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  • August

    COCHITI LAKE, N.M. - Dave Derrick, instructor, (right) and a workshop participant tie bundles of newly cut plantings in preparation for transport to a different location at Cochiti Lake during the hands-on riparian construction workshop held February 26-27. Cochiti Lake was selected for the location for the workshop because of the opportunities available to rehabilitate the shoreline with native species. This rehabilitation will provide habitat for a wide range of riparian-dependent fauna and improve water quality.

    Albuquerque District participates in riparian rehabilitation workshop at Cochiti Dam

    Biologists and natural resources managers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, participated in a hands-on riparian construction workshop at the Corps of Engineers Cochiti Lake and Dam recently.

  • March

    COCHITI LAKE, N.M. – Park rangers and volunteers from Cochiti Elementary School plant cottonwood poles and willows at the lake, Feb. 17, 2017.

    District, Cochiti Elementary School Collaborate to Plant 125 Cottonwoods at Lake

    Cochiti project office staff and volunteers planted cottonwood and willow trees along the southern aspect of the Cochiti Recreation boat launch shoreline area, Feb. 17, 2017.

  • September

    LAS CRUCES, N.M., -- District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon throws a seed ball as part of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the $1.6 million environmental restoration project near the Las Cruces Dam, Sept. 5, 2014. The seed balls are packed with a mixture of wildflower seeds that "are waiting for nature to release with steady rain," said Lisa LaRocque, city of Las Cruces sustainability officer.

    Transforming the Desert into a Wetland

    Officials from the Corps and the city of Las Cruces participated in a grand-opening ceremony Sept. 5, 2014, by throwing out seed balls packed with a mixture of wildflower seeds that will sprout with the next rain.

  • December

    LAS CRUCES, N.M., -- Las Cruces City Officials join with Corps of Engineer representatives to breaking ground for the project.

    Corps, City of Las Cruces Partner on Environmental Restoration Project

    Officials from the Corps, the City of Las Cruces, N.M., and state legislative representatives participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 29 for a $1.5 million environmental restoration project near the Las Cruces Dam.

  • July

    Sunflowers are native to New Mexico and are springing up in swales all over the Rio Grande’s Bosque.

    Corps Checks Progress of Ecosystem Restoration

    The Corps has been actively involved in restoring the ecosystem of the Middle Rio Grande since 2007, when the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District initiated projects incorporating ecosystem revitalization along Route 66.

  • May

    A sign stands atop the Cochiti Lake Dam that points to the Rio Grande below.

    District Restores Ecosystems with River Engineering

    River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course or flow of a river with the intention of producing a benefit, like reduced flooding or easier passage. While involved in river engineering today, the Corps has increased the emphasis on protecting and restoring the environment.

  • February

    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

    Contractors from Advanced Environmental Solutions, Inc. of Belen, N.M., wore personal protective equipment and performed the actual clean up at the Cochiti project.

    Cleaning up Cochiti

    While old transformers, antifreeze and aerosol cans aren’t significant archeological findings at the District’s Cochiti field project, they do signal that an environmental clean-up could be necessary.