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  • August

    An excavator loads a dump truck with concrete, rock and soil from Roaring River Dam in Jackson County, Tennessee Aug. 1, 2017.

    Stream restoration underway with Roaring River Dam removal

    JACKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2017) – The removal of Roaring River Dam is underway, a multi-organizational stream restoration effort that will reconnect aquatic species and make recreation safer near the low head dam that is at risk of failing and no longer needed as a fish barrier.

  • July

    Patty Coffey is the deputy district engineer for the Nashville District. She also serves as the Chief of the Planning, Programs, and Project Management Division. She assists in directing all the water resource activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers throughout the Cumberland River Basin, and navigation and regulatory matters in the Tennessee River Basin, an area of more than 59,000 square miles, with 49 field offices touching seven states and a work force of over 750 federal employees.

    Coffey becomes new deputy district engineer

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 26, 2017) – The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently announced that Patty Coffey, acting deputy district engineer, will permanently fill the position, the highest civilian leader in the organization.
  • Jalan Sowell, star running back at Mt. Juliet High School, shared his story and comeback narrative of never giving up on ESPN's "Make A Wish" series at the Golden Bears' stadium in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., July 21, 2017. He produced and starred in the ESPN segment that aired July 20 where he shared how he overcame adversity when a life-threatening pulmonary condition kept him from playing football. His father James Sowell is a safety officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.

    Safety officer’s son makes inspiring comeback on ESPN

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 24, 2017) – A pulmonary condition permanently sidelined Jalan Sowell from the gridiron last season, but his comeback narrative of “never giving up” on ESPN’s “Make A Wish” series kick starts a new dream of inspiring others and one day coaching football.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is encouraging the public to view the total eclipse at Corps of Engineers lakes when the sun sweeps over Kentucky and Tennessee from approximately noon to 3 p.m. Central Time Aug. 21, 2017.

    Nashville District encourages public to view total eclipse at Corps of Engineers lakes

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 18, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is encouraging the public to view the total eclipse at Corps of Engineers lakes when the sun sweeps over Kentucky and Tennessee from approximately noon to 3 p.m. Central Time Aug. 21, 2017.
  • Grant Bingham, an electrician at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cordell Hull Power Plant in Celina, Tenn., is the employee of the month for May 2017.

    Bingham named Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 17, 2017) – Grant Bingham, an electrician at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cordell Hull Power Plant in Celina, Tenn., is the employee of the month for May 2017.
  • Greg Forte, an Old Hickory power plant senior mechanic, at the Old Hickory Lock and Dam provides NSTI students with information about the interior operations of the Old Hickory Power Plant on June 21, 2017. Both were part of a group of 17 students who attended the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week NSTI National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 20 through July 2 on the campus of TSU.

    Corps Engineers STEM message for college bound students

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 12, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 20 through July 2 on the campus of TSU.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, passes the Corps of Engineers flag to Lt. Col. Cullen A. Jones as he took command of the Nashville District during a change of command ceremony July 7, 2017 at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in Nashville, Tenn.

    Jones becomes 65th commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 7, 2017) – Lt. Col. Cullen A. Jones took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District today during a change of command ceremony at the Tennessee National Guard Armory. He becomes the 65th commander of the famed “Twin Rivers” district in the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, Nashville District commander, welcomes Tony Sloan and Tom Allen, managing members of Marina at Rowena, LLC, to sign the lease agreement for Lake Cumberland's Marina at Rowena during a signing ceremony July 5, 2017 at the district headquarters in the Estes Kefauver Federal Building at Nashville, Tenn.

    Lease signed for new marina at Lake Cumberland

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 5, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District held a lease signing ceremony today for the Marina at Rowena, a new commercial concession marina with related facilities and services at Rowena Landing South on Lake Cumberland in Russell and Clinton Counties, just north of Albany, Ky.

  • June

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District encourages the public to properly dispose trash when visiting Corps lakes.

    Dispose trash properly when visiting Corps lakes

    Visitors at Corps lakes go boating, fishing, swimming or maybe just relax on the shoreline. All these activities are perfectly fine until one particular thing happens - littering. When this disgraceful activity happens then the good time turns into "trash pickup time."
  • Benjamin Hardin, a land surveyor assigned to Engineering-Construction Division's Engineering Services Branch is the Nashville District employee of the month for April 2017.

    Hardin named Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 22, 2017) – Benjamin Hardin, a land surveyor assigned to Engineering-Construction Division's Engineering Services Branch is the Nashville District employee of the month for April 2017.
  • Kye Moss of Voith Hydro guides a 249-ton rotor during its installation into hydropower unit two at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tenn., June 19, 2017. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is rehabilitating the unit and expects to bring it online in late July after the completion of its assembly and load testing.

