Environment

Posts From The Road: The Angel Of Route 66

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Arizona Route 66 Museum: The Arizona Route 66 Museum in Kingman, Ariz. has a very nice display of Angel Delgadillo and his work with Historic Route 66 and Arizona Tourism. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Angel: Angel Delgadillo discusses the 10 long years between the opening of I-40 in 1978 and the designation of Historic Route 66 in 1988 when he felt like Seligman had been forgotten. Once the Historic Route 66 was established many tourist and tour buses returned to Route 66, which brought the town back to life. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
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County: Keeping An Eye On The Weather? Use The Local Weather And Storm Alert System

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COUNTY News:

When lightning is detected within 10 miles of a Weather Station during operation hours, audible and visible alerts will activate.

The alert remains active for 30 minutes from the most recent lightning strike, with a visible countdown timer showing when it is safe to resume outdoor activities.

Local Weather Stations are located at Ashley Pond Park, Los Alamos County Golf Course, North Mesa Sports Complex, Overlook Park and Piñon Splash Pad in White Rock.

Visit the “Weather and storm alert system” page to view current conditions: https://www.losalamosnm.gov/Community/Alerts-current-conditions#section-7 Read More

McQuiston: When The Smoke Shows Up … A Wildfire Guide For Los Alamos Families

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By ALLEN MCQUISTON
Jemez Insurance Agency
Serving Los Alamos Since 1963

You usually smell it before you see it. A sharp pine smell drifts in through a window. Or a smudge of smoke shows up over the Jemez that wasn’t there the day before. You step outside, look west toward the forest, and reach for your phone to find out where it’s coming from.

If you’ve lived on the hill for long, you don’t need to be told this matters. Los Alamos has watched fire come over the ridge before. The dry weeks of late spring and early summer, before the monsoon rains arrive in July, are when it happens here. Most years it stays in

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Documents Added To LANL Electronic Public Reading Room

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LANL News:

New documents have been added to the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room.

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Op-Ed: One Million Metric Tons—What It Took And Why It Matters

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By AMANDA HEHR
COO
Kathairos Solutions

On May 30, Kathairos Solutions crossed a milestone we have been working toward since the company was founded: one million metric tons of CO2 equivalent eliminated through our nitrogen venting elimination systems. I wanted to take a moment to explain what that number means, how we got here, and why we think it matters beyond our own balance sheet.

Methane venting during oil and gas operations is one of the more tractable emissions challenges in the energy sector. It is not a problem that requires shutting in production or waiting on breakthrough technology. Read More

Daily Postcard: Hooded Warblers Return To Los Alamos

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Daily Postcard: Exciting news! For the third year in a row, Hooded Warblers have been confirmed nesting on the Santa Fe National Forest in Los Alamos County. This image shows the male Hooded Warbler. This year’s site is again along the Upper Water Canyon Trail, only 250 feet away from last year’s nest. In 2024 they nested about 1.3 miles away in Los Alamos Canyon. These three records are the only confirmed nesting records ever found in New Mexico. Friday morning, both adults were spotted carrying food into a dense area of small oaks and wild rose. Eventually their nest was located, with the female Read More

Tree Deaths Tripled Across New Mexico In 2025 Amid Drought, Heat

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Aerial view of the extent of beetle kill, as seen in red, in untreated piñon-juniper woodland (above) versus a landscape that has been thinned (below). Photos by Victor Lucero

NMFD News:

SANTA FE — Tree deaths tripled in New Mexico during the second warmest year on record, according to a new report that shows a mixed portrait of resilience and vulnerability across New Mexico’s forested landscapes.

Each year, the New Mexico Forestry Division and U.S. Forest Service conduct aerial surveys to map insect and disease activity across 14 million acres of state, private, Tribal, and federal forests Read More