1 Apr 2011

Longest Walk 3 Participants Stay at Cochiti

On the weekend of March 19, Cochiti Lake had the unique opportunity to play host to participants of “The Longest Walk 3, Reversing Diabetes.”

1 Apr 2011

District Monitors Success One Fish at a Time

If suitable habitat is built in the Middle Rio Grande, and river flows are adjusted to more closely mimic natural flows, will the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow become abundant once again?

15 Mar 2011

River compacts keep state waters flowing smoothly

In the Old Southwest, a dam across a creek shared with a neighbor might produce a response with guns and dynamite. Today, a tight collaboration among several agencies, driven by formal interstate compacts, has eliminated water wars and protects a historic way of life for all along the major rivers in the Albuquerque District.

1 Mar 2011

Corps Contributes to Investigatory Efforts at Base

The Air Force, USACE, Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and Shaw Energy and Environment have worked at a feverish pace to get the project initiated and begin meeting the deadlines imposed by the New Mexico Environment Department’s(NMED)Hazardous Waste Bureau.

1 Mar 2011

District Hosts Meeting to Discuss Rio Grande

More than 80 Rio Grande stakeholders met at the District headquarters Feb. 18 to discuss urbanization issues and possible projects associated with the Rio Grande, referred to by some as the “spine of New Mexico.”

1 Jan 2011

Cleaning up Cochiti

While old transformers, antifreeze and aerosol cans aren’t significant archeological findings at the District’s Cochiti field project, they do signal that an environmental clean-up could be necessary.

1 Jan 2011

Corps Works at Former World War II Air Field

In the early 1940s, the U.S. Department of Defense acquired approximately 1,000 acres near Fort Sumner, N.M., for an Army Air Field to train aircraft pilots during World War II.

1 Dec 2010

Field Office is Growing and Building Strong on the Border

Despite dust, heat, tight deadlines and some remote, rural project locations, Albuquerque District’s El Paso Resident Office remains committed to Building Strong and strengthening the nation in the southern part of the District.