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  • September

    Joseph Lopez and Roger Apodaca, District’s Abiquiu Lake equipment operators, narrowly escaped a flash flood while steadily maneuvering heavy equipment owned by the Corps to help clear debris from a flooded area of Santa Clara Canyon.

    Santa Clara Canyon Debris Removal Turns Perilous

    Abiquiu Lake Operations Manager Dave Dutton visited Santa Clara Canyon to see the progress made by Joseph Lopez and Roger Apodaca, District’s Abiquiu Lake equipment operators, and was astounded. He said there was absolutely no way the Santa Clara Pueblo would be as far up their canyon without the Corps’ help.

  • August

    Corps’ staff who went to the film in this picture are:(L to R) Austin Kuhlman, David Dutton, Paul Branch, Ronnie Schelby, Kristen Skopeck, and Eric Garner. Not pictured: Lisa Lockyear and Brad Atwood.

    Abiquiu Project Staff Enjoy Movie Partly Filmed at Site

    Last summer, the District’s staff at Abiquiu Reservoir played host to about 200 people during a two-week span, for filming of parts of “Cowboys and Aliens.”

  • May

    At the ceremony celebrating the new low-flow turbine at Abiquiu was (L to R), Operations Project Manager Dave Dutton, Senator Tom Udall, Deputy Commander Maj. Richard Collins and Abiquiu Park Ranger Eric Garner.

    New Turbine Increases Hydroelectric Power

    Despite a rough beginning more than two decades ago, the Abiquiu hydroelectric facility’s third turbine officially turned on when Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) pushed the start button at a ceremony at the facility April 21.

  • January

    Bird Handler Scott Bol and Maxwell the bald eagle of the Espanola Wildlife Center demonstrate eagle characteristics to volunteers at the eagle watch event.

    Crowd Spies Abiquiu Eagles

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Abiquiu Lake hosted its eighth annual midwinter eagle watch on Jan. 8. There were 15 confirmed eagle sightings, the most ever.