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  • September

    Park Ranger Gary Bruce, a conservation biologist at Center Hill Lake, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2013.

    Bruce named Nashville District Employee of the Month for July 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 11, 2013) – A conservation biologist at Center Hill Lake is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for July 2013.
  • Two volunteers haul trash collected Sept. 7, 2013 from the Hurricane Creek Launching Area at J. Percy Priest Lake in La Vergne, Tenn.

    Partnerships result in successful National Public Lands Day event at J. Percy Priest Lake

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept 7, 2013) – In observance of National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands, the J. Percy Priest Lake team partnered with the Nashville Clean Water Project and a diverse group of willing volunteers to tidy up several areas around the lake.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Park Ranger Brent Sewell rescued a drowning teenager from Martins Fork Lake, Smith, Ky., over the Labor Day weekend. Aaron Ledford, 18, a non-swimmer from Louisville, Ky., attended a family reunion Sept. 1 and entered the water to recover a beach ball. He got into trouble when he released the swimming area’s boundary line as he pulled himself out hand-over-hand.

    Corps park ranger rescues drowning teenager in Martins Fork Lake

    SMITH, Ky. (Sept. 5, 2013) – A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park ranger rescued a drowning teenager in Martins Fork Lake over the Labor Day weekend.
  • Robert Baulsir, a senior mechanical engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District Electrical Mechanical Section since 2002, is the District Employee of the Month for June 2013.

    Baulsir named Nashville District Employee of the Month for June 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2013) – Robert Baulsir, a senior mechanical engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District Electrical Mechanical Section since 2002, is the District Employee of the Month for June 2013.
  • Park Rangers Daniel Clark and Christon Cornett both Park Rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District welcome students from the Laurel County school district to a back to school bash at the Laurel County Optimist complex on July 30, 2013.

    Laurel Park Rangers attend Back to School Bash

    LONDON, Ky. (Sept. 3, 2013) -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers from Laurel River Lake attended a back to school bash July 30, 2013with students from the county school system at the Laurel County Optimist complex.
  • Student Conservation Association team member’s (left to right) Alison Richardson, Darrel Thompson, Erica Nicolay, and Roy Cazares prepare the evergreen fish attractors by attaching concrete weights to the tree bundles at Old Hickory Lake’s Lone Branch Recreation Area in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., Aug. 27, 2013.

    Corps creates new fish habitats at Old Hickory Lake

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 3, 2013) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake and members of the Student Conservation Association made a splash Aug. 27 when they installed the remaining fish attractors made possible by Old Hickory Lake’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program.

  • August

    Professor P.V. Vijay, West Virginia University, mixes primer that divers will apply prior to installing an experimental Fiber Reinforced Polymer composite wrap underwater on a deteriorated discharge port at the 73-year-old Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tenn. Observing in background from left are divers Chris Clabough and Brandon Kennedy (hidden behind Clabough); Bernie Schulte, Nashville District Design Branch engineer, and Britt Henderson, civil engineer (hidden by Vijay). Forty days after the Aquawrap was installed and had endured 404 lockages, Nashville District diver Keith Holley reported Aug. 28, 2013 that, “The material and installation condition looks the same as the day it was put in.” Divers will inspect the Aquawrap periodically to monitor its durability. (USACE photo by Doug DeLong)

    Nashville District works with partners on engineering solutions at Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is collaborating with industry, West Virginia University, Engineering Research and Development Center and Tennessee Valley Authority to find a better solution to unacceptable deterioration around Chickamauga Lock’s discharge ports that cannot be dewatered.
  • Seven workers pass scaffolding sections up the chamber side of Kentucky Lock’s lower miter gate Aug. 19, 2013. The wraparound scaffold is being assembled to permit TVA-contracted GUBMK Constructors to sandblast, make any needed internal structural repairs, and paint the 91-foot tall miter gates. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees dewatered the 69-year-old, 110-by-600-foot lock and will inspect the culvert valves and all other areas of the lock that are normally underwater for any needed repairs. Corps employees will also replace the tow haulage system, used to move unpowered sections of barge tows through the lock. Kentucky lock is scheduled to resume normal operation at noon, Sept. 24, 2013.

    Kentucky Lock lower miter gates are beehive of activity

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2013) – The 91-foot tall lower miter gates at Kentucky Lock was a beehive of activity today as workmen assembled wraparound scaffolding in preparation for making needed repairs on the gates.
  • Lt. Col. John Hudson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander presents Avis Kennedy, a retired Nashville District employee the Distinguished Civilian Employees award at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building on Aug. 15, 2013. The award is presented to retired employees that have been retired for two or more years with at least 20 years of service and have displayed outstanding leadership with exception and preeminence among their peers and contributed substantially to the reputation and honor of the Corps of Engineers through their service.

    Corps Distinguished Civilian Employees named at ceremony

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 15, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District celebrated 125 years of service to the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers Basins and to the nation at an open house and award ceremony that culminated with the announcement of two Distinguished Civilian Employees at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building.
  • Country Music Star Dolly Parton performs at the Cordell Hull Dam Dedication Oct. 13, 1973 on the shore of the Cumberland River at the dam in Carthage, Tenn. According to an Associated Press report following the event about 2,000 people attended. Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of President Richard M. Nixon, was the keynote speaker at the dedication.

