Archive for October 28, 2009
Mountainair Ranger District Fall Schedule
by Arlene T. Perea, Mountainair Ranger District
Mountainair, NM – October 28, 2009: Fall is in full swing on the Mountainair Ranger District. With last week’s significant rain and as snow begins to fall on the Manzano Mountains, the district will be implementing some fall and winter changes as well as preparing for some prescribed burning.
The district plans to conduct 2 prescribed burns in the Manzano Mountains. The first is a burn along Forest Road #422 on the south end of the Manzano Mountains. A fuel break was thinned a few years ago with the slash left behind as the fuelwood was removed. The slash is now cured and ready to be burned. The second burn will be in a fuelwood area locally known as the Thunderbird area. This area was thinned within the Thunderbird Ecosystem Management area south of Forest Road #275. There are no set dates for these burns. They will be conducted as weather and fire personnel are conducive to burning. »» Mountainair Ranger District Fall Schedule
Want A Mountainai Farmer’s Market?
From our friends at Mountainair Announcements:
The SEEDS (community garden project) is making plans to start a Farmers Market open to all local gardeners. If you are interested, email Rebeccs Lueras, Rebeccalue@aol.com, or call Joan Page, 505-847-2450.
A World Gone Mad – But In A Good Way
Editor’s note: As of about 8:50 a.m., we have 2 to 4 inches of snow at New Mexico Central headquarters, depending on where we look, and it is still snowing steadily.
by Senior Animal Affairs Correspondent Wilson
Senior Animal Affairs Correspondent Wilson Investigates The Phenomenon
Life here at New Mexico Central headquarters never ceases to amaze me. This morning, the Pack Leader got up extra early, and we went outside for our first run to the spot by the big smelly bush (he calls it rosemary; I think more about what’s hiding behind and under it than what it’s called). I took a nap until breakfast, and then we did the Number Two run (I call it that because it’s the second one). Some stuff was falling on me, and it didn’t feel like rain. I tried to catch some, but was dark and I couldn’t see it. »» A World Gone Mad – But In A Good Way
New Mexico Benefits From Energy Stimulus Funds
by John Weckerle
In a recent article, our friends at Gadabout-Blogalot.com indicated that New Mexico had received no funds from the recent Smart Grid projects approved by the U.S. Department of Energy. We took a look into this, and found that the statement was not entirely correct. According to information obtained from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Recovery and Reinvestment site, which provides information on its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding distribution, projects funded through out-of-state organizations provide benefits to the grid in New Mexico. »» New Mexico Benefits From Energy Stimulus Funds