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  • August

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- A member of the audience asks a question during one of the sessions of the District's Small Business Industry Day, August 1, 2013.

    District’s Small Business Industry Day Draws Large Crowd

    Representatives of small businesses from all over New Mexico and as far away as California and Florida participated in the District’s annual 2013 Small Business Industry Day at its main office, Aug. 1.

  • July

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- University of New Mexico civil engineering student Corey Bowen (right) and Corina Chavez, civil engineer, pause for a moment while discussing a design project, July 8, 2013. Bowen spent eight weeks this summer as the District’s first STEM intern through a partnership with UNM and assisted with several on-going design projects in the District’s General Engineering Section.

    District Offers First STEM Internship

    This summer the District collaborated with the University of New Mexico to launch the District’s first eight-week STEM internship. Civil engineering student Corey Bowen started the internship May 28 and spent her time helping on several on-going design projects.
  • COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Albuquerque District and Cochiti personnel and the International Water Managers pose for a photo at Cochiti Lake, July 3, 2013.

    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.
  • GALLUP, N.M., -- Ronald Maldonado, supervisory archaeologist for the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department and Julie Price, cultural resources project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, complete the paperwork transferring 425 sacred relics to the Navajo Nation July 9, 2013.

    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).
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Employees and family members cheer on the Albuquerque Isotopes to a 10-9 win June 24, 2013. Fifty-four District members and their families joined District Commander Lt. Col. Gant and her family for a fun night at the baseball game.

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

    On Monday, June 24, 2013, 54 District members and their families joined District Commander Lt.
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Ariane Pinson, left, and Luis Pulido, Team III members, test different types of materials to determine how long and how well these materials hold up against water as part of their STEM presentation.

    Tier II Leadership Development Team End Year on a High Note

    The 2013 year-long District Tier II Leadership Development Program (LDP) culminated with participants presenting their hard work and research to members of the District’s Corporate Board on June 17.

  • June

    ABIQUIU DAM, N.M., -- At the 50th anniversary of Abiquiu Dam, June 13, 2013, the Abiquiu Time Capsule, shaped in the form of a Corps castle, was sealed. It will be opened in 25 years at the dam's 75th Anniversary in 2038.

    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.
  • ROCKY FORD, COLO., -- Debby Schibbelhut(R) looks on as two children stop by the Corps' water safety booth at the 9th Annual Cruisin’ Into Summer and Keep Kids Safe Fair June 1, 2013. More than 550 children and adults stopped by the booth.

    Keeping Kids Safe Cruisin’ Into Summer

    Employees from the District’s John Martin Reservoir participated in the 9th Annual Cruisin’ Into Summer and Keep Kids Safe Fair June 1, 2013, in Rocky Ford, Colo. The staff was on hand providing water safety tips and handing out water safety materials to the more than 550 children and adults who stopped by the District's booth.
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Albuquerque District Park Ranger Bob Garcia, Cochiti Lake, shows a young swimmer how a personal flotation device (PFD) should fit properly at the National Get Outdoors Day held at Tingley Beach June 8, 2013. The PFD must be tight enough so it will not come off over a person’s shoulders while strapped together.

    Albuquerque District Participates in National Get Outdoors Day

    Corps’ employees from the Albuquerque District participated in National Get Outdoors Day held at Albuquerque's Tingley Beach, June 8, 2013.
  • CONCHAS LAKE, N.M., -- District staff have removed more than 560 tires from the lake. Here, the first load of 75 tires weighing 8,560 pounds is ready to be disposed of. The second load was smaller with 75 tires weighing 7,030 pounds.

    Hundreds of Tires, Tons of Trash Cleaned out at Conchas Lake

    Albuquerque District staff at Conchas Lake removed more than 560 tires from the lake at the South Recreation Area in preparation for the 2013 recreation season.