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  • October

    With Cordell Hull Dam in the background, Rep. John Rose, Tennessee 6th District, gives the keynote address while addressing guests during the dam’s 50th Anniversary celebration Oct. 7, 2023, on the shoreline below the dam in Elmwood, Tennessee. He noted that celebrating the achievements of the engineers and the contractors, and public policy makers of the time, made this project possible. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Communities celebrate Cordell Hull Dam’s 50th Anniversary

    ELMWOOD, Tenn. (Oct. 10, 2023) – Local communities, residents and officials celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Cordell Hull Dam Oct. 7 by paying tribute to residents that were displaced, featuring historical aspects of the dam’s construction, and noting the benefits that were realized for future generations when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers impounded the lake.

  • May

    Brig. Gen. Kimberly Peeples (Far Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general, watches a towboat with empty barges approach Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, during the Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour May 16, 2023. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District operates and maintains the navigation lock at the Tennessee Valley Authority project. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    ORBIT stakeholders navigate Kentucky Lock Addition Project

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (May 19, 2023) – The Ohio River Basin Inspection Tour visited western Kentucky this week where stakeholders of the basin highlighted healthy and productive ecosystems, reliable flood risk management, and resilience of the Ohio River waterway system for inland navigation. They also navigated to the Kentucky Lock Addition Project for a construction update and better understanding of how the larger lock will help unlock congested commercial barge traffic.

  • June

    Sarah Pedrick, biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Water Management Section, collects water samples at Lake Cumberland in Kentucky May 25, 2022. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Team explains how it surveys Lake Cumberland’s water quality

    LAKE CUMBERLAND, Ky. (June 3, 2022) – A water quality team onboard a survey boat collected water samples last week from Wolf Creek Dam’s tailwater along with 12 more stations in the reservoir and major tributaries of Lake Cumberland.

  • May

    Sarah Pedrick, biologist in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Water Management Section, and Mark Campbell, hydrologist, put a water quality instrument into the tailwater of the Stones River below J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tennessee April 27, 2021 while verifying the accuracy following recent calibrations. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Water Management assesses water quality in Cumberland River Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2021) – The Water Quality Team, a component of the Water Management Section within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, routinely collects water quality information at the 10 reservoir projects in the Cumberland River Basin.

  • October

    Lead Operator Jesse Neal operates the grapple crane on the PRIDE of the Cumberland, placing debris into an air curtain burner on a new floating barge Oct. 21, 2020 in Lake Cumberland near Waitsboro Recreation Area in Somerset, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Floating barge with air curtain burner incinerates Lake Cumberland debris

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Oct. 22, 2020) – A new floating barge equipped with an air curtain burner began incinerating debris on Lake Cumberland this week, a move that will increase the efficiency of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District team charged with debris removal operations onboard the PRIDE of the Cumberland.

  • June

    Bill Walker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District civil engineer, shows Sumner County teachers some equipment the Corps uses to monitor the dam embankment at Old Hickory Dam during a teacher externship opportunity June 5, 2019. (Courtesy photo)

    Commentary: Nashville District hosts teacher externship

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 26, 2019) – For the past decade, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has been consistently stepping up its STEM initiatives in our area schools. From tours of our projects (to include locks and dams) to career fairs and student job shadows, we have provided excellent opportunities to publicly showcase what we do as it relates to STEM.
  • Lt. Col. Cullen Jones (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, presents the 2018 Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award to Retiree Bob Sneed, former Water Management Section chief, during an award ceremony June 8, 2018 during the Engineer Day Picnic at Smiley Hollow in Ridgetop, Tenn. Sneed retired in 2016 following 36 years of federal service as a water manager in the Nashville District. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Retiree Bob Sneed receives Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award

    RIDGETOP, Tenn. (June 8 2018) – The retired water manager best known for overseeing water releases during the May 2010 flood of the Cumberland River received the Distinguished Civilian Employee Recognition Award today during the Engineer Day Picnic at Smiley Hollow.

  • January

    Construction is ongoing at Lock 1 on the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31, 1891. The view shows the stone blocks for the walls looking downstream. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District built the lock and dam to establish a navigation channel. The old locks and dams were replaced by today's modern dams. (USACE Photo)

    Nashville District celebrating its 130th Anniversary in 2018

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 18, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2018. The Nashville District formed from the Chattanooga District to construct a series of locks and dams on the Cumberland River. Army Special Order 191 created the district Aug. 18, 1888, and Lt. Col. John W. Barlow took command.

