N.M. Science
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Festival of the Cranes
Aaron Mize, the acting refuge manager at the Bosque del Apache, found a historical treasure for me over the weekend – the text of the original 1939 executive order signed... Read more »
First distant glimpse of snow in an Albuquerque forecast
Let the record reflect that on Nov. 5, 2012, we got our first distant glimpse of snow in an Albuquerque 2012-13 fall-winter forecast. It’s just a glimmer in the forecasters’... Read more »
NM drought: at least it’s not as bad as last year!
It feels awfully dry at the Heineman-Fleck household, in Albuquerque’s near northeast heights. The last measurable precipitation fell on Sept. 26, and that was just 0.02 inch. But if there’s... Read more »
At Sipapu ski area, a water transfer uphill?
The notion of a transfer of San Juan-Chama Project water over on the Chama to Sipapu ski area would seem to defy geography and physics. But in the sometimes zany... Read more »
New Mexico’s sputtering economy
We’ve got some genuine expertise in New Mexico’s economy over on the Journal’s business desk, so I don’t have a lot to say about the depressing report out this week... Read more »
NM Supreme Court Upholds State Engineer’s Ability to Streamline Water Rights Administration
The New Mexico Supreme Court today ruled the New Mexico Office of State Engineer has the legal authority to streamline administration of water rights in cases where the state’s cumbersome... Read more »
Bosque education workshop this weekend
Folks at the Rio Grande Nature Center and the Museum of Natural History have some openings left for a fun-sounding workshop for educators this coming Saturday (Nov. 3): Join other... Read more »
A dry October
It looks like Albuquerque will end October 2012 with just a trace of rain at the airport gauge. That’s a tie for fifth driest ever (after four zeroes and a... Read more »
New Mexico’s reservoirs: a great emptiness
The folks at the University of Arizona’s Climate Assessment of the Southwest project have a striking graphic in their monthly Southwest Climate Outlook: Heading into the winter, nearly every reservoir... Read more »
Around the tubes
Some links from my Twitter feed: Michael Levi: “Nuclear terrorism remains one of the very few vital risks to America.” The Houston Chronicle’s terrific science writer Eric Berger (a veteran... Read more »
Monday Bird Blogging: Christmas Bird Count
If you’ve always wanted to join in the annual Christmas Bird Count but didn’t know how to get started, Central New Mexico Audubon has you covered with their November meeting:... Read more »
“How do you sleep at night?” – a reaction to forest/climate research
When Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Park Williams gave a talk Friday on his work on climate change and southwestern forests at the University of New Mexico’s Department of Earth... Read more »
