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Excerpt: Jenna Stanek Selected By Friends Of Bandelier As Recipient Of 11th Annual Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award
By Friends of Bandelier “When [Jenna Stanek] moved to Los Alamos in 2018 to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a biologist, Jenna soon noted that egg-laden milkweeds would be affected by mowing operations….

Bear Fest is coming to Los Alamos this August!
Get ready for a wild time at the 8th Annual Bear Fest, happening Saturday, August 23, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Bear Fest is hosted by the…

Hummingbirds
By Bob Loy, PEEC Community Member Ever wonder what made that trilling noise as it zipped over your head? While you suspected it was a hummingbird, you probably did not know that only the male…

Watering your Native Plant Garden
There are many challenges to native gardening here in northern New Mexico, but there’s one addition to starting your garden that is an absolute necessity: water! It is appealing and rewarding to seek out native…