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  • District Hosts Bi-Annual Rio Grande Basin Meeting

    The Albuquerque District hosted the Rio Grande Basin meeting on September 17-18, to discuss the impacts of the devastating wildfires during the past two years in the upper basin, and the resulting prior and present flooding.

  • FEMA and USACE Prepare to Jointly Assist Tribal Nations During Disasters

    On September 25, USACE tribal liaison members visited FEMA's National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C. Georgeie Reynolds, senior tribal liaison, USACE HQ, Paul Cloutier, NWD Tribal Liaison, Rebecca Klein, Army National Guard assigned to the USACE Tribal program, and Ron Kneebone, Albuquerque district tribal liaison, met with FEMA personnel in order to lay out a path forward for better collaboration efforts between the two agencies in order to better assist tribal nations during emergencies.

  • New South Pacific Commander Visits Albuquerque District

    The Albuquerque District was honored to host the new Commander of the South Pacific Division, Col. C. David Turner, July 29-31, 2013. The purpose of this visit was for Col. Turner to meet members of the Albuquerque team, stakeholders and partners, and familiarize himself with the unique mission and projects of the District.

  • Middle East Meets West: The Ebb and Flow of International Water Management

    COCHITI LAKE, N.M.-- The Cochiti Project office, Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, had the honor of hosting Water Managers from various countries in the Middle East on July 3. The visiting managers represented the countries of Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Yemen. This opportunity was made possible through the International Visitor Leadership Program, a program set up through the U.S. Department of State.

  • Stolen artifacts returned to Navajo Nation

    On July 9, the Corps of Engineers repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation. The Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, returned the artifacts in accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act. The artifacts were looted from Corps of Engineers-managed land and Navajo tribal lands. A total of 710 artifacts were recovered from lands managed both by the Corps of Engineers and the Navajo Nation. Out of these, 425 were determined to be the property of the Navajo Nation, and were returned.

  • Middle East Meets West: The Ebb and Flow of International Water Management

    On July 3, the Cochiti Project office, Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, had the honor of hosting water managers from various countries in the Middle East. The visiting managers represented the countries of Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Yemen.

  • Army Corps of Engineers helps return of stolen artifacts

    GALLUP, N.M.-- The Army Corps of Engineers recently repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation.This is the first time in the history of the Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, that artifacts have been returned to any tribal nation in accordance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act.

  • Corps Helps the Return of Stolen Navajo Nation Artifacts

    On July 9, the Corps of Engineers repatriated a large cache of sacred artifacts to the Navajo Nation. This is the first time in the history of the Omaha District, with some assistance from the Albuquerque District, that the return of artifacts to a tribal nation has occurred under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA).

  • Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

    On Monday, June 24, 2013, 54 District members and their families joined District Commander Lt.

  • Abiquiu Dam Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

    Abiquiu Dam in Northern New Mexico celebrated the 50th anniversary of the building of the dam on june 13, 2013.