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Image Not FoundCleaning Up Kirtland AFB Unexploded Ordnance The Albuquerque District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing a $2 million project cleaning-up unexploded ordnance (bombs, small rockets, arms, and other munitions) at a 165-acre site on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Open Burn and Open Detonation site, created in the 1950s, was closed in 2010. The team of experts from the District and CH2M-Hill Corporation blow up anything on the surface, and down to 4 feet underground, that could be construed as unexploded munitions.
Image Not FoundRT 66 Revitalization ProjectProject Manager Alicia Austin Johnson explains work performed by the Corps as part of the RT 66 Revitalization Project which aims to restore the Middle Rio Grande Bosque and connect people with the river.
Image Not FoundDIVE TEAM AT JOHN MARTIN DAMThe District employed an Army dive team to help us with operations and maintenance work on the bulkheads at the Corp's John Martin Dam in southeastern Colorado.
Image Not FoundWeir ModelThe Albuquerque District is using a large, indoor model of a small dam to determine how to update a decade old structure on a river in northern New Mexico. The model saves construction time and taxpayer money.
Image Not FoundChange of Command CeremonyLieutenant Colonel Antoinette Gant assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque District July 12, during a formal change of command ceremony at the district headquarters. The district’s area of responsibility includes the entire state of New Mexico, as well as portions of southern Colorado and far west Texas.
Image Not FoundCrane SchoolRecently District crane and hoist operatiors took a two day education safety course at Cochiti Dam to improve their skills and safety as crane and hoist operators.

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Mayor tours fuel site

1/25/2013
KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry toured the newly upgraded fuel plume remediation equipment Jan. 23 at the base's bulk fuel facility site.

Army Corps of Engineers completes Army's largest solar array installation

1/25/2013
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M.-- The largest solar power system in the U.S. Army is coming online at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and officials gathered Jan. 16, to mark the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Deployed District Employees Thank Third Grade Class

1/23/2013
On Jan. 13, Capt. John Deal visited Ms. Tracy Lewis’ third grade class at 7 Bar Elementary School in Rio Rancho, N.M., in order to deliver some gifts

District Regulator Receives Two Awards for Water Work

12/18/2012
Marcy Leavitt, Texas/New Mexico Branch Chief of the Albuquerque District’s Regulatory Division, recently received two honors recognizing her work that has helped protect not just water quality, but also watersheds and headwaters – precious resources in an arid state.

Bernalillo Levee Soil Examined for Future Flood Damage Reduction Study

12/7/2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is partnering with Eastern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority (ESCAFCA) to examine the existing conditions of the spoil bank levees within the Town of Bernalillo, N.M.

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