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  • May

    (L to R) Russ Jaramillo, Lt. Col. Williams, Christine Glidden, Maj. Richard Collins and Jerry Nieto pose during the March.

    District Team Marches to Remember

    A dedicated team representing the Albuquerque District traversed the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 27 for the 22nd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March.
  • What do Santa Rosa Lake, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and the popular television show, Dirty Jobs, have in common? The answer: Fish Squeezing!

    Fish Squeezing is Focus of Dirty Jobs Episode

    Every spring, Game and Fish personnel capture walleye in large traps and nets. They then squeeze them to express their eggs into large enamel pans.
  • Included in the ribbon-cutting (L to R): Mr. Donald Greenwood, president of construction, Burns & McDonnell Corporation; Lt. Col. David Hornyak, vice commander, 377th Air Base Wing; Mr. John Garcia, chairman of the Kirtland Partnership Committee; Col. Daniel Morin, vice commander, Air Force Research Lab; U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich; Col. William Cooley, director, Space Vehicles; Dr. Joel Mozer, associate chief, Battlespace Environment Division; Lt. Col. Jason Williams, Albuquerque District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Mr. Brent Wilson, base civil engineer, Kirtland Air Force Base.

    Corps Ensures Lab Built to Fulfill Air Force’s Needs

    A contract the Corps awarded in 2008 for the construction of a 145,000 square foot Battlespace Environment Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base was seen to fruition, and the structure, which cost nearly $60 million, was officially opened for business April 21.

  • April

    The Camino Real trail segments, known as the Los Alamitos Road, cross the Corps’ Galisteo Dam project. Portions of the road are still visible today downstream of the dam and also on private land north of the reservoir.

    Remnants of U.S.’s Oldest Highway Crosses Corps’ Galisteo Project

    Route 66 may have its kicks, but a dusty, mostly hidden and sporadic trail winding its way from Mexico City to Santa Fe, N.M. is still king, as the oldest of the Southwest highway systems. For 400 years, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the nation’s oldest and longest “highway,” was the only road into New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing thousands of settlers from Mexico and Spain into the region.
  • Navajo Artist Julius Badoni, a member of the Longest Walk team, creates a sign to be used on a truck accompanying walkers.

    Longest Walk 3 Participants Stay at Cochiti

    On the weekend of March 19, Cochiti Lake had the unique opportunity to play host to participants of “The Longest Walk 3, Reversing Diabetes.”

  • Corps Helps Dedicate New Border Station

    In a small Texas town called Fabens, located about 30 miles Southeast of El Paso along the Rio Grande, the Corps is overseeing planning and construction of a new Border Patrol station.
  • Corps biologist Michael Porter measures a Rio Grande Silvery Minnow during Spring 2010 monitoring activities.

    District Monitors Success One Fish at a Time

    If suitable habitat is built in the Middle Rio Grande, and river flows are adjusted to more closely mimic natural flows, will the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow become abundant once again?

  • December

    Strong Resource Oversight is Key to USACE Future

    The District Resource Management (RM) team’s vision is, and has always been, to continuously build value to our customers via our reputation for strong fiscal accountability.

  • Field Office is Growing and Building Strong on the Border

    Despite dust, heat, tight deadlines and some remote, rural project locations, Albuquerque District’s El Paso Resident Office remains committed to Building Strong and strengthening the nation in the southern part of the District.

  • November

    Corps Builds New School for Air Force’s Combat Rescue Mission

    Nearly every commander on Kirtland Air Force base joined a large group of distinguished guests and Corps personnel Oct. 13 to celebrate the opening of the Guardian Angel Training Center.