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  • Trekking Down the River: The Rio Grande Expedition

    In mid-June, an expeditionary team from Austin, Texas, set out to tell the story, “The Disappearing Rio Grande Expedition, 1900 Miles From Source to Sea.”

  • Silvery Minnow Surviving the Drought in New Mexico

    The survival and recruitment of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow, an endangered species, is of utmost importance in New Mexico. This is not easy in times of drought. However, with the hard work and cooperation of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative Program, the minnow continues to survive in the Rio Grande.

  • District provides flows for annual paddling event

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s Water Management Branch and Mahoning Creek Lake coordinated and provided additional water flow downstream of the dam, July 26.

  • COCHITI LAKE SWIM BEACH REOPENS

    The swim beach at Cochiti Lake will re-open Saturday, June 7, 2014, after being closed for construction purposes.

  • Dam Building 101

    District staff from several project offices participated in the Third Annual Trinidad Water Festival, where approximately 1,700 Las Animas County students and teachers turned out to learn about water’s importance and local and regional water issues.

  • Water Managers Cooperate to Create Beneficial River Flows

    Flows on the Rio Grande from Albuquerque to Elephant Butte Reservoir will increase this week in a coordinated effort aimed at triggering a spawn of the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow. This pioneering effort by federal and non-federal water managers will create conditions that haven’t naturally occurred over the last four years due to drought.

  • BLOCK RELEASE OF WATER FROM SANTA ROSA RESERVOIR

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, will begin a routine release of water from Santa Rosa Lake and Dam starting Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at 8:00 a.m.

  • Water, Weather and the Future

    In cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Sandia National Labs, the Corps of Engineers recently issued the West-Wide Climate Risk Assessment: Upper Rio Grande Impact Assessment (URGIA), which investigates historic and future climate trends in the Rio Grande Basin.

  • Q&A with Brad Hudgens: SWDs Planning Center for Expertise Technical Dirctor

    SWD hosts the Corps' Planning Center of Expertise for Water Management and Reallocation Studies. The PCX provides technical support and peer review for studies related to water supply and other conservation purposes in multipurpose reservoirs. Brad Hudgens serves as the Technical Director of the Corps' Planning Center for Expertise. In this spotlight, Hudgens discusses his role with the PCX and explains what the Corps role with our Nation's water supply is and why it's so important.

  • 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.