    Crew installs 249-ton hydropower rotor at Center Hill Dam

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (June 19, 2017) – A work crew installed a 249-ton hydropower rotor today at Center Hill Dam, culminating weeks of safety preparations to lift and maneuver the heavy load into position to generate hydroelectricity.
  • A group of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math summer camp students from Dickson, Tenn., toured the Cheatham Lock and Dam June 15, 2017.

    STEM students fascinated with Cheatham Lock and Dam

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 15, 2017) – A team of engineering professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District welcomed a group of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math summer camp students today for an overview of Corps careers and tour of the Cheatham Lock and Dam today.
  • Several kids hold the trout they caught during the 20th Annual Kids Fishing Rodeo June 10, 2017 at the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery.

    Kids catch plenty of fun corralling trout at fishing rodeo

    CELINA, Tenn. (June 10, 2017) – Kids caught plenty of fun today while corralling 2,000 nine-inch rainbow trout and 10 large display rainbow and brook trout released in the creek below the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery during the 20th Annual Kids Fishing Rodeo.

  • May

    The US Highway 62 Bridge across the Tennessee River below Kentucky Dam has been re-named in memory and in honor of former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kentucky Lock resident engineer George A. (Tony) Ellis in a brief ceremony May 30, 2017.

    Ellis Bridge named in memory of former Kentucky Lock resident engineer

    GRAND RIVERS, KY (May 30, 2017) – The US Highway 62 Bridge across the Tennessee River below Kentucky Dam has been re-named in memory and in honor of former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kentucky Lock resident engineer George A. (Tony) Ellis Tuesday.
  • Karl F. Schneider (Left), senior career official performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Army, host of the 2016 Lean Six Sigma excellence awards program ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., poses with Diane Parks (Second from left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief of Operations, Tim Dunn (Third from left), Nashville District deputy chief of Operations, and Maj. Gen. Richard L. Stevens, (Fourth from left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general, and Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, director of the Office of Business Transformation. Parks and Dunn accepted the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award. (U.S. Army photo by Leroy Council)

    Process improvement earns Nashville District team LEAP award

    WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) – A process improvement effort to streamline how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District purchases its supplies paid off during a ceremony May 18, 2017 at the Pentagon when the Army’s Lean Six Sigma Award Program gave its Process Improvement Project Team Excellence Award to the project delivery team.
  • A group of students and teachers from Martin Luther King, Maplewood, Hillsboro, and Nashville School of the Arts High schools and four college students from Tennessee State University during their visit May 4. A team of engineering professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District welcomed the group for a Corps career overview and tour of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Hendersonville, Tenn.

    STEM students learn about engineering on dam tour

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (May 18, 2017) – A team of engineering professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently welcomed area high school and college students for a Corps career overview and tour of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Hendersonville, Tenn.
  • Soldiers from the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment, traditionally known as "The Old Guard," carry American Revolutionary War Private Samuel Howard during a reinterment ceremony at Resthaven Cemetery in Baxter, Ky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District worked with local community and state officials to move Howard from Wix-Howard Cemetery when his grave was endangered by soil movement from a design deficiency of a flood control project completed in the 1990s.

    Reinterment demonstrates Army’s commitment to soldiers in life and beyond

    BAXTER, Ky. (May 12, 2017) – The U.S. Army reinterred American Revolutionary War Private Samuel Howard today at Resthaven Cemetery with full military honors, demonstrating the Army’s commitment to a patriot who braved the encampment at Valley Forge, Pa., and stood at Yorktown, Va., when British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered to Gen. George Washington.
  • William Earnest, maintenance worker at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for March 2017.

    Earnest named Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2017) – William Earnest, maintenance worker at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for March 2017.

  • April

    John Bell, power plant trainee, leads a group of hydropower experts attending the 40th Annual Joint Hydropower Conference in Nashville Tenn., on a tour of the Old Hickory Dam powerhouse in Old Hickory, Tenn., April 19, 2017.

    Hydropower experts generate information exchange in Music City

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 21, 2017) – More than 100 hydropower experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tennessee Valley Authority, Southeastern Power Administration, and private power supply companies benefited from an exchange of information during the 40th Annual Joint Hydropower Conference April 19-20 at the Inn at Opryland.
  • Jason Foust, deputy construction manager for the grouting project at Mosul Dam, stands by the spillway gates Oct. 22, 2016 where they drew drawn down to alleviate pressure during the work. Foust has since returned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District where he is project engineer at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Ky. (Photo by Charlie Krolikowski)

    Engineering and construction trio forges goodwill on Mosul Dam projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2017) – An engineering and construction trio from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently returned home from Iraq where they helped oversee construction projects at Mosul Dam, forged goodwill with the international repair team, and even supported the military operation to retake the city of Mosul.