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  • March

    Workers fix a breach in the border fence along the U.S.-Mexico Border.

    District Oversees Maintenance of Border Fence Breaches

    Holes are cut and burrows are dug under the border fence between the United States and Mexico each and every day, and they never seem to end. Breaches are especially prevalent in February and March, during the harvest season for marijuana, in the Albuquerque District’s area of responsibility, necessitating the United States government to have maintenance contracts in place to repair them.

  • February

    Historically, the Gunnison sage grouse occupied southwestern Colorado, southeastern Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and northeastern Arizona. But, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service, its range has been reduced to seven separate populations in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. Of the approximately 4,500 breeding Gunnison sage grouse, some 3,900 inhabit the Gunnison Basin in Colorado.

    Corps Helps Creek Regain Its Curves

    Approximately 50 years ago, a creek blew out during a storm on a Colorado man’s property in the San Luis Valley, just south of Poncha Pass, and started to realign itself. At the time, the landowner saw an opportunity to straighten about a mile of the creek, and he intervened. However, in a few years, the creek turned into a ditch and remained that way until recently.
  • KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- Conducting the ceremony (L to R): Col. James Cardoso, 58th Special Operations Wing Commander; Mr. Tony Frese, Lockheed Martin; Col. John Kubinec, 377 Air Base Wing Commander; Lt. Col. Jason Williams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Ceremony Celebrates Simulator Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base

    Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Jason Williams joined officials from Kirtland Air Force Base Jan. 19 to conduct a ribbon-cutting to celebrate a new addition to a facility that will house HC/MC-130 aircraft simulators.
  • WASHINGTON D.C., -- District employee MSG Lujan gets a photo with the President and First Lady after the 2012 State of the Union Address.

    Wounded Warrior Team Member Meets President Obama

    District employee MSG Lujan had the opportunity to meet the President after the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C.
  • KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- In May 2011, Environmental Project Manager Walt Migdal accompanied District Commander Lt. Col. Williams (left) on a tour of a military construction project to remove and replace an aging bulk fuels facility.

    District Takes Environmental Project Management to Next Level

    Taking the environmental investigations and remediation work from about $20 million in fiscal year 2010 to $54 million in fiscal year 2011 was no miracle. It was customer responsiveness, plain and simple.
  • RATON, N.M., -- Town workers have built seven berms, so far, as part of an effort to keep debris and sediment from going downhill into Lake Maloya.

    Tracking Progress after Raton’s Tenacious Track Fire

    The last remnants of the wildfires were extinguished months ago, but hard-hit communities in the District are still cleaning up and repairing damages from the fires last summer. One such community is Raton, N.M.

  • January

    Scrutinizing Sediment Deposits at Cochiti Lake

    The effectiveness of Cochiti Dam for sediment control has led to a serious issue confronting the reservoir—sediment deposition is reducing reservoir storage capacity and causing significant aggradation upstream within the Rio Grande channel. Monitoring sediment volume, spatial distribution and rate of deposition is of paramount concern to the District. Consequences for the operation and life expectancy of Cochiti Dam and Reservoir are at stake.
  • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- District Commander Lt. Col. Jason Williams presents his thanks and a plaque to LaDonna Harris.

    Native American Icon Joins Leaders at Planning Session

    The theme for the District’s 2011 Strategic Planning Session Dec. 12 was “Leaving a Legacy,” and session participants were put in the spirit of planning for the future after listening to speaker LaDonna Harris, a resident of New Mexico and historic icon, who has spent years working to better the lives and communities of Native Americans.
  • ABIQUIU, N.M., -- Volunteers at the annual Midwinter Eagle Watch look for Bald Eagles from many areas around the project including these volunteers who were on the lake. 17 eagles were spotted this year.

    Nearly 20 Bald Eagles Spotted at Abiquiu during Annual Event

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Abiquiu Lake hosted its annual midwinter eagle watch Jan. 7, and it was a record count for both eagles, 17, and volunteers, 61. Employees were surprised when nearly twice as many volunteers arrived to participate as the previous record and when seeing nine mature and eight immature Bald Eagles.
  • SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M., -- Maj. Seth Wacker and Robert Isenberg of the Corps’ South Pacific Division’s 59th Forward Engineering Support Team – Advanced (center), visit a freshwater site at Santa Clara Pueblo and meet with Adrian Garcia, a Santa Clara tribal member.

    District Achieves another First for Tribal Program

    In the first meeting of its kind, Robert Isenberg and Maj. Seth Wacker, members of the South Pacific Division’s 59th Forward Engineering Support Team - Advanced (FEST) joined District Tribal Liaison Ron Kneebone in a visit with representatives of two New Mexico Pueblos Dec. 14 and 15. They met with the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo de Cochiti to provide the Native American tribes with critically needed engineering support to address local infrastructure issues and to provide FEST members with real-world training.