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    Ramune Morales (Second from Right), project manager, and Craig Carrington (Far Right), chief of the Nashville District Planning Branch Plan Formulation Section, educate volunteers about the Duck River Watershed Assessment June 28, 2014 at River Bottom Park in Shelbyville, Tenn.

    Corps seeks public input for Duck River Watershed Assessment

    SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2014) – Several hundred “Don’t Muck the Duck” volunteers met at River Bottom Park this morning before moving out to clean up trash and debris from the Duck River in Bedford County. It was the perfect gathering for several U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District employees seeking input for an ongoing Duck River Watershed Assessment.
  • Amanda Keisling, an office assistant at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Dale Hollow Power Plant in Celina, Tenn., works at her desk June 27, 2014. She is the Employee of the Month for May 2014.

    Keisling named Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2014

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2014) – Amanda Keisling, office assistant at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Dale Hollow Power Plant in Celina, Tenn., is the Employee of the Month for May 2014.
  • Barney Schulte, a structural engineer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, poses by the Puente de Orbigo, a medieval 13th century bridge, which is over the Rio Orbigo in Hospital de Orbigo, Spain. One of the longest medieval bridges in Spain, it was built over an earlier Roman bridge. The jousting area next to the bridge is the site of a famous tournament that took place there in 1434. Schulte visited this landmark during his 490-mile pilgrimage of Camino de Santiago, an ancient path that Christians retrace for spiritual renewal.

    Employee engineers adventure of Biblical proportions

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 27, 2014) – A Corps employee recently engineered an adventure of Biblical proportions, a 490-mile pilgrimage of “El Camino de Santiago,” also known as the Camino Francés route, an ancient path that Christians worldwide retrace for spiritual renewal.
  • Jeff Hunt a construction worker with Dakota Meyer Enterprises Inc., spreads and smooths dirt with a back hoe tractor to cover a waterline project at the Cheatham Lock and Dam June 16, 2014.

    Construction of new waterline nears completion at Cheatham Lock and Dam

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 16, 2014) – Construction on a project to replace the main water supply line to the Cheatham Lock and Dam facilities is near completion.
  • Maj. Brad Morgan (Right), Nashville District deputy commander, presents the “Clean Marina” flag to Hurricane Marina Owner Alan Seilbeck (Left) and Marina Manager Bill Sloan June 12, 2014.

    Hurricane Marina achieves 'Clean Marina status'

    SILVER POINT, Tenn. (June 12, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District designated Hurricane Marina at Center Hill Lake as a “Clean Marina” today during a ceremony recognizing the marina’s voluntary efforts to reduce water pollution and erosion in the Cumberland River watershed, and for promoting environmentally responsible marina and boating practices.
  • Casey Ehorn, a wetland biologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Regulatory Branch, explains the Venus flytrap plant to kids at the Williamson County Junior Gardener Camp at the Agricultural Exposition Park June 3, 2014.

    Corps biologists help junior gardners grow

    FRANKLIN, Tenn. (June 4, 2013) – Several Corps employees shared their expertise today with kids participating in the 2014 Williamson County Junior Gardener Camp at the Agricultural Exposition Park.
  • Robert “Bob” Sneed, Chief of the Water Management Section, Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, Engineering and Construction Division, is the Employee of the Month for April 2014.

    Sneed named Nashville District employee of the month for April 2014

    Bob Sneed, Commander, Corps , Corps of engineers, Chief of Water Management, Employee of the Month, Federal Service, John L. Hudson, LRN, Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, Sneed, Nashville District, Recognition, Tennessee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, USACE