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  • January

    Old Hickory Lake Park Ranger Jacob Albers provides information to a visitor Jan. 10, 2019 during the Nashville Boat Show at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Park rangers promote water safety at Nashville Boat Show

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 11, 2019) – Boaters and their families are invited to navigate to booth 404 at the Nashville Boat Show in Music City Center to meet with park rangers who are familiar with Corps of Engineers lakes, dams, locks, recreation areas and campgrounds in the Cumberland River Basin.

  • December

    Safety Santa, Bobber the Water Safety Dog, and Hap “Hazard” the Elf film a holiday safety public service announcement Dec. 17, 2018 at J. Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, Tenn., to encourage the public to be vigilant and safe at home this Christmas and when visiting and recreating at Corps of Engineers lakes. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Santa joins Bobber the Water Safety Dog for holiday message

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 17, 2018) – Kris Kringle filed a reindeer flight plan and entered American airspace with an early sleigh ride today to record a holiday safety message with Bobber the Water Safety Dog in Middle Tennessee.
  • Park rangers from throughout the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio Rivers Division Community of Practice Advisory Board pose Nov. 7, 2018 during the second biennial workshop at Caesar Creek Lake in Waynesville, Ohio.

    Division Park Ranger Advisory Board holds regional workshop

    WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (Dec. 3, 2018) – The Great Lakes and Ohio Rivers Park Ranger Community of Practice Advisory Board held its second biennial workshop here at Caesar Creek Lake Nov. 6-8, 2018, building on overwhelmingly positive feedback received from a similar meeting held in 2016.

  • October

    Angela Dunn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Project Planning Branch chief, speaks about her excitement for a new water tower and its benefits to the region during a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 25, 2018 for Greer Industrial Park in Laurel County, Ky. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Section 531 project announcement props up 500,000 gallon elevated water tank

    LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (Oct. 25, 2018) – At a groundbreaking for Greer Industrial Park in the Fariston community today, Rep. Hal Rogers announced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing $1.3 million toward a 500,000 gallon elevated water tank.
  • Mike Brown, senior geotechnical engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, and (name) canoe the Cumberland River in Carthage, Tenn., June 23, 2018 on Leg 28 of a 650.4-mile journey of the Cumberland River. The objective of navigating the waterway was to celebrate the 130th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, reflect on the development of the Cumberland River Basin, remember the past, enjoy the present, and dream about the future of the waterway that is vitally important to the region. (USACE Photo)

    Corps team navigates Cumberland River to celebrate Districts’ 130th Anniversary

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 16, 2018) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees, family members and retirees participated in a canoe, kayak, and boat voyage down the Cumberland River in celebration of the district’s 130th Anniversary.

  • August

    Col. Paul J. Kremer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division deputy commander, gives the keynote address during the Nashville District 130th Anniversary Ball Aug. 18, 2018 at the Embassy Suites in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District celebrates its history, commits to future workforce readiness

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District celebrated its storied history and significant milestones of service to the region today at the 130th Anniversary Ball. Officials also committed to future workforce readiness, praising the past and present commitment of its employees, the organization’s greatest resource.

  • June

    (USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Corps employees take the helm to improve motor boating skills

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June, 23, 2018 – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees attended a four-day Motorboat Operator’s Course and water safety refresher class participants came from Cordell Hull, Center Hill, Old Hickory, Cheatham, Lake Cumberland, Laurel, and J. Percy lakes at the J. Percy Lake shop conference room.
  • USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Sexton named Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2018

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 13, 2018) – Dana Sexton, planner and project manager, in the Planning Branch, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee for the month April 2018.

  • May

    Country Music Artist Dixie Jade reminds their fans to wear their life jackets and be safe on the water.

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 24, 2018) – NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 24, 2018) – Country Music Artist Dixie Jade reminds their fans to wear their life jackets and be safe on the water.

  • Dave Ramsey wants fans to stay safe Memorial Day weekend

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 24, 2018) – Financial expert Dave Ramsey from the Dave Ramsey show is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this Memorial Day weekend to encourage his fans to be safe on the water and to wear a life jacket.
  • USACE Photo by Mark Rankin

    Corps encourages boating safety during Memorial Weekend, National Safe Boating Week

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. May 22, 2018 – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is proud to promote National Safe Boating Week, May 19-25, the official launch of the 2018 Safe Boating Campaign and encourage boaters to wear their life jackets and practice water safety. This yearlong campaign promotes the value of voluntary, consistent life jacket wear by recreational boaters.
  • USACE photo by Crystal Tingle

    Hillyard named Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2018

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 22, 2018) – Susan Hillyard, administrative support assistant, Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager’s Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee for March 2018.

  • February

    Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., is shown under construction Nov. 18, 1893. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District constructed the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. This lock and dam was replaced by today's modern dam system. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District tames Cumberland River with the 'Old Locks'

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2018) – Using wood coffer dams, primitive hand tools, A-frames and even animals to haul in supplies and stone blocks on tracks from nearby rock quarries, Army engineers constructed 15 navigation locks in the late 1800s and early 1900s to tame the Cumberland River for steamboats moving people and commerce throughout the region a century ago.

  • January

    Construction is ongoing at Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1891. The view shows the stone blocks for the walls looking downstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. The old locks and dams were replaced by today's modern dams. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District celebrating its 130th Anniversary in 2018

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2018. The Nashville District formed from the Chattanooga District to construct a series of locks and dams on the Cumberland River. Army Special Order 191 created the district Aug. 18, 1888, and Lt. Col. John W. Barlow took command.

  • November

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    Marcum named Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 21, 2017) – Joshua Marcum, Power Plant Mechanic at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Power Plant in Ashland City, Tenn., is the employee of the month for September 2017.
  • Real Estate

    Nashville District officials give real estate career advice to college STEM students

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 15, 2017) – Nashville District officials gave real estate career advice today to a class of college STEM students at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Maj. Christopher Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, enjoys the moment as his wife and children put on his new rank of lieutenant colonel during a promotion ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2017. (USACE photo by Mark Abernathy)

    Nashville District says farewell to newly promoted deputy commander

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 2, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District said farewell to the deputy commander today, but not before the commander promoted Maj. Christopher Burkhart to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

  • September

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    Phillips named Nashville District Employee of the Month for July 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 11, 2017) – Jason Phillips, a project engineer assigned to the Eastern Tennessee Resident Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s employee of the month for July 2017.
  • We remember and honor those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

    Freedom continues to ring this Patriot Day

    Today we observe Patriot Day, the National Day of Service and Remembrance! We remember and honor those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is passing water through Cheatham Dam on the Cumberland River in Ashland City, Tenn., at a rate exceeding 90,000 cubic feet per second. Six to nine inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey fell into the Cumberland River watershed and is flowing into Cheatham Lake in Tennessee and Barkley Lake in Kentucky. Cheatham Lock is closed because of the strong currents flowing through the dam. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Water managers passing Harvey runoff through Cheatham, Barkley pools

    NASHVILLE, TENN. (Sept. 1, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Center is working this morning to manage runoff from last night’s heavy rainfall from remnants of Hurricane Harvey down the Cumberland River through Cheatham Dam in Ashland City, Tenn., and Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Ky.