ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Participants at the Urban Waters Initiative Conference Dec. 11, 2013. (l-r): Ron Curry, Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator; Lt. Col Antoinette Gant, commander U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Anne Castle, assistant secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior; Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Elise McConnell, field office director, Housing and Urban and Development; Barbara Baca, City of Albuquerque; Art de la Cruz, commissioner, Bernalillo County.