Environment

County: Tips On Dressing For Safety In Cold Weather

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COUNTY News:

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website, the best way to avoid hypothermia and frostbite is to stay warm and dry indoors and outdoors.

If you must go outside, dress for safety; wear several layers of loose-fitting, lightweight, warm clothing. Trapped air between the layers will insulate you.

Remove layers to avoid sweating and chill.

Outer garments should be tightly woven, water repellent and hooded. Wear a hat because much of your body heat can be lost from your head.

Cover your mouth to protect your lungs from extreme cold. Mittens, snug Read More

Amateur Naturalist: The life Of Oaks And Mosses

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By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Consider some the dimensions of a gambel oak tree. It may grow as tall as 30 feet. It is considered to be a large shrub or small tee. Its leaves may be 2 to 7 inches long and 1.5 to 3.5 inches wide with deep lobes, (see Picture 1 below). Its fruit is the acorn seed pod. The lower half of a seed pod connects with a branch. It has a bowl shaped cup at this connecting end. A seed pod may weigh about 1/10 of an ounce.

Now consider a moss. Unlike a gambel oak tree, a moss “branch” may be 0.1 to 3.9 inches long, far less in comparison to the trunk or branches an oak tree. The main branch of a moss may have Read More

Daily Postcard: ‘Strange Trio’ Illuminated At Overlook Park

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Daily Postcard: ‘Strange Trio’ sculpture illuminated by ground lighting Thursday night at the corner of Meadow Lane and Overlook Road in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Strange Trio History
Staff Report 

The public was invited to attend a re-dedication ceremony and ribbon-cutting event for “Strange Trio” on Dec. 2, 2015. The colossal steel sculpture was relocated Oct. 13, 2015 to the entrance of Overlook Park at the intersection of Meadow Lane and Overlook Road in White Rock.

Speakers at that event a decade ago included then County Council Chair Kristin Henderson, Art Read More

Daily Postcard: Valles Caldera Eruption Experience Today

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The Valles Caldera Eruption Experience happens for 15 minutes, every hour on the half-hour today, Dec. 31. The show lasts approximately 3 minutes. Visitors are encouraged to stay afterwards and interact with the Volcano Discovery Center exhibit. Courtesy/VCNP

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The community is invited to experience an immersive simulation of the Valles Caldera eruption today at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.

Every hour on the half-hour during this event, the Volcano Discovery Center “erupts” with a multisensory exhibit experience Read More