Recreation

Weekly Fishing Report: May 17, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE 
Sports and Outdoors 
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The Department stocked a total of 44,581 rainbow trout weighing 16,359 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico.

It has been one of the weakest spring runoffs in memory this year. The snowpack is gone and the weather has been unseasonably warm and dry. This is reflected in streamflow measurements. Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Streamflows above 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second would be common.

Streamflow in the Rio Grande decreased slightly and is extremely below Read More

Community Invited To Weigh In On Green Bike Lanes

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Green bike lanes along Diamond Drive. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

The Los Alamos County Public Works team recently installed a couple of green bike lanes along Diamond Drive. 

The team used an epoxy resin with crushed colored glass to enhance the visibility of locations where bicyclists are expected to operate, where they might be in conflict with traffic crossing the lane.

The County wants to hear the community’s thoughts.

To weigh in, email Keith Wilson at keith.wilson@losalamosnm.gov with answers to the following questions:

  • What DO you like about this treatment?
  • What DON’T you like about
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State Launches First-Ever Outdoor Equity Fund Grants Up To $100,000 For Large-Scale, High-Impact Youth Programs

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico is expanding its Outdoor Equity Fund with a new grant tier offering grants up to $100,000 to organizations delivering large-scale outdoor programs for youth statewide.

The new Tier 2 category, offered through the state’s Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD), under the Economic Development Department of New Mexico (EDNM), is designed for organizations with the capacity to deliver large-scale programming, expand outdoor access, and deepen community impact for New Mexico youth.

“This new funding tier reflects the growing demand for outdoor Read More

Community Day And Water Safety Fair Launches At Storrie Lake State Park

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Storrie Lake State Park, north of Las Vegas, NM, photographed facing northwest in 2023. Courtesy photo

NMSP News:

LAS VEGAS — Families are invited to Storrie Lake State Park May 17 for the first-ever Community Day and Water Safety Fair featuring hands-on safety activities, demonstrations and outdoor fun for all ages.  

The event helps promote National Safe Boating Week, May 16-22, the official launch of the 2026 Safe Boating Campaign. This yearlong campaign promotes the value of voluntary, consistent life jacket wear by recreational boaters.  

Highlights include fire and police truck Read More

Piñon Park Pool Set To Open Memorial Day Weekend

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County staff have been hard at work at Piñon Park Pool, in White Rock, and are happy to announce its opening date of Saturday, May 23, 2026!

Piñon Park Pool is open to the public, and Los Alamos County Aquatic Center pass holders can also utilize the facility.

The Piñon Pool Association previously ran Piñon Pool; however, they closed the facility in 2025 due to a lack of memberships. Los Alamos County reached out to the owner of the property, Attack Research, and secured a lease in February 2026 to operate the pool from May 2026 to October 2026.

Piñon Park Pool will Read More

Anderson And Hetrick Tie For Best Predictor In Weekly Pace Race Held May 12

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ACRR News:

Eric Anderson and 5-year-old Ryder Hetrick were both 6 seconds off their predicted time in the weekly pace race held in Rendija Canyon out on Barranca Mesa.  Other accurate predictors were 5-year-old June Rue with a 15 second difference; Adrienne Hetrick recording 18 seconds off; Lukas Zavora with a 21 second differential; and Eugenya Simakov at 23 seconds off as well as the first-place female on the 2-mile course at 28:15.

In the 1-mile race Ted Romero was the top finisher with a time of 10:06 and 7-year-old Ivana Velechosky was the first female finisher Read More

Elementary Students Shine At Girls On The Run 5K

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Girls on the Run from Mountain Elementary. Standing from left: Coach Nancy Parga, Lucy Lindsay, Braelynn Dick, Coach Branden Willman, Elise Thalacker, Coach Kandice Favorite, Ali Maupin, Chliu-Yen , Amaya Dick, Coach Stephanie Luscher, Coach Signe Moore, baby Ansen. Kneeling, from left: Lane Cleveland, Scout Cleveland, Becky Herroon, Pamela Cox, Natalie Cox. Courtesy photo

Scout Cleveland, Lane Cleveland, and Elise Thalacker represent Mountain Elementary at the 2026 Girls on the Run 5k. Courtesy photo

By WHITNEY SPIVEY
Los Alamos

Starting in February, around 50 elementary students Read More

Duplicate Bridge In Los Alamos: May 4, 2026

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BRIDGE News:

We had a great turnout of 6.5 tables in our Monday, May 4 STaC game. Overall winners were Martin Cooper and Jerry Fleming. Jerry Morzinski and Sig Lodwig were 2nd. Neill Goltz and Tom Alexander were 3rd, and Helen Butler and Beth Schaefer were 4th. Cliff and Michelle Rudy tied with Al Pratt and May Courtright for 5th, and Steve Kemic and Jennifer Young were 7th. Jan Barnes and Reffie Fuchs were 8th.

In Wednesday’s STaC game, in Flight A, Neill Goltz and Beth Schaefer were 1st, Earle Marie Hanson and John Ruminer were 2nd, Martin Cooper and Sam Borkowsky were 3rd, Cliff Rudy and Jerry Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: May 10, 2026 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish stocked a total of 39,163 rainbow trout weighing 16,359 pounds. Most of the stocking will now be in Northern New Mexico.

It looks like there will be one of the weakest spring runoffs in memory this year. The snowpack is already disappearing, and the weather has been unseasonably warm and dry. This is reflected in streamflow measurements. Normally, the Rio Grande would be swollen with spring runoff from the melting snow. Streamflows above 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second would be common.

Streamflow Read More