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  • August

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- A member of the audience asks a question during one of the sessions of the District's Small Business Industry Day, August 1, 2013.

    District’s Small Business Industry Day Draws Large Crowd

    Representatives of small businesses from all over New Mexico and as far away as California and Florida participated in the District’s annual 2013 Small Business Industry Day at its main office, Aug. 1.

  • July

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- University of New Mexico civil engineering student Corey Bowen (right) and Corina Chavez, civil engineer, pause for a moment while discussing a design project, July 8, 2013. Bowen spent eight weeks this summer as the District’s first STEM intern through a partnership with UNM and assisted with several on-going design projects in the District’s General Engineering Section.

    District Offers First STEM Internship

    This summer the District collaborated with the University of New Mexico to launch the District’s first eight-week STEM internship. Civil engineering student Corey Bowen started the internship May 28 and spent her time helping on several on-going design projects.

  • May

    District Employees Discuss Dams, Water with Students at Water Festival

    Employees from the Albuquerque Districts’ Trinidad Lake Recreation Area joined more than 40 presenters at the second annual Water Festival at Trinidad State Junior College May 16, 2013.

  • April

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- District commander Lt. Col. Antoinette R. Gant (back row, 5th from left) is one of 13 New Mexican women recognized by the YWCA of New Mexico as “Women on the Move" at the YWCA's 27th Annual Women on the Move Awards, April 3, 2013, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

    District Commander is a "Woman on the Move"

    Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Antoinette R. Gant is one of 13 New Mexican women recognized by the YWCA of New Mexico as “Women on the Move” April 3, 2013, in Albuquerque, N.M.
  • Master Sgt. Bernie Lujan receives the 2012 U.S. Army Antiterrorism Honor Roll Award at the Albuquerque District’s Headquarters March 26, 2013.

    District Security Officer Receives Two Awards for Antiterrorism Work

    Master Sgt. Bernie Lujan received the 2012 U.S. Army Antiterrorism Honor Roll Award March 26, 2013, at the District’s Headquarters in Albuquerque, N.M. Lujan also received the 2012 USACE Meritorious Antiterrorism Honor Roll Award in the same ceremony.
  • Left to right: John D’Antonio Jr., Deputy District Engineer; Col. Andrew Nelson, Deputy Commander, South Pacific Division; President Ben Shelly, First Lady Martha Shelly, Lt. Col. Antoinette Gant, Commander, Albuquerque District.

    Navajo Nation President Visits Albuquerque District

    The Albuquerque District welcomed Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, March 15, 2013. Shelly visited the District’s office as part of executive level discussions on how to improve coordination and collaboration between the Corps and the Navajo Nation for current and future projects.

  • March

    ACOMA PUEBLO, N.M., -- Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Antoinette R. Gant watches as Acoma Pueblo Gov. Gregg P. Shutiva signs a Watershed Cost Share Agreement with the District March 6, 2013. The agreement is only the second such agreement across the Corps under the Section 203 Tribal Partnership Program.

    Albuquerque District and Acoma Pueblo Enter into Corps’ Second Watershed Cost Share Agreement

    ACOMA PUEBLO, N.M., -- The District and Acoma Pueblo entered into the District's second Watershed Cost Share Agreement under the Section 203 Tribal Partnership Program.

  • December

    Marcy Leavitt, Texas/New Mexico Branch Chief of the Albuquerque District’s Regulatory Division, recently received two honors recognizing her work in preserving water resources in New Mexico.

    District Regulator Receives Two Awards for Water Work

    Marcy Leavitt, Texas/New Mexico Branch Chief of the Albuquerque District’s Regulatory Division, recently received two honors recognizing her work that has helped protect not just water quality, but also watersheds and headwaters – precious resources in an arid state.
  • COCHITI LAKE, N.M., -- Working on drilling the new well.

    New Well at Cochiti to Provide Much-Needed Water

    On Sept. 27 the Cochiti Project’s pump for its water well went out. During the process to replace the 20 horsepower pump, the original well, drilled in 1964, collapsed. A whole new well had to be drilled to restore the water supply, said Cochiti Lake Project Manager Mark Rosacker. If everything goes according to plan, the new well is expected to be online shortly after Thanksgiving.

  • November

    Fiscal year 2012 began with Albuquerque District Deputy for Small Business Programs Daniel Curado’s selection as the Corps’ Small Business Specialist of the Year 2011 (shown with the award and Maj. Gen. Bo Temple) at the national Society of American Military Engineers Small Business Conference Nov. 30, 2011.

    District Far Exceeds Small Business Goals in Fiscal Year 2012

    Fiscal Year 2012 was a banner year for the Albuquerque District, as the District exceeded its goals for contracts to small businesses in several categories.