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  • January

    Volunteers for Abiquiu Lake's annual Midwinter Eagle Watch listen to an introductory presentation from The Wildlife Center's representatives, Jan. 6, 2018, before heading out to the lake to count eagles. The Wildlife Center presented their captive bald eagle Maxwell to the group to highlight some of the distinguishing characteristics between golden eagles, and mature and immature bald eagles.

    Record number of volunteers turn out to count eagles

    USACE staff at Abiquiu Lake hosted their annual Midwinter Bald Eagle Watch, Jan. 6, 2018. A record-breaking 151 volunteers turned out to participate in the nationwide survey that counts eagles along standard, non-overlapping survey routes.

  • October

    Matt Bonner, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, and a quality assurance inspector in Florida, reviews a completed blue roof installation in Belle Grade, Florida, Oct. 23, 2017. Bonner volunteered to support Operation Blue Roof following Hurricane Irma. To date, the Corps has installed more than 11,000 temporary blue roofs for homeowners across Florida.

    Corps monitors blue roof mission for quality

    Shortly after Hurricane Irma pummeled Florida with Category IV winds Sept. 10, Matt Bonner, a civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, received a phone call asking whether he'd be interested in deploying to support the hurricane recovery. Little did he realize that he'd be on a plane the following morning heading to Florida.
  • Michael Fedoroff poses with the Historic Preservation staff and children from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the TNTCX, and the U.S. Forest Service. The photo was taken at the Desoto National Forest after a field visit to Choctaw Ancestral lands.

    Fedoroff selected for national tribal role

    Michael Fedoroff has recently been selected for a developmental assignment as the new deputy to the director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise, or TNTCX, in Albuquerque, N.M. The virtual position will allow him to work from Mobile while assisting to manage the TNTCX’s tribal consultation support program for both military and civil works.

  • USACE Infrastructure Assessment Subject Matter Experts Help in Harvey Recovery Mission

    Hurricane Harvey stormed along the Gulf Coast of Texas in late August. As part of the federal government’s recovery mission, FEMA tasked USACE to provide engineering support. Infrastructure Assessment teams are a key element of this support.

  • September

    Abiquiu Hosts River Class, Helps Students Get Excited About STEM

    Abiquiu Lake staff hosted the first River Class of the 2017-2018 school year. The class is designed to get local fourth, fifth and sixth grade students interested in science and math through monthly visits to the Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam.

  • August

    COCHITI LAKE, N.M. -- The staging area where volunteers prepare to go out on the lake to remove trash, Aug. 12, 2017.

    Boaters "Sweep Up" Cochiti Lake

    Forty volunteers participated in the first “Cochiti Sweep,” at Cochiti Lake, NM, removing 10 tires and about 1,400 pounds of trash, Aug. 12, 2017.
  • Col. Kimberly Colloton officially assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Afghanistan District (TAA), during a change of command ceremony Saturday at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Colloton comes to TAA after previously serving as the commander for both the USACE Albuquerque and Los Angeles Districts and is TAA's first female commander.

    USACE TAA welcomes first female commander

    Col. Kimberly Colloton officially assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Transatlantic Afghanistan District (TAA), during a change of command ceremony Saturday at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Colloton comes to TAA after previously serving as the commander for both the USACE Albuquerque and Los Angeles Districts and is TAA's first female commander.
  • Col. Antoinette Gant assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, on July 27, 2017, where she provides strategic direction, command and control for the district in execution of civil, military and environmental programs.

    Col. Antoinette Gant takes charge of Louisville District Army Corps of Engineers

    Col. Antoinette Gant took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District in a change of command ceremony Thursday, July 27.

  • June

    JEMEZ DAM, N.M. – Due to concerns that moving equipment into the area downslope of the culvert might damage cultural resources, the BLM crew used long-reach equipment from above to repair the culvert, Mar. 2, 2017.

    District, BLM Collaborate on Jemez Dam Road Work

    The Albuquerque District’s Operations Division recently used an interagency agreement to collaborate with the Bureau of Land Management to repair and improve the access road and culverts on the Jemez Dam maintenance access road.

  • May

    TRINIDAD, COLO. – Over 1,500 children from kindergarten to 12th grade attended the Trinidad Water Festival, May 18, 2017. Three District employees from the Trinidad Dam project office presented to more than 200 participating students during the festival.

    District Employees Engage Students at Trinidad Water Festival

    More than 1,500 students attended the 6th Annual Trinidad Water Festival, May 18, 2017.