Environment

Predict Snow And Chase Powder With New Mexico Weather Forecaster Julien Ross At PEEC Planetarium Dec. 4

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Julien Ross. Courtesy photo

PEEC News:

Get ready for snow sports this winter in Northern New Mexico with expert insights from Julien Ross, OpenSnow.com’s New Mexico Forecaster, at the Snow Forecasting & Finding Powder Days event from 6–7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium. Admission is free, and the event is available both in-person and virtually.

Ross will share the latest outlook for the 2025–2026 winter season, including whether we will see a weak La Niña or a “La Nada” influencing snowfall in New Mexico. Attendees will learn snow forecasting techniques, Read More

Amateur Naturalist: The Ranch School Trail

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Picture 1: There are three sections to the Ranch School trail. The bottom section (1) is built into a canyon wall.  The middle section (2) crosses relatively level land with dispersed woodlands.  The upper section (3) passes through forested land next to the Acid Canyon creek. It merges with Pueblo Canyon. Photo by Robert Dryja

By Robert Dryja
Los Alamos 

The PEEC Nature Center has two hiking trails adjacent to it. The Acid Canyon trail forms a loop into the upper stream section of Acid Canyon. The Ranch School trail forms a single path into the downstream section. Both trails have a common starting Read More

NMED Provides Free Filters And Tests For La Cieneguilla And La Cienega Residents Impacted By PFAS Plume

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NMED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is offering free private well water testing and private water well filters to residents of La Cieneguilla and La Cienega impacted by PFAS after a recent report identified a widespread plume of these toxic chemicals in the communities’ groundwater.

The PFAS groundwater plume was recently discovered west of the Santa Fe Regional Airport. A report by research firm INTERA found that one in three parcels in La Cieneguilla and La Cienega showed PFAS contamination in the underlying groundwater, with 169 parcels showing contamination Read More

New World Screwworm Is On The Move And State Asks New Mexico Hunters To Be On The Lookout

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New World Screwworm Fly. Courtesy/NMSU

NMWF News:

New World Screwworm is on the move and New Mexico officials are asking hunters to be on the lookout for any sign it has infested the state’s wildlife populations.

Dr. Sean McCartney, a veterinarian with the New Mexico Livestock Board, will give a free presentation on the screwworm, its lifecycle and the threat it poses to wildlife Nov. 12 in Albuquerque. His talk is the latest presentation under the New Mexico Wildlife Federation’s (NMWF) “Wildlife Wednesday” series, held on the second Wednesday of each month.

“We think that wildlife will be Read More

Mexican Wolf Captured North Of Interstate 40

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A Mexican wolf. Courtesy/Endangered Wolf Center

NMGF News:

SANTA FE — Male Mexican wolf 3065 was captured Friday, Nov. 7, north of Interstate 40, north of Gallina.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMGF) captured the wolf by helicopter. Afterward, he was returned to the wild in the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area (MWEPA) in the Gila National Forest in Grant County. 

The decision to capture and transfer M3065 was made in accordance with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) current recovery permit, which states that “authorized permittees may capture and Read More