Recreation

New Mexico Environment Department Warns Of Harmful Algae Blooms In Charette, Clayton, Maloya Lakes

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NMED News:

COLFAX AND UNION Counties — The the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is urging visitors to Charette Lake, Clayton Lake, and Lake Maloya in Northern New Mexico to use caution due to the formation of harmful algae blooms.

Samples collected by NMED from these three lakes show that harmful algae blooms are present.

NMED is urging visitors to take the following precautions: 

  • As always, do not drink untreated surface water;
  • Avoid swimming in algae blooms;
  • Rinse fish with clean water thoroughly before cooking, eat only the fillet portion;
  • Keep pets and livestock out of the water
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State Awards $2.2M To Connect 22,000 Youth To Outdoors

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EDD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) awarded $2,178,029 through its Outdoor Equity Fund to 61 programs that will provide outdoor education and career training to more than 22,000 youth across the state, with a special emphasis on low-income families and Tribal communities.  

The Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) is funding programs that provide hands-on outdoor education for young people from low-income families, with 14 serving Tribal communities. Recipients will provide over $1.7 million in matching funds, multiplying the impact. Forty of the Read More

County: 37th Street & Piñon Park Playgrounds Closed For Safety During Renovation Work

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Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The Community Services Department (CSD), in partnership with Los Alamos Landscaping & More, LLC, will temporarily close the 37 th Street and Piñon Park Playgrounds during construction to complete planned renovations. These closures are necessary to ensure the safe execution of demolition and rebuilding activities at both sites.

37th Street Play Lot

  • Preparation work begins Monday, Oct. 6, 2025—construction to begin shortly after
  • Planned improvements include demolition of existing playground equipment, asphalt and concrete pavement, segmental,
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Geimer Top Predictor In Final Pace Race Of 2025 Season

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Racers prepare for the final pace race of the 51st season, Tuesday on the Canyon Rim Trail. Courtesy/ACRR

ACRR News:

Paul Geimer was the best predictor in Atomic City Road Runner’s (ACRR) final pace race of the 51st season held Tuesday on the Canyon Rim Trail. He was 21 seconds off his predicted time as well as the first finisher on the 3-mile course at 18:39. 

Other accurate predictors were Lynn Bjorklund at 22 seconds off and the top female finisher in the 3-mile distance with a time of 24:52; Warren Scoggins with a 40 second difference; Sean Thomas with a 43 second differential; and Chris Mullender Read More

SFNF & USDA Call Laguna Wildfire 100 Percent Contained

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — A recent fixed wing flight with an infrared (IR) camera detected no heat within the Laguna Wildfire perimeter.

USDA Forest Service Fire Managers from the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) have called the Laguna Wildfire 100 percent contained.

This announcement means the wildfire poses no risk of spreading.

There are no closures, but the public is urged to exercise caution when traveling within this burned area.

Hazards exist, including:

  • Dead standing trees; and
  • Potential for flash flooding even in areas not directly affected by the wildfire.

Lightning ignited the Laguna Read More

Visitor Spending For Manhattan Project National Historical Park Contributes $5.4 Million Across Three Communities

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The three Manhattan Project NHPs, from left, Hanford, Los Alamos, and Oak Ridge. Courtesy/NPS 

NPS News:

DENVER – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows Manhattan Project National Historical Park had a total of 74,693 recreation visits across its three park units in 2024.

These visits led to a total of approximately $5.4 million in visitor spending in local communities parkwide.

The numbers per site are as follows:

  • Hanford, Wash. – 19,644 visits; $773,000 in visitor spending;
  • Los Alamos, N.M. – 25,538 visits; $1.8 million in visitor spending; and
  • Oak Ridge, Tenn. – 29,511 visits; $2.8
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Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: Sept. 22, 2005

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BRIDGE News:

Winners of last week’s games were Cliff Rudy (twice), Michelle Rudy and Jerry Fleming.  Bill Dorin from Fort Collins, a long time Los Alamos resident and former member of our bridge club, checked in and asked if there were players he would remember.  It turned out there are a few.

Today’s hand is very distributional in the North and East seats, so it’s likely that most auctions will get fairly high fairly fast. That’s exactly what happened in our game.

This is board #16. East is the dealer and E/W are vulnerable.

East opens the bidding with 1♦.  With two touching Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 30, 2025

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

Kokanee salmon snagging season opens Wednesday at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.

Kokanee are a landlocked species of sockeye salmon that spend their entire lives in freshwater and do not migrate to the ocean. Like other species of Pacific salmon, they live for 3-4 years, then spawn. After spawning, they die. 

In order to make use of the salmon, a special snagging season is established to allow anglers a chance to harvest the fish before they die using nontraditional methods. The most common way of catching them is by snagging. Read More

Ranking Member Heinrich Celebrates National Public Lands Day With Advocates & U.S. House Natural Resources Committee

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Sen. Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, Tracy Stone-Manning, President of The Wilderness Society, Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of Vet Voice Foundation, and Ryan ‘Cal’ Callaghan, Board Chair of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers celebrate National Public Lands Day Sept. 24. Courtesy photo

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

ALBUQUERQUE — Ahead of National Public Lands Day, Sept. 27, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Read More

Los Alamos Golfer Mike Randow Scores Hole In One!

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Los Alamos golfer Mike Randow scored a ‘Hole In One’ on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, on Hole #6 at 130 yards, at the Los Alamos Golf Course. He used his 9 iron. The ball landed about a foot past the hole before spinning back into the cup for his first ‘Ace’ ever. Witnesses to Randow’s ‘Hole In One’ achievement include fellow Los Alamos golfers Emery Ring and Jim Friar, left. Photo by Emery Ring

Mike Randow’s ‘Hole In One’ achieved on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, on Hole #6 at 130 yards, at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Courtesy photo Read More