Environment

Tales Of Our Times: Why A Larger Scope Is Scary

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Tales of Our Times

By JOHN BARTLIT
New Mexico Citizens
for Clean Air & Water

 
Why a Larger Scope is Scary
 
New technology spreads people’s words and selected sound-bites ever faster, farther and more widely. Communication pathways broaden, yet the stories they carry grow more narrow. Thin stories keep a thin audience.
The goal today is not to reach more people, but to persuade doubly those who already agree with our views. Public arguments try to appeal to known believers—to inspirit the faithful. In the fashion of our times, the aim is to “energize the base,” that is, to buck up
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Bandelier Hosts Reunion During Centennial Celebration

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Participants arriving Saturday for the Bandelier Reunion in Frijoles Canyon. Courtesy/NPS Photo
 
Nearly 200 people attended Saturday’s Bandelier Reunion. Courtesy/NPS Photo

BANDELIER News:

As part of the celebration of Bandelier National Monument’s 100th birthday and the Centennial of the National Park Service, Bandelier held a reunion Saturday, July 23, inviting present and former employees as well as anyone with close personal connections to the park. 

Nearly 200 people attended, counting current staff as well as those who came from near and far. 

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Meet The Orphaned Bear Cubs!

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Two healthy, playful bear cubs captured on a recently installed game camera. Courtesy/LEWF

LEWF News:

Dr. Kathleen Ramsay received the two orphaned bear cubs June 25 from the Valles Caldera National Preserve. (Their mother had been euthanized following an attack on a local runner who unknowingly passed beetween her and the cubs.)

Weighing in at about 10 pounds each, Dr. Ramsay went to work to get the cubs used to their new diet of “mush” and fruit, veggies and dog food.

Now, less than a month later, Valley Girl and Cowboy are well over 20 pounds and full of playful energy.

Courtesy/LEWF

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WIPP Update: Backup Power Installed For WIPP EOC

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WIPP News:
 
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s (WIPP) Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will soon have guaranteed operation in the event of a power outage.
 
A 1,250-kilowatt diesel generator is being installed at the Skeen-Whitlock Building, the location of the EOC. The generator is designed to automatically start when a disruption in power is detected. While the primary purpose of the generator is to ensure emergency response capabilities for the EOC in the event of a power loss, the generator will also power the entire building.
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NAU Researchers Find Endangered Mouse On SFNF

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A New Mexico meadow jumping mouse captured and released this month on the Santa Fe National Forest. Courtesy/Northern Arizona University

 

Fire staff help erect fence to protect New Mexico meadow jumping mouse habitat. Courtesy/USDA Forest Service

 

SFNF News:
 
SANTA FE ― While Forest Service crews were constructing a fence to protect critical habitat for the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse, a 10-person team of researchers from Northern Arizona University (NAU) confirmed that the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) is home to the species.
 
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Santa Fe National Forest Plans Prescribed Burns

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Fire managers are planning to conduct two prescribed burns this fall on the Coyote Ranger District in the Santa Fe National Forest. Courtesy/SFNF

SFNF News:

SANTA FE – Fire managers on the Santa Fe National Forest are planning to conduct two prescribed burns on the Coyote Ranger District this fall.

The 5,041-acre French Mesa treatment area is approximately 10 miles north of Gallina and the 470-acre Mesa Potrero pile burn located approximately seven miles northwest of the community of Coyote.

The window for hand ignitions may open as early as Aug. 1, 2016, and run through Sept. 30. That window Read More

NMED Issues ‘Boil Water Advisory’ For Yah-Ta-Hey Water & Sanitation District Water System

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NMED News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Environment Department’s Drinking Water Bureau issued a “boil water advisory” for the Yah-Ta-Hey Water & Sanitation District Water System.
 
NMED issued the advisory after bacteriological contamination (E. coli) was detected in repeat drinking water samples from the water system’s distribution system. NMED required Yah-Ta-Hey Water & Sanitation District Water System to notify water system consumers of this finding. 
 
Yah-Ta-Hey Water & Sanitation District Water System is a community public water
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NNMRAC Extends Deadline For SRS Funding Proposals

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USDA News:
 
SANTA FE ― The Northern New Mexico Resource Advisory Committee (NNMRAC) has extended the deadline for proposals for projects under Title II of the Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Community Self-Determination Act until Aug. 15, 2016.
 
Eligible projects must enhance forest ecosystems and restore and improve land health and water quality on the Cibola, Santa Fe, and Carson National Forests and adjacent lands in Taos, Sandoval, Mora, San Miguel, Rio Arriba, Torrance, McKinley and Cibola Counties. 
 
The NNMRAC has up to $473,000 to allocate to
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