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It happens every few years, and boy does it make a difference. While students were away for spring break, UNM’s Physical Plant Department (PPD) undertook the arduous job of emptying the campus pond for a deep cleaning and what they find every year is...

The UNM Staff Council hosts the monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series on Friday, Sept. 30 at 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. at the Duck Pond. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lunch. The presentation is titled “Walk about the Duck Pond, Talk about the Trees.”...

In an effort to provide support to the community as they work through their emotions surrounding the recent events in Orlando, The University of New Mexico’s LGBTQ Resource Center, the UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC), UNM-Hospitals and other UNM student...

The University of New Mexico's Physical Plant Department Grounds & Landscaping will perform routine maintenance on the Duck Pond beginning Friday, March 6 through Friday, March 13. The UNM campus community is asked to avoid the area during this ...

The University of New Mexico Duck Pond may soon undergo a series of renovations. The ‘Duck Pond Beautification’ project is being headed by the UNM Graduate and Professional Student Association. The proposed renovations include seating arrangement ...

There have been lots of Lobo sightings on campus lately, bronze statues about 36” tall in howling, sitting, standing and running poses. In Native American lore, the Lobo or wolf spirit symbolizes, among other things, patience, teaching and teamwork, ...

UNM Duck PondThe ducks and turtles were enjoying the sun and the newly cleaned duck pond area today. The UNM grounds crew spent spring break cleaning and maintaining the duck pond. The cleaning required the relocation of ducks and fish while debris was ...

The UNM Physical Plant Department will begin cleaning the Duck Pond over the weekend. The cleaning is done every few years because sludge accumulates on the bottom of the shallow pond displacing water and causing stress to fish in the pond.UNM grounds ...

On Saturday, May 22, during what is usually a routine lowering of the water level for cleaning the UNM Duck Pond, a larger than normal amount of sludge caused water levels to decline more rapidly than what was anticipated. As a result, the water level ...