Project Description

Soft-opening August 8, 2025

Grand Opening Celebration

Project Status: Construction

The Duck Pond Revitalization Project aims to replace aging infrastructure, enhance water quality, improve safety and accessibility, and reduce maintenance demands. With a projected construction period from late Fall 2024 to Summer 2025, the project is expected to significantly refresh one of the campus’s most iconic and historically significant landmarks. The revitalization of the duck pond will not change the shape, or character of the historic facility.

The flightless ducks, fish and turtles that normally reside at the Duck Pond can be found relaxing at our UNM Championship Golf Course. Stop by to say hello to our wildlife friends and play a round! Click here for a map.

Project/Construction Manager:

Michael J Pierce, GB-98, UNM Facilities Design & Construction

Construction Media Contact:

Lydia Thomas, ISS Marketing & Communications Manager, lgosling@unm.edu

February 2025 Wildlife Update

Related Links:

• "The UNM Duck Pond returns: Beloved landmark to reopen in August" by Ryan Kampmeier, May 16, 2025, UNM Newsroom
• "UNM announces exciting renovations for Duck Pond" by Teianna Mitchell, October 16, 2024, UNM Newsroom
• "UNM Duck Pond a favorite place to meet, study, relax" by Mary Beth King, April 07, 2024, UNM Newsroom
• The Duck Pond, Lobo Life
• UNM Duck Pond - Then and Now, UNM Timeline
• The Duck Pond, UNM Campus Histories

Architect

Pland Collaborative

Contractor

AquaticConsultants

Funding

FY 2023 Institutional Bonds