Los Alamos County is an official Bee City USA affiliate as of 2/16/2024. We hold monthly, public committee meetings and will be hosting educational events throughout the year to raise awareness about pollinators and how to help protect them.
PEEC is delighted to announce Bee City Los Alamos! Read More »
With winter receding in our rearview mirrors, it is past time to lay out some fun projects and goals for the 2024 season. If you’re scratching your head about what to do this year, consider Northern Azure and Julia Orangetip.
New Mexico, Meet the Northern Azure Read More »
It is with a heavy heart that PEEC announces the passing of Foxxy the Hognose Snake. Foxxy was a very old snake, and we
How did I come to illustrating and journaling? When my daughter’s son was about 5, she had written a story for him. She asked me one day if I would illustrate it. “I can’t do that. I don’t have the skill!” was my reply. She had responded “Yes you can!” With great misgivings I did it! She was the one that pushed me to do what I believed was unthinkable. We all need someone like that!
Trees are Cool and so are Our Teachers Read More »
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) supporters Art and Nancy Freed have left an amazing legacy for PEEC in the form of a $250,000 bequest.
Art and Nancy Freed Leave a Quarter-Million-Dollar Legacy for PEEC Read More »
Enter technology in the form of a free app…Merlin ID. The purpose is to help answer the question “What’s that bird?” through visual sightings(2014, photos you take (2017), and now audio sounds (2021). Designed by the folks at the Cornell Institute of Ornithology, along with some help from Caltech, its accuracy continues to improve through observational data input from over 5000 users using artificial intelligence to refine the entries.
The Magic of Merlin Sound ID Read More »
© Steven J. Cary, April 2023 Happy April all you New Mexico butterflyers. I hope it has been worth the
Springing Gleefully Forward Read More »
My February blog was on the Mythology of Trees. Selvi Viswanathan contacted me and said, “In India they worship trees.” This intrigued me because I had made the statement “worship of trees was worldwide.” I was only familiar with the Celtic tribes because I had traveled to Ireland…
Mythology, Mango Trees, and Growing Up in India Read More »
Read about Steve’s latest adventures viewing Monarchs in California.
Chasing New Mexico Monarchs in California Read More »
