Project Spotlights

Since 2015, SWCA has provided various natural and cultural resource services for the City of Houston Northeast Water Purification Plant (NEWPP) Expansion Project. The project, partially funded by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), will increase the raw water capacity for the City of Houston by 320 million gallons per day.

A team of archaeologists from SWCA’s Albuquerque office teamed up with geophysics surveyors to map Piedras Marcadas Pueblo in northwest Albuquerque. The location represents one of the first major battles between the 1540-1542 Spanish expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and Native Americans in New Mexico.

HELENDALE, CALIF. - A rare, federally threatened western yellow-billed cuckoo and two pairs of federally endangered least Bell’s vireo have been identified on a Mojave River property recently purchased by the Mojave Desert Land Trust. These sightings, along with other special status birds and new range extension records, underscore the property’s future role as a haven for imperiled Mojave Desert species.