2010 Photo Drive

These photos were submitted in the 2010 annual District Photo Drive. All photos were taken by District employees. To view more District photos, click here to visit our Flickr site!

And the Winners are...

CORRALES, N.M., -- Morning at a bridge on Andrew's Lane. Photo by Richard Banker, Oct. 16, 2010. This photo placed first in the District's 2010 photo contest.
SAN ANTONIO, N.M., -- Cottonwoods and birds Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Richard Banker, Nov. 29, 2009. This photo placed second in the District's 2010 photo contest.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- Inside the maintenance tunnel. This photo placed third place and was also the Commander's Choice winner. Photo by Michael Porter, Sept. 23, 2010.

2010 Photo Drive Entries

CONCHAS DAM, N.M., -- The Albuquerque District was established with the construction of the dam in the 1930s. This photo of the dam was taken at the 75th anniversary celebration of the District's establishment. Photo by Corinne O'Hara, May 14,2010.
View of Jemez Canyon Dam. Photo by Antonio Urquidez, July 14, 2010.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- The sun is almost doused by dark clouds as an early evening storm fast approaches the dam during the fourth of July weekend. Photo by Karen Downey, July 4, 2010.
CONCHAS DAM, N.M., -- Photo of a turtle taken during a periodic inspection of the irrigation headworks at dam. Photo by Antonio Urquidez, April 13, 2010.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Inundated bosque at the District's Route 66 project prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The bosque is near Albuquerque, N.M., along the Rio Grande River. Photo by Michael Porter, May 25, 2010.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- The Albuquerque Tingley Ponds Deep Marsh is a wetland pond constructed for the Albuquerque Biological Park Tingley Pond and Wetland Restoration Project. Photo by Greg Everhart, Sept. 23, 2010.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Inundated bosque at the District's Route 66 project prior to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The bosque is near Albuquerque, N.M., along the Rio Grande River. Photo by Michael Porter, May 25, 2010.
Dragon fly in the Truchas area of New Mexico. Photo by Nadine Taylor, July 4, 2010.
A dragon fly pauses on a twig in the Truchas area of N.M. Photo by Nadine Taylor, July 2010.
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- Two Corps' employees survey for a project at the base near Alamogordo in October 2009. Photo by Nadine Taylor.
CONCHAS DAM, N.M., -- Corps' employeess performing a periodic inspection of the dam's irrigation headworks. Photo by Antonio Urquidez, April 13, 2010.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- Volunteers aid in removing invasive species. Three young volunteers help clear the shoreline of John Martin Reservoir in an area that attracts endangered birds to nest in the spring. Photo by Karen Downey, Sept. 25, 2010.
COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Albuquerque District archaeologists locate and measure artifact displacement from Cochiti Lake wave action as part of the Cochiti Deviation Artifact Movement Study. The 5-year study is tracking the movement of "placed artifacts" due to lake water storage/wave action. Photo by Greg Everhart, Dec. 21, 2009.
COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Gregory Everhart holds the base fragment of an approximately 13,000 year old Clovis Period projectile point he discovered at the District's Cochiti Lake, N.M. Photo by Gregory D. Everhart, Jan. 27, 2010.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- This rattle snake suprised more than a few District employees when it was found sunning itself next to the administration building and parked Corps vehicles at John Martin Reservoir. Photo by Karen Downey, Oct. 16, 2009.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- A spider is hard at work on its web. Photo by Karen Sill, Aug. 2, 2010.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- A spider works on its web at the dam in southeastern Colorado. Photo by Karen Sill, August 2, 2010.
JOHN MARTIN DAM, COLO., -- A bird in full flight at the dam, in southeastern Colorado. Photo by Karen Sill, Aug. 2, 2010.

More 2010 Photo Drive Entries

COCHITI LAKE, N.M. -- A child plays at the picnic area, May 1, 2010. Photo by David Abbott.
WHITE ROCK CANYON, N.M., -- District Commander Lt. Col. Jason Williams' White Rock Canyon maiden voyage. View is looking downstream on the left bank of the Rio Grande. Photo by John Peterson, Aug. 6, 2010.
Jemez Canyon Dam. Photo by Richard Banker, May 16, 2010.
WHITE ROCK CANYON, N.M., -- Looking North (upstream) at the Buckman Put-In on the Rio Grande. Photo by John Peterson, Aug. 6, 2010.
COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Clouds over the tower at the District's Cochiti Lake. Photo by David Abbott, May 1, 2010.
PLATORO RESERVOIR, COLO., -- Autumn Aspens with Conejos Peak in the background. Photo by John Peterson, Oct. 10, 2010.
COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Scenic landscape at the lake. Photo by David Abbott, May 1, 2010.
"A Nikon total station used for surveying. The view is upstream of the Acequia San Juan Nepomuceno near Penasco, N.M." Photo by Gary Edwards, Sept. 23, 2010.
"An Albuquerque District employee learns to survey with the Nikon Total Station." Photo by Gary Edwards, Sept. 23, 2010.
"Surveying equipment looking downstream on the San Juan Nepomuceno Acequia, near Penasco, N.M." Photo by Gary Edwards, Sept. 23, 2010.