    Nashville District celebrates its 125th Anniversary

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 15, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is celebrating 125 years of service to the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers Basins and to the Nation that began when the district was created Aug. 18, 1888 under the command of Lt. Col. John W. Barlow.
  • Bjoern Hoffman, left, Bauer Foundation Corporation project manager explains the Bauer MC 128 Hydrocutter to Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, center, deputy commanding general, Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during his July 31, 2013 visit to Nashville District’s Center Hill Dam. Jimmy Waddle, District Engineering and Construction Division chief is at right. The Hydrocutter, largest of its type in the world, which Bauer built specifically for the Center Hill Dam Seepage Rehabilitation project, cuts an approximate 10.5 X 7.25-foot element for the encasement wall in the embankment. Bauer will drill down 300 feet from the top of the earthen portion of the dam, through the encasement wall and up 130 feet into rock and construct concrete piles and panels to form the barrier over the next two years, according to Linda Adcock, Nashville District project manager. (USACE photo by Fred Tucker)

    MG Michael Walsh visits Nashville District

    Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh, deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was “quite impressed” with his visit to Nashville District July 31, and Aug. 1.

  • July

    Chad Dahl, a member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Rope Access Climb Team from the Philadelphia District lowers himself onto a concrete platform on the Wolf Creek Dam in Jamestown, Ky., as the team inspects the hydraulic radial gates and the structure for signs of corrosion and structual damages on July 24, 2013.

    Corps Engineers from Philadelphia District rappel, inspect Wolf Creek Dam

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (July 25, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Special Rope Access Climb Team is one of three specialized inspection teams USACE uses for inspection purposes that travels to a variety of locations offering districts specific support tailored to the project needs. The team recently rapelled and lowered themselves 200 feet onton large spillway hydraulic radial gates at the Corps' Wolf Creek Dam, in Jamestown, Ky., July 24 to inspect 10 tainter gates for signs of corrosion or structural damage.
  • Rodney Koger, the PRIDE captain explains the procedures and manuvers of how the “PRIDE of the Cumberland,” a vessel operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District cruises Lake Cumberland's shorelines and waterways keeping it clean and free of logs, trash and debris.

    ‘PRIDE of the Cumberland’ keeps Lake Cumberland free of debris

    SOMERSET, Ky. (July 24, 2013) – The “PRIDE of the Cumberland,” a vessel operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District is hard at work keeping Lake Cumberland 101 miles of shorelines and waterways clean and free of logs, trash and debris.
  • Sharon Rader, legal assistant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Office of Counsel, is the District Employee of the Month for May 2013.

    Rader named District Employee of the Month for May 2013

    Sharon Rader, legal assistant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Office of Counsel, is the District Employee of the Month for May 2013.
  • The 50-foot electromagnetic particle ring, Muon g-2 (pronounced g minus two) is lowered in Kentucky Lock, Grand Rivers, Ky., July 16, 2013 on its circuitous journey from Long Island, N.Y. to Chicago. It is a very powerful electromagnetic ring capable of carrying 5,200 amps of current and it creates a very strong magnetic field that allows storing a special particle called a muon. For additional information on the Muon g-2, and how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District contributed to its journey, go to http://www.npr.org/2013/07/02/197719271/15-ton-particle-ring-travels-to-chicago-by-land-and-by-sea>.

    Electromagnetic particle ring passes through Kentucky Lock on circuitous journey

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 16, 2013) – A 50-foot electromagnetic particle ring passed a milestone July 16, 2013 on its circuitous journey from Long Island, N.Y., to Chicago as it exited the Kentucky Lock operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District.
  • (Center) Chris Sherek, an Old Hickory Hydropower trainee at the Old Hickory Lock and Dam from the Nashville District provides students Jessica Dedeaux from Wiggins, Miss., and John Fitzgerald, Jr., from Memphis, Tenn with information about the operations of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam on June 27, 2013. Both were part of a group of 17 students who attended the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering. Both Dededaux and Fitzgerald plan to attend Tennessee State University and study Engineering.

    Corps helps prepare future engineering students at Tennessee State University

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 11, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University Engineering Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 9 through July 7, 2013.
  • Brig. Gen. Margaret W. Burcham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes & Ohio river Division, Commander, presents the command guidon to Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, incoming commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, at a change of command ceremony, July 9, at the Tennessee National Guard Armory Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn. Outgoing Commander Lt. Col. James A. Delapp and Mike W. Wilson, Deputy for Project Management look on.

    Hudson becomes 63rd commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 9, 2013) – Lt. Col. John L. Hudson took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District during a change of command ceremony today at the Tennessee National Guard Armory. He becomes the 63rd commander in the district’s 125th anniversary year.

  • June

    Harold Cunningham (Right), construction teacher, and Victor Bright (Second from Right), history teacher, both from Cane Ridge High School, tour a construction site June 6, 2013 where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is building a new resource manager’s office at Cheatham Lake in Ashland City, Tenn. Project Engineer Debbie Dowell and Construction Engineering Technician Victor Young from the Mid Cumberland Construction Office provided the tour for the teachers who are partnering with the Corps in a teacher externship that will help them develop project based learning curriculum. The Nashville District works with schools, teachers and students involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.

    Nashville teachers graduate STEM curriculum with Corps externships

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2013) – Local high school teachers are using externships with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to create class curriculum that will challenge students and encourage them to investigate, explore, experiment, problem solve, create and invent.

  • Enjoy your holiday, play it safe, and return home alive

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has recorded six water-related fatalities on its lakes since May 11, 2013. Five drowned, with alcohol use suspected in one death; one died when a vessel ran aground; none were wearing life jackets.
  • Jamie James, a project manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District Project Management Division, is the District Employee of the Month for April 2013. (Photo by Fred Tucker)

    James named District Employee of the Month for April 2013

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2013) – Jamie James, a project manager in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nashville District Project Management Division, is the District Employee of the Month for April 2013.