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Participants in our small-group Forest Explorers club took advantage of December's snow by making snow angels!
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See what's new for the Pajarito Environmental Education Center this week!
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New Mexico Naturalist: Brooke Harper
Meet our latest New Mexico Naturalist, Brooke Harper. When Brooke was taken out of kindergarten due to COVID restrictions last spring, she started studying butterflies in earnest. Alongside her mother, she raised Painted Ladies and Monarchs at home and traveled around the state, netting and identifying as many butterflies as she could find! Learn more about this incredible young naturalist in our latest profile.
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Science Fair Project Inspired by Bird Banding Field Trip!
This year, PEEC's virtual bird banding field trip with Bandelier National Monument inspired 5th-grader Ana Saenz to dig deeper and analyze a subset of the monument's bird-banding data. She looked at Audubon’s and Wilson’s Warblers and studied whether or not these birds had a healthy mass. Check out what she discovered through her project on our blog!
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This Week's Virtual Events
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Unless otherwise noted, all of PEEC's events are currently happening via the live-streaming platform Zoom. Registration is required to get the meeting link and password. Visit our events page to see what other programs are coming up in the next few weeks!
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Rocks from the Sky: Meteors, Meteor Showers, and Meteorites
Friday, February 19, 7 PM
Join Rick Wallace to learn all about upcoming meteor showers and how to best observe them, to discuss meteor strikes and craters, and more! Learn more and register here.
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Nature On Tap: A Geologic Tour of the Northern Jemez Mountains
Monday, February 22, 5:30 PM
Take a virtual geologic tour of the northern Jemez Mountains with local geologist Kirt Kempter during February's Nature On Tap with PEEC and the Los Alamos Creative District. Learn more and register here.
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La Paliza Grande: A 300-mile Bikepacking Route for Northern New Mexico
Tuesday, February 23, 7 PM
Tune in for the February Los Alamos Mountaineers meeting and hear about Dylan Boyle's adventures setting out to establish a new bikepacking route in Northern New Mexico, called La Paliza Grande. Learn more and register here.
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Community News
Nurturing Soil for a Healthy Climate
Join farmers Fidel Gonzalez and Matthew Draper on Wednesday, February 24 to discuss strategies for stewarding soil for farm production and climate health. This presentation will take place from 4 – 5 PM via Zoom. Learn more and register here.
Learn About Reunity Resources
Learn about Reunity Resources, a regenerative farm located in Agua Fria on the outskirts of Santa Fe, at an upcoming event from the New Mexico Economic Development Department. This program will take place on Friday, February 26 at 12:30 PM. Audience members will hear from Juliana Ciano, Program Director at Reunity Resources. Register for this event here.
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