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PEEC Honored as “Outstanding Attraction” at 2025 New Mexico Top HAT Awards
The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC), the nonprofit organization that operates the Los Alamos Nature Center, has been awarded “Outstanding Attraction” at the 2025 New Mexico Top HAT Awards Gala, hosted by the New Mexico…

Reviewing Your 2024 Butterfly Observations
© Steve Cary, November 20, 2025 Mike Toliver authored our featured story this month, see below. But first I want to mention a little about who was on-the-wing this past month or so. Many of…

Northern Lights at the Nature Center
We were so fortunate to witness the Northern Lights in Los Alamos, New Mexico the past two nights. Taken by Hari Viswanathan on Wednesday, November 12 at 7 PM with the PEEC Nature Youth Group…

Bee City Los Alamos Loves Monarch Butterflies
Article by Jenna Staneck, November 2024; update November 2025 Last November, Bee City published the article below, written by Jenna Stanek, about our beloved monarch butterfly, which migrates through northern New Mexico every year. Monarch…
