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  • March

    (Left to Right) Ben MacIntyre, biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Regulatory Division’s Western Branch, Sammy Iskrzycki, biologist in the Regulatory Division Western Branch, Katie Alston, biologist in the Regulatory Division Technical Services Branch, and Mark G. McIntosh, project manager in the Regulatory Division Technical Services Branch, check for hydrology indicators at a soil point on a vegetation plot March 18, 2022, while training near J. Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, Tennessee. They support regulatory permitting actions at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Regulatory Division. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Regulatory Program facilitates environmental stewardship

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 24, 2022) – Ever wonder what federal agency provides regulatory oversight of commercial and private development affecting wetlands and waterways? The answer is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which facilitates environmental stewardship through its Regulatory Program.

  • April

    Aras Barzanji (Left), hydraulic engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, helps Park Rangers Dylon Anderson and Amy Redmond with a practical exercise to use a handheld GPS unit to collect data on Broadway in front of the Estes Kefauver Federal Building in Nashville, Tenn., April 9, 2015.

    Nashville District plots to improve processes with geospatial data

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 14, 2015) – A group of park rangers, regulators and engineering technicians took a class April 6-10 to learn the basics of collecting and analyzing geospatial data for natural resource management and the protection of the nation’s waterways.

  • March

    This is Old Lock A Road off Highway 49 in Dickson County, approximately two miles from the Cheatham Power Plant in Charlotte, Tenn. It is covered with snow that employees drove on when headed to work March 6, 2015.

    Employees overcome winter storms to keep river projects operating

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 12, 2015) – Snow and ice blanketed the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins twice over the past month, which severely hampered travel in rural areas. Despite winter’s effect on transportation, it did not prevent a handful of very dedicated Corps of Engineers employees from going above and beyond to keep hydropower plants operating and navigation locks open for the movement of commerce.

  • December

    Cold Water Kills. Are you next? Wear your Life Jacket! For more water safety information go to www.CorpsLakes.us/watersafety. (USACE graphic by Toby Isbell)

    Warm up to these safety tips as frigid water chills and kills

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 3, 2014) — Public safety is the number-one priority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, and the Corps of Engineers urges everyone to practice boating and water safety this winter because frigid water chills and kills.