https://www.spa.usace.army.mil Albuquerque District News RSS Feed en-us Mon, 12 May 2025 21:59:04 GMT Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:36:39 GMT https://www.spa.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4182043/lasting-legacy-a-father-and-sons-role-in-building-maintaining-trinidad-dam/ Louie and Rick Torres’s roots run deep in southern Colorado along the Purgatoire River and are intertwined with the history of Trinidad Dam. Louie helped build the dam back in the 1960s and 70s. Louie then worked on the dam's maintenance until his retirement, and his son continues to work at the dam. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2025/May/12/2003708559/115/75/0/700101-A-A1412-1001.JPG' alt='For approximately four years (1968-1972), the Trinidad Control Tower stood alone until negotiations over water rights were resolved and construction could resume on the dam.' /> <br /> Mon, 12 May 2025 21:59:04 GMT Elizabeth Lockyear https://www.spa.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4182043/lasting-legacy-a-father-and-sons-role-in-building-maintaining-trinidad-dam/ Historical People South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers https://www.spa.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4165705/pottery-mound-cultural-preservation-study-kicks-off-with-sponsor-meeting/ Recently the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District and the Pueblo of Isleta met for a kickoff meeting to begin a cultural preservation study of the pueblo’s historic Pottery Mound site. The Pottery Mound study is the first Tribal Partnership Program cultural resource preservation project within the Albuquerque District under recently updated guidelines. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/24/2003696726/115/75/0/250407-A-CZ991-1101.JPG' alt='Lavonna Begay, civil engineer in the Albuquerque District’s Hydraulics and Hydrology Section, takes notes during the kick-off meeting for the cultural preservation study of Isleta Pueblo’s historic Pottery Mound site, April 7, 2025.' /> <br /> Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:51:00 GMT Elizabeth Lockyear https://www.spa.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/4165705/pottery-mound-cultural-preservation-study-kicks-off-with-sponsor-meeting/ Historical People South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers