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  • May

    For approximately four years (1968-1972), the Trinidad Control Tower stood alone until negotiations over water rights were resolved and construction could resume on the dam.

    Lasting Legacy: A Father and Son’s Role in Building, Maintaining Trinidad Dam

    Louie and Rick Torres’s roots run deep in southern Colorado along the Purgatoire River and are intertwined with the history of Trinidad Dam. Louie helped build the dam back in the 1960s and 70s. Louie then worked on the dam's maintenance until his retirement, and his son continues to work at the dam.

  • April

    Lavonna Begay, civil engineer in the Albuquerque District’s Hydraulics and Hydrology Section, takes notes during the kick-off meeting for the cultural preservation study of Isleta Pueblo’s historic Pottery Mound site, April 7, 2025.

    Pottery Mound cultural preservation study kicks off with sponsor meeting

    Recently the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District and the Pueblo of Isleta met for a kickoff meeting to begin a cultural preservation study of the pueblo’s historic Pottery Mound site. The Pottery Mound study is the first Tribal Partnership Program cultural resource preservation project within the Albuquerque District under recently updated guidelines.