Abiquiú Dam Turns 50

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(SUNfoto by George Morse) Operations Project Manager Eric Garner (left) and Ranger Albert Branch, of the US Army Corps of Engineers, place items in a time capsule at the 50th anniversary celebration of the completion of Abiquiú Dam June 16 at the Dam. The time capsule will be opened in 25 years. Abiquiú Dam provides flood control, stores water from the San Juan-Chama project and generates electricity while providing employment and recreation for Rio Arriba County.

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   From its origins in southern Colorado, the Rio Chama enters New Mexico and slices through Rio Arriba County for  its entire length. Once, the Chama surged with runoff from the melting snowpack in the spring, then ran nearly dry…

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