPU Utilities Manager Tim Glasco, Deputy Utilities Manager–Electric Production Steve Cummins and UAMPS Board Chair Jackie Flowers. Courtesy photo

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County and its Department of Public Utilities received a System Improvement Award at the recent 2016 Member Meeting of the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) in Salt Lake City.

DPU Manager Tim Glasco and Deputy Utilities Manager–Electric Production Steve Cummins accepted the award, which was presented by UAMPS Board Chair Jackie Flowers and UAMPS CEO Doug Hunter. Read More

Library Film Series Resumes With ‘Grizzly Man’ Jan. 6

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Bear-lover and amateur naturalist Timothy Treadwell. Courtesy photo
 
LIBRARY News:
 
Mesa Public Library shows the film “Grizzly Man” at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 5 in the Upstairs Meeting Rooms.
 
This is the first in a year-long series of free films that will be shown on the first Thursday of each month. The films for January, February and March have been chosen to reflect “The Best of the 2000s.”
 
Communing with nature takes on a whole new meaning in the hands of expert filmmaker Werner Herzog, who has nearly 70 films to his credit. The
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Future Trails Discussion At Nature On Tap Thursday

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PEEC News:

Open Space Specialist Eric Peterson will discuss the proposed flow trail for Los Alamos County and the future of the local trail network at the first Nature on Tap presentation of 2017.

Peterson’s talk is 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at UnQuarked in Central Park Square.

Nature On Tap is part of a series of conversations about art, history, nature and science.

Peterson oversees the County’s open space and trails systems. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio and has spent the last six years working in the Open Space Industry, which included Bernalillo Read More

EM Sites Cut Costs More Than $100 Million In FY-16

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EM’s Richland Operations Office achieves cost savings by increasing disposal capacity at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility, known as the ‘hub’ of Hanford cleanup. Courtesy/DOE

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – EM sites reduced operating costs by more than $100 million in fiscal year (FY) 2016, responding to a challenge from EM leadership to free more funding for cleanup.

The Savannah River Operations Office realized more than $34.1 million in cost reductions, followed by the Richland Operations Office (RL) with more than $31.6 million, Portsmouth/Paducah Read More

Nature On Tap: Our Local Trails

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PEEC News:

Come to Nature on Tap to discuss the future possibilities for the Los Alamos County trail network. Eric Peterson, LA County’s Open Space Specialist, will provide an update about upcoming projects, the proposed flow trail included.

Nature on Tap is part of a series of conversations about art, history, nature, and science. This week, PEEC is hosting Nature on Tap  5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 at Unquarked. Admission is free.

Peterson oversees the County’s open space and trails systems. He is a graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio and has spent the last six years working Read More

Tales Of Our Times: Different Words Tell Similar Things

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Tales of Our Times
By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

Different Words Tell Similar Things

All our tilling here once a month has earned a winter break from the work of green concerns and the weight of varied prospects. For the holiday, I offer a poem by Peggy Pond Church.

Peggy Pond came to the Pajarito Plateau in 1914 as the daughter of Ashley Pond Jr., the eventual founder of the Los Alamos Ranch School. In 1924, she married Fermor Church, an engineering graduate of Harvard, who had come to teach at the fledgling school. Most of us know of the Ranch School and the role that its Read More