ATOMIC CITY TRANSIT News
Effective Saturday, Sept. 29, the free Atomic City Transit shuttle service to Bandelier National Monument pick up/drop off location is moving from the corner of N.M. 4/Rover Boulevard to the new White Rock Visitor Center Complex at 115 N.M. 4. Just follow the Bandelier Shuttle signs to the new location. For additional information, contact Atomic City Transit at 505-661-RIDE (7433) Courtesy/LAC Read More
NMDOT News:
N.M. 502 to Los Alamos will close beginning Oct. 2 for road work.
The affected highway extends from Mile Marker 4 to Mile Marker 6 down the hill.
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) advises all motorists to take the Truck Route to Los Alamos and Los Alamos National Laboratory while road work is in progress.
Crews will be milling out two and a half inches of existing pavement and repaving the road with new asphalt material to help rehabilitate the roadway.
The road will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day from Tuesday, Oct. 2 through Saturday, Oct. 6 during milling Read More
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Staff report
This morning the Los Alamos Daily Post received word that Rancho de San Juan Resort and Restaurant on the road to the Ojo Caliente Hot Springs, is closing its doors Oct. 12.
Letter informing of the closure:
To: Our close and good friends,
We would really like to tell you this news in person, but as we are all in different places it makes that impossible ( thus the e-mail).
We have recently had to make a very hard decision and have decided to retire from the inn and restaurant business. As you may or may not know, the last five years have been an extremely stressful time for us both, Read More
VALLES CALDERA TRUST News:
Jemez Springs – The Valles Caldera Trust Tuesday continued a prescribed burn project on 360 acres south of New Mexico Highway 4 near Mile Marker 30.
The project began with 70 acres burned Monday and will continue through Wednesday. Smoke from the burn periodically drifts across the highway and reduces visibility.
To ensure the safety of the public, fire managers are using pilot cars to escort vehicles through the burn area when conditions warrant.
Motorists may experience short delays when driving through the burn area.
The burn is the final stage of a project Read More
Photo: Ron Curry
VALLES CALDERA News:
The Valles Caldera Trust will implement a prescribed burn project that will begin Monday, Sept. 24 and possibly run through Wednesday, Sept. 26 if weather and associated conditions permit.
The prescribed burn will be on the Valles Caldera National Preserve, south of N.M. 4 near mile marker 30.
Because of the location and elevation, smoke from the burn will be visible from all directions coming into the Jemez Mountains area.
The burn is the final stage of a project to reduce fire hazard and improve forest health.
The area has been thinned and most of the Read More
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BANDELIER News:
Today at approximately 2:45 p.m., Bandelier National Monument rangers responded to a report of two visitors from England suffering from what appeared to be heat exhaustion at the top of Alcove House located on the Main Loop Trail in Frijoles Canyon.
Bandelier staff called the Los Alamos Fire Department Technical Rescue Team from Station 5 to assist in evacuating the couple from the top of the steep trail.
The severity of the couple’s heat related illness was lessened by two visitors, one a physician from Taos and the other a nurse, who provided medical assistance Read More
Valles Caldera Trust News:The Valles Caldera Trust has expanded public access and use to the Rabbit Mountain area of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Free hiking, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing will now be available on all existing logging roads and trails including Coyote Call trail.
Rabbit Mountain is bordered by New Mexico Highway 4, Bandelier National Monument, and the Santa Fe National Forest.
Access to the expanded area is possible from Forest Roads 289, 268 and 36. Overnight camping, the use of motorized vehicles, or any other outdoor recreation Read More
Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott with sign on N.M. 4. Photo by Rod Torrez
Los Amigos de Valles Caldera News:
A study of the movements of trout in the Valles Caldera National Preserve will be conducted from about 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Oct. 23 and 24.
Dave Menicucci of the University of New Mexico is conducting the study as principal investigator.
Colleen Caldwell of New Mexico State University is an expert on fisheries and co-principal investigator and technical advisor on the project.
Members of the public interested in participating in the project should contact Volunteer Coordinator Jim Counce of Los Amigos de Valles Caldera at jcounce1111@gmail.com Read More