29 Jan 2016

New Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise to track interactions, statistics enterprise-wide

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick recently announced the formal establishment of the Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise located in the Albuquerque District.

30 Mar 2015

District Archaeologist Shares Historical Discoveries at Colorado Conference

District archaeologist Gregory Everhart attended the 37th Annual Conference of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists where he presented on historical findings on recent cultural resources activities at Trinidad Lake and John Martin Reservoir.

28 Jan 2015

Music City workshop tunes up tribal consultations

State and federal agency representatives recently met in Nashville, Tennessee, this week to tune up and improve how they consult with tribal nations.

5 May 2014

New Headquarters Tribal Liaison Visits District and Local Tribal Leaders

Recently the District was honored to have the new Corps’ Senior Tribal Liaison, Lisa Morales, visit. While in the District, Morales and Dr. Ron Kneebone, Albuquerque District tribal liaison, met with representatives from five Native American Tribes within the District’s Area of Responsibility.

12 Apr 2012

District Hosts Meeting for Newly Elected Tribal Leaders

Tribal leadership in New Mexico changes fairly regularly, with most tribes changing annually, and New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman’s office approached the District to see if the Corps could help provide a location for new tribal leadership to meet and exchange information with representatives from local federal agencies.

16 Jan 2012

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.

1 Oct 2011

Corps, Santa Clara Pueblo Sign Historic Agreement

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District and the Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico signed a historic partnership agreement Sept. 21 to conduct a watershed assessment for the Pueblo’s lands in the aftermath of June’s devastating Las Conchas forest fire.

1 Apr 2011

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.”

1 Feb 2011

Tribes Step Forward to Sponsor Work

When the sponsor for the Española Basin project pulled its support for this flood risk management study in 1996, people assumed that the project was finished. But in 2004, an alliance of three Pueblos, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara and San Ildefonso, devised a new, holistic vision for the project that made ecosystem restoration the centerpiece of river and flood management efforts.