Cochiti Dam
Cochiti Dam was constructed in the 1960s and 1970s despite the objections of Cochiti Pueblo, which lost farmland, traditional summer homes, and religious sites to the reservoir.
About this dam
- Built
- 1965-1975
- Purpose
- Flood Risk Reduction, Recreation, Other
- River
- Rio Grande, Santa Fe
- Agency
- USACE - Albuquerque District
Communities displaced by this dam (1)
Sources
- Regis Pecos, "The History of Cochiti Lake from the Pueblo Perspective" (2007), https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/uc_rio_chama/15
- https://sourcenm.com/2023/02/13/not-an-object-to-be-bartered-the-rio-grande-is-lifeblood-for-the-land/
- https://www.abqjournal.com/news/unplanned-water-release-from-cochiti-dam-washing-down-the-rio-grande/659534