Environment

Wildlife Advocates To Rally Before Tuesday’s Game Commission Meeting

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Mary Katherine Ray

SIERRA CLUB News:

Another critical wildlife decision looms for Gov. Martinez’s Game Commission — will it do the right thing?

On Tuesday, the New Mexico Game Commission will decide whether to allow the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to release the endangered Mexican gray wolf in the wild in New Mexico in accordance with the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Fish and Wildlife is appealing to the commission because New Mexico Game and Fish Director Alexa Sandoval denied the agency’s permit.

The public is invited to rally at 8 a.m. before Tuesday’s commission meeting to support scientifically Read More

Bandelier Welcomes New Artist In Residence Carolyn Tourney Florek

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Bandelier Artist-in-Resident Carolyn Tourney Florek. Courtesy/Carolyn Florek

BANDELIER News:

Carolyn Tourney Florek of Santa Fe, Bandelier National Monument’s current artist in residence, is a poet, publisher, garden designer, and visual artist .

She has degrees in geology and painting, and her poetry has been published in a number of anthologies. Her poem, “Over Flat Creek,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Florek’s most recent publication, The Painted Door Opened, is a collaboration along with Carolyn Dahl of their poetry and art. Her work Read More

PEEC Holds Fishing Clinic Oct. 3

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Fishing lesson in progress. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is providing a fishing clinic for youth and families at Fenton Lake 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3.

For those who want to learn how to fish, improve their skills, or want to know more about our local aquatic ecosystems, this is an excellent opportunity.

This fishing adventure includes lessons on knot tying, casting, fish biology, macro-invertebrates, fish prints, baits, and lures. Fishing expert, Casey Harthorn, with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, will also discuss recreational Read More

Live Webcast Of Total Lunar Eclipse Sunday

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Events for the total lunar eclipse Sept. 27-28. This version is labeled for Eastern Daylight Time. Due to the Moon’s slightly off-center path through Earth’s umbra, the southern half of its disk should look slightly brighter during totality than the northern half. Sky & Telescope illustration

 

By KELLY BEATTY
Sky & Telescope
  • A total lunar eclipse occurs in prime time for U.S. skywatchers Sunday night, Sept. 27. Sky & Telescope is providing a high-definition webcast of the entire event.

Kelly Beatty. Photo by Craig Michael Utter/S&T

Sunday evening, skygazers Read More

Atmospheric Research Lab Bound For Antarctica

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An advanced cloud and aerosol instrumentation platform is about to have a one-year run at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Courtesy Photo

Mobile facility managers Kim Nitschke and Paul Ortega scouted Antarctica with the Antarctica experiment co-investigator Johannes Verlinde to determine the ideal locations and infrastructure. Courtesy photo

By ROGER SNODGRASS
Los Alamos Daily Post

A big production is about to take place in a remote part of the world starting in November. A team of logistics specialists assembled from Los Alamos National Laboratory and several other national science Read More

DOE To Perform Ordnance Clearance Sweeps For Pre Manhattan-Era Munitions In Bayo And Rendija Canyons

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EM-LA News:

A multi-disciplinary team led by the Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) will begin setting up for ordinance clearance sweeps Sept. 27.

A comprehensive sweep will take place at the head of a tributary to Bayo Canyon on land primarily owned by the Los Alamos County, while similar work will be performed in Rendija Canyon on 15 acres owned by the United States Forest Service. Both areas were used in the mid-1940s by the US Army; the area at the head of Bayo Canyon was a former Bazooka firing range, while Rendija Canyon was an ammunition impact zone. Read More

SFNF Issues Closure Order For Golondrino Prescribed Burn On Cuba Ranger District

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE – The Golondrino prescribed burn area on the Cuba Ranger District will be closed to the public Sunday, Sept. 27 until Thursday, Oct. 8 to ensure public safety during ignitions. 

The restricted area is popular with hunters, and since the prescribed burn is planned during turkey and bear season, forest officials determined that a closure order would minimize potential safety hazards. 

The area under the closure order is delineated by the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) boundary on the north, the boundary between the Cuba and Coyote Ranger Districts on the east, Read More

DOE National Cleanup Workshop Sept. 29-30

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DOE News:

Washington, D.C. – Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29-30, the Department of Energy (DOE), in cooperation with the Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) and Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG), will hold the first DOE National Cleanup Workshop at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, VA.

The workshop brings together senior DOE executives, officials from DOE sites, industry executives, local government officials, and other stakeholders. Topics will include major cleanup successes planned for the next two years, contract and project management improvement, efforts to develop Read More

NNSA Removes U.S.-Origin HEU From Jamaica, Makes Caribbean HEU Free

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Anne Harrington

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has removed approximately 1 kilogram of U.S.-Origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Jamaica’s “Safe Low-Power Kritical Experiment” (SLOWPOKE) research reactor and returned the material to the United States, making the Caribbean region completely free of HEU.  

“Cooperating with Jamaica and Canada in completing this HEU removal is an outstanding example of how regional cooperation can support global efforts to minimize the civilian use of HEU, while Read More

NM Testimony At Joint Congressional Hearing Reveals EPA Misled With Incomplete, Cherry-Picked Data

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New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn

NMED News:

SANTA FE – At Thursday’s Joint Congressional Hearing for Natural Resources and Oversight & Government Reform, New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn clarified numerous discrepancies from testimony made earlier in the day by the Environmental Protection Agency, including the agency’s summary-level, cherry-picked data that sought to downplay the severity of the Gold King Mine spill.

Flynn testified that the EPA neglected to include a key contaminant, arsenic, among the data supplied. Nor did EPA include total metals (just Read More