As Climate Changes, Santa Clara Strives To Become Resilient To Worsening Fires, Floods: Two gabion check structures are being built upstream of the village of Santa Clara Pueblo in the lower Santa Clara Canyon. The rock-filled basket structures, designed to slow flood flows and catch debris and sediment, range between 350 feet and 450 feet in length and are less than 25 feet above grade. Courtesy Elizabeth Lockyear/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District