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  • August

    District Civil Engineers Carlos Aragon (left) and John Stages deployed to a forested area near Colorado Springs, Colo., in mid-July to perform a flood risk assessment following the devastating Waldo Canyon Fire.

    Step by Step — How the Corps Responds to Emergencies

    Public Law 84-99 dictates how the Corps will manage emergencies and provide flood-related technical assistance, as well as flood flight support to state and local governments.
  • The nearly 20,000 square foot building has 10 equipment bays, fireman living quarters, crew chief living area, a fully equipped kitchen, a weight room with sauna and a parking lot with spaces for low-emission vehicles and bicycles.

    West Ramp Areas of Base Protected From New Station

    Fire fighters at Holloman Air Force Base, six miles west of Alamogordo, N.M., are settling into a new crash and fire rescue station recently constructed through a contract between the Corps and Anthony & Gordon Construction Co, Inc.
  • District Dam Safety Manager Suzi Hess-Brittelle discusses risks related to flooding at a meeting of the Sandoval County, N.M., Planning and Zoning Commission.

    Commission Hears from Those in District who Focus on Reducing Risks from Flooding

    The Emergency Manager for Sandoval County, N.M., Assistant Fire Chief David Bervin, approached the District to provide a presentation to the county’s Planning and Zoning Commission about Cochiti Dam.

  • Peer Supporters Stand Ready to Assist Employees

    For the past eight years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been providing emotional first aid to employees through the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) program. CISM began in the Southwestern Division after employees started having adverse reactions following several instances of people drowning at local Corps’ projects.

  • July

    The dancers entranced the audience with their elegant renditions of hula dances.

    Employees Celebrate Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage

    On May 24, Albuquerque District employees celebrated National Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a grand display of music, dance, color and food.
  • One of the many Tamarisk Leaf Beetles caught during the workshop.

    Tiny Beetle Being Used to Control Pesky Plant

    On May 30, employees from the District’s environmental section participated in the Tamarisk Leaf Beetle Monitoring Workshop at a field training location in Bernalillo, N.M. The hands-on workshop, attended by approximately 30 people from the Corps and other governmental and state agencies, was conducted by the Tamarisk Coali-tion, a non-profit alliance out of Colorado whose mission is to restore riparian lands.
  • Participants break new ground for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Direc-torate’s Space Sensors Laboratory. Pictured left to right are: Mike Granjean, vice president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Maria Cornay, president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Col. Bill Coo-ley, materiel wing director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Dr. Mayer Landau, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; Michael Gallegos, chief, Infrastructure Management Branch, Space Vehicles Directorate; Col. Edward Masterson, division chief, Spacecraft Technology Division, Operations and Integration Division Space Vehicles Directorate; Filemon Gallegos, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District; Sue Atwood, deputy director, Space Vehicles Directorate; and Dr. Christian Morath, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate.

    AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate to Get Three Labs

    District employees participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) new Space Sensors and Infrared Radiation Effects Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base June 7.
  • Lt. Col. Richard Collins and a student demonstrate life jacket safety.

    District’s Deputy Wows Kindergarten Class

    On May 19, Lt. Col. Richard Collins, Albuquerque District Deputy Commander, was invited to the school for a presentation to his son William’s kindergarten class.
  • SPA Archaeologist Jeremy Decker records a piece of fire-cracked rock, one of a series of artifacts showing where prehistoric people built a hearth.

    Archaeology in the Land of the Dead

    Jornada del Muerto – Journey of the Dead - for more than two centuries, Spanish colonists traveling between Mexico City and the Spanish colonial outpost at Santa Fe had to cross this desolate, waterless valley in south-central New Mexico.
  • Sunflowers are native to New Mexico and are springing up in swales all over the Rio Grande’s Bosque.

    Corps Checks Progress of Ecosystem Restoration

    The Corps has been actively involved in restoring the ecosystem of the Middle Rio Grande since 2007, when the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District initiated projects incorporating ecosystem revitalization along Route 66.