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  • July

    Herb Thomasson, master pilot of the Iroquois, watches as Dale Raines, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief engineer assigned to the Iroquois, applies riprap July 22, 2021 along the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake to mitigate erosion near the Rock Castle Slave Cemetery in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District's Maintenance Support Team reshaped the embankment and laid down riprap July 19-22, 2021 where water had been undercutting the shoreline. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Old Hickory Lake shoreline project addresses erosion nearby slave cemetery

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (July 23, 2021) – Maintenance personnel onboard the Motor Vessel Iroquois removed vegetation and stabilized a section of shoreline on Old Hickory Lake this week to address erosion issues nearby the historic Rock Castle Slave Cemetery, an important cultural resource in the community.

  • April

    A beautiful scene on the shoreline of J. Percy Priest Lake along the Anderson Road Fitness Trail April 21, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates the project and encourages the public to take care of public lands on Earth Day and every day. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Earth Day 2020 focuses on climate action for 50th Anniversary

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 21, 2020) – The first Earth Day in 1970 launched the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet’s largest civic event. On the event’s 50th Anniversary April 22, 2020, the theme is climate action. ate action.

  • October

    Park Ranger Dave Robinson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, talked about being safe on the Cumberland Shadow Trail while standing next to the trailhead sign in Smith, Ky., Oct. 18, 2018. The trail is nearly five miles long and winds along the shoreline, hilltops and ridges overlooking Martins Fork Lake. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Martins Fork Lake park ranger urges public to hike safely on Cumberland Shadow Trail

    SMITH, Ky. (Oct. 31, 2018) – It’s that time of year when red and yellow fall foliage attracts hikers seeking spectacular views on the Cumberland Shadow Trail that winds along the shoreline, hilltops and ridges overlooking Martins Fork Lake.

  • March

    Park Ranger Kyle Beverly receives a water safety award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division during a ceremony March 1, 2016 for Cheatham Lake's outreach efforts to people of diverse age groups and backgrounds. Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, Nashville District commander, made the presentation on behalf of Operations Division Chief, Kareem S. El-Naggar.

    Cheatham park rangers awarded for ‘water safety’ efforts

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 7, 2016) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers from Cheatham Lake received the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division 2015 Water Safety Award during a ceremony March 1, 2016.

  • February

    Natural resource specialist, Dylon Anderson meets with an adjacent landowner on March 16, 2016 to discuss his minor shoreline license on Old Hickory Lake.

    Customer service at lakes improving with ‘Shoreline SharePoint’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 29, 2016) – Customer service for landowners at Corps of Engineers lakes is being improved thanks to the ingenuity of several employees who recently developed an online program called Shoreline SharePoint, an online resource to electronically file permit applications.

  • September

    Volunteers unload mounds of trash from a barge at the Waitsboro Recreation area in Somerset, Ky, Sept. 9, 2014 in celebration of National Public Lands Day. Volunteers hauled 386 bags of trash and debris from five designated recreation sites during the 25th Annual Lake Cumberland Cleanup. The Friends of Lake Cumberland and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District organized the event that resulted in the collection of 1,156 bags of trash, 268 old tires and plastic bottles along the shoreline and on public lands.

    Lake Cumberland’s 25th Annual Cleanup volunteers bag mounds of litter, debris

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Sept. 20, 2014) – In celebration of National Public Lands Day, 386 volunteers bagged mounds of trash and debris from five designated recreation sites during the 25th Annual Lake Cumberland Cleanup.

  • October

    Corps awards $1.9 million contract for Pistol Creek Lake Sediment Removal Project

    MARYVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 6, 2011) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District awarded a $1,956,888 contract Sept. 30 to Environmental, Safety & Health, Inc., of Knoxville, Tenn., for the Pistol Creek Lake Sediment Removal Project.
  • Rob Baulsir, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employee and Leadership Development Program student, carries out a board he found on the shoreline of Center Hill Lake during a National Public Lands Day volunteer event Oct. 1, 2011. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Center Hill Lake benefits from 'trashy' leadership teambuilding

    SILVER POINT, Tenn. (Oct. 1, 2011) – Leadership Development Program students from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District participated in a “trashy” teambuilding exercise today near Edgar Evins State Park on the shoreline of Center Hill Lake.

  • September

    Nearly 600 volunteers ‘pitch in’ at 22nd Annual Lake Cumberland Clean-up

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Sept. 17, 2011) – Cooler temperatures welcomed volunteers to yet another successful National Public Lands Day event here along the shores of Lake Cumberland. The Friends of Lake Cumberland, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, held the 22nd annual lake-wide cleanup, and the results were terrific.

  • April

    Volunteers haul out 8,400 pounds of trash at Laurel Lake

    LONDON, Ky. (April 16, 2011) – A total of 270 volunteers worked from boat and shoreline today and hauled out 8,400 pounds of trash during the 14th annual Laurel Lake Clean-up. Some of the most unusual items retrieved included a water heater, a stove, and a 1979 Michigan license plate.