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Student Picnic at Urban Park PHOTO: Students from throughout the Laboratory turned out at Urban Park Thursday for the annual student picnic sponsored by the the Student Programs Advisory Committee, the Education Programs Office (STB-EPO) and the Student Association. Students and their mentors could dine on barbecue pork and chicken, potato salad and cole slaw, vegetables, watermelon and sodas. From left to right are Deborah Gage from Tucson; Maria Agro from Cypress, Greece; Jim Snyder of Montana, wearing baseball cap; Mia Gentile of Philadelphia, Jose Alvarez of Guatemala, foreground wearing white t-shirt; and Sarah Olmstead of Boston, next to Alvarez. Behind Olmsted are Candace Batts of New York and Arthur Lo of Canada. Photo by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs DOE Pulse highlights Energy Department Laboratories The latest issue of DOE Pulse is available online. Pulse is an online newsletter about accomplishments at the Department of Energy's national laboratories. The highlights are short, written to be interesting and very understandable. In addition to the highlights, each issue features two longer articles -- one about a researcher and one about a multilabcollaborative effort. Some of the headlines in this issue are "Single RNA molecules
folded, refolded" from Berkeley Lab, "Chemistry aids
actinide storage" from the Laboratory, "Experiments
in a drum save millions," from Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory and "Preventing red tape" from Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Students can dine on conversation twice a month The Science and Technology Base (STB) Program Office will host a twice-monthly student breakfast at 8:05 a.m. beginning on June 14 and continuing until Aug. 23 in the Otowi Building at Technical Area 3. The breakfasts are intended to foster communication among students, said Kari Lier, graduate research assistant program coordinator in the Education Programs Office (STB-EPO). Guest speakers will do a 15-minute presentation; they will then talk with students individually until 9 a.m. Students can purchase their breakfasts in the Otowi Cafeteria prior to the start of the presentations. Guest speakers on June 14 will include members of the Student Programs Advisory Committee and the Student Association. "We encourage all students to come to these breakfasts. Again, this is a wonderful opportunity to meet other students and learn about services available to students," said Lier. "A representative from the STB-Education Program Office will be available at each of the breakfasts." For more information, contact Carole Rutten of STB-EPO at 5-5194. --Michael Carlson Editor's Note: This news story was written for the Daily Newsbulletin by Monica Wenzel of the Environmental Stewardship (E-ESO) Office. 2001 DOE Pollution Prevention Conference set for June 18-21 in Albuquerque The 2001 Department of Energy Pollution Prevention Conference co-sponsored by the Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories and the Waste Management Education and Research Consortium is June 18-21 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque. The theme of the conference is "Continuing the voyage toward a pollution-free DOE." The conference will provide a forum to advance developments in environmental performance measures and requirements relevant to all DOE sites, businesses and other federal agencies, according to conference organizers. The conference will cover Integrated Safety Management and Environmental Management Systems integration; technological advancement integrated with pollution prevention; waste management; green products; sustainability; energy efficiency; water conservation; and strategies for attaining pollution prevention goals. The conference also will provide tools and strategies for attaining DOE's environmental leadership goals, according to technical session chairs, and provide insight from environmental leaders and networking opportunities with other DOE, federal and state participants. Exhibits include: Green is Clean, Rad Metal Recycling, Solar Technologies, Green Chemistry; and Energy Efficient Products. Alicia Hale, conference organizer in the Environmental Stewardship (E-ESO) Office, stressed the importance of being environmentally friendly during the conference as well as within the workplace. "Having a green conference is essential to DOE's mission and P2 goals. When we commit to moving towards a pollution free DOE, we must 'walk the talk' at the 2001 DOE P2 conference," she said. Hale noted that conference organizers will reuse nametags from the 1999 conference and collect nametags from this year's participants. Crowne Plaza, the conference site, also is working with Ralph Wrons and Jack Mizner, both of Sandia National Laboratories, to pursue the possibility of wind-generated electricity to power the hotel during the conference. For questions concerning the 2001 DOE P2 Conference write to p2confernce@lanl.gov by electronic mail. For more information concerning the conference and registration
visit the conference website at http://p2.werc.net
online. Restrictions in Santa Fe National Forest go into effect today Fire and smoking restrictions in the Santa Fe National Forest go into effect at 8 this morning. Leonard Atencio, forest supervisor of the Santa Fe National Forest, said the restrictions remain in effect until conditions improve. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal boiler or a coal or wood stove without a permit in non-camp and picnic grounds where grills are provided is prohibited. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, building, developed recreation site, or in areas at least three feet in diameter and barren and cleared of all flammable materials, also is prohibited. Possessing, discharging or using any kind of firework or other pyrotechnic device is prohibited. And operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without proper spark arresting equipment also is prohibited. Exceptions to the prohibitions are federal, state, local officers or members of organized rescue or firefighting agencies in performance of official duties; and persons using petroleum fueled stoves, lanterns or heating devices that meet federal fire underwriters safety specifications, Atencio said. Violations of the fire and smoking restrictions may results in fines and/or imprisonment. The 30-day weather forecast for the Los Alamos area calls for near normal temperatures and precipitation, according to George Fenton, a Laboratory meteorologist in Air Quality (ESH-17). The 90-day outlook predicts slightly above normal temperatures and slightly below normal precipitation. "In the last few months our precipitation trends have been near normal," said Fenton. For more information on restrictions, call Dolores Maese of the Santa Fe National Forest at 438-7877. Additionally, see the Daily Newsbulletin for updated fire danger conditions. --Steve Sandoval
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