Snyder: What’s In A Name, Even For A Goose? - 7:37 pm
Homer and Edna enjoying a sunny day with friends at Ashley Pond. Photo by Sharon Snyder
Homer Pickens and Smokey Bear in the plane that will take them to Washington DC. Courtesy/U.S. Forest Service
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos Historical Society
Two snowy white geese on Ashley Pond have captivated the community in the past months. The male goose, Homer, has lived on the pond for several years, but in January, an elegant companion was seen swimming next to him. She was soon referred to as Homer’s “girlfriend,” his “feathered beauty,” and sometimes “Homer’s Honey.”
Wed December 16, 2020 - West Edition #26
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Sweatt Construction utilizes a John Deere 331G track loader with Level Best grading attachment and Topcon 3D-MC grade control software works on reclaiming a creek bed on the Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico.
A contractor is getting a lot of help from above on a challenging project in a remote corner of New Mexico, near the Colorado border.
Sweatt Construction, with assistance from
4Rivers Equipment, is using drone technology and GPS machine control to efficiently complete a reclamation project at the abandoned Swastika Mine, a former silver and lead mine, near Raton, N.M.