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    Greg Bishop (Right), senior Interagency and International Services (IIS) project manager and acting program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, and Kenny Gilreath, chief of Facility Management for the Big South Fork National River Recreation Area, Obed National Wild and Scenic River, and Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, discuss the way forward for a wastewater construction project at the National Park Service Blue Heron Mine at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Stearns, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    National Park Service wastewater project underway

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 26, 2023) – A long overdue wastewater project is underway to provide a sanitary upgrade for the National Park Service Blue Heron Mine Area at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area near Stearns, Kentucky.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Maintenance Support Team onboard the Motor Vessel Iroquois is positioned on the downstream side of Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River in Decatur, Tennessee, to repair the needle-dam-girder beam slot Jan. 19, 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Maintenance Support Team repairing slot at Watts Bar Lock

    DECATUR, Tenn. (Jan. 24, 2023) – The Nashville District’s Maintenance Support Team onboard the Motor Vessel Iroquois is repairing the needle-dam-girder beam slot on the downstream end of Watts Bar Lock on the Tennessee River.
  • Cierra Vega stands in front of USACE banner

    Nashville District names Vega Employee of the Month for October 2022

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 23, 2023) – Cierra Vega, contract specialist in the Contracting Division, is named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2022. She is recognized primarily for executing a short-notice contract in support of Ft. Campbell in a record-setting 12 days.
  • Wolf Creek Dam Russell County, Kentucky, 2019. USACE Photo

    Flood Risk Management: Protecting people from water

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 13, 2023)— USACE's Flood Risk Management Program is designed to reduce overall flood risk through policies, programs, and expertise. By using structures like flood control storage dams and implementing preventative planning measures which can reduce loss of life, and economic damages or improve the natural environment, the Nashville District is helping to prevent flood risk damages.
  • Wolf Creek Dam at Cumberland River mile 460.9 in Jamestown, Kentucky, forms Lake Cumberland. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates and maintains the project, which provides enormous flood risk management benefits. The dam is seen here the early morning of Jan. 10, 2023. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Wolf Creek Dam provides enormous flood risk management benefits

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Jan. 13, 2023) – When the Cumberland River Basin in southeastern Kentucky experiences storms and waters rise, Wolf Creek Dam on the Cumberland River provides enormous flood risk management benefits.
  • Andrew Harrell stands in front of the beach area at Cook Recreation area holding two life jackets.

    Nashville District names Harrell Employee of the Month for September 2022

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 9, 2023) – Park Ranger Andrew Harrell, natural resource specialist intern at J. Percy Priest Lake, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2022. He is recognized for his quick thinking, leading to the rescue of two swimmers in distress at Cook Recreation Area.
  • Park Rangers John Poston and Chee Hill from Old Hickory Lake assist visitors to the Nashville Boat Show at Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 5, 2023. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is promoting water and boating safety and providing information about recreation at the event. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Boaters encouraged to visit Corps of Engineers booth at Nashville Boat Show

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 6, 2023) – Boaters are invited to visit booth 002 at the Nashville Boat Show in Music City Center to meet with park rangers who are familiar with Corps of Engineers lakes, dams, locks, recreation areas and campgrounds in the Cumberland River Basin.