  • April

    Russ Rote (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Planning Branch chief, talks about Corps of Engineers missions, environmental awareness, and water safety with the public during Earth Day 2016 festivities at Town Square in Murphreesboro, Tenn., April 16, 2016. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)

    Nashville District celebrates Earth Day

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 23, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District educated members of the public today about clean power, sustainability, water quality and environmental stewardship.
  • A family checks out the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District booth April 18, 2015 during the Nashville Earth Day Festival at Centennial Park. They also collected water safety items and maps of local lakes that were available for free.

    Corps touts environmental stewardship at Nashville Earth Day Festival

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 18, 2015) – Touting environmental stewardship, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District educated the public today about clean power, sustainability, restoration, water quality and water management at the Nashville Earth Day Festival in Centennial Park.

  • November

    Mark Campbell, a hydrologist in the Water Management Section, Nashville District used two water quality multi-parameter signs into the tailwaters to collect, record water quality, check water temperatures, dissolved oxygen, conductivity and monitor pH levels at the J. Percy Priest Dam, Nov. 10, 2014.

    Water managers test water quality during Hydropower operation

    HERMITAGE, Tenn., -- Water quality experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers checked water quality conditions in spillway and hydropower release from J. Percy Priest Dam Nov. 10, 2014.

  • October

    Tim Higgs (Right), chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Planning Branch’s Environmental Section, talks with David Sims, a habitat biologist with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, during a Stones River watershed workshop Oct. 20, 2014 at Patterson Park Community Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The event was sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

    Stakeholders collaborate for good health of Stones River watershed

    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Oct. 20, 2014) – Federal, state, local and private interests met at Patterson Park Community Center today to collaborate and work together for a healthier Stones River watershed.

  • May

    (Left to right) J. D. Elliott, president of the Memorial Foundation; Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Bob Sneed, Nashville District Water Management Section chief; Michael Steele, executive principal at Stratford STEM Magnet High School; Jennifer Berry, academy coach at Stratford; Janet Wallace, associate principal at Stratford; and Jeff Davis, associate principal at Stratford; pose during the Externship of the Year Award presentation at the 2014 Academies of Nashville Awards hosted by the chamber of commerce May 12, 2014 at Rocketown in Nashville, Tenn.

    Nashville District garners teacher externship of the year award

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 14, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Academy of Science and Engineering at Stratford STEM Magnet High School garnered the Externship of the Year Award during the 2014 Academies of Nashville Awards hosted by the chamber of commerce May 12 at Rocketown on 4th Avenue.
  • Michael Steele, executive principal at Stratford STEM Magnet High School, presents a community service award May 5, 2014 to Stephanie Coleman, an Equal Employment Opportunity specialist, who accepted on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The school used the event at the high school to highlight the contributions of its partners that contribute to the success of the school and its focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Coleman’s son joined her in the photo.

    Stratford STEM Magnet High School recognizes support of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2014) – Officials at Stratford STEM Magnet High School recognized the support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District during its “Student, Parent and Partner Success Celebration” held today at the school.

  • March

    Stratford STEM Magnet High School ninth graders watch a six-barge tow navigate through Old Hickory Lock Feb. 27, 2014 during a field trip at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project located on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tenn.

    STEM freshmen learn their lesson at Old Hickory Dam

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (March 7, 2014) – More than 20 ninth graders from Stratford STEM Magnet High School received educational lessons about water management on the Cumberland River and its tributaries, ecosystems for big rivers and small streams, hydropower operations, navigation and water safety on a field trip Feb. 27 at Old Hickory Dam.

  • September

    Amy Redmond, natural resource specialist at Old Hickory Lake, holds up the pH sample to the pH color chart for recording the results collected at river mile 247.7 on the Cumberland River for the 2013 World Water Monitoring Challenge™ Sept. 13, 2013.

    Nashville District participates in the 2013 World Water Monitoring Challenge™

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 16. 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers at Old Hickory Lake in conjunction with National Public Lands Day got their hands wet Sept. 2-13 collecting water quality data for the 2013 World Water Monitoring Challenge™.

  • August

    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.

  • Lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty without Twin Rivers

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 23, 2012) – The lower Mississippi River would be four feet less mighty today if not for the water storage reservoirs along the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and their tributaries that provide a stream of water management benefits.

  • Nashville mayor goes up river to see dam safety project

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Aug. 7, 2012) – Nashville Mayor Karl Dean visited Wolf Creek Dam today to see the ongoing foundation remediation construction, which is a dam safety project of vital importance to the citizens he represents 270 miles downstream.

  • September

    Corps opens sluice gate to improve oxygen in water at Dale Hollow Dam

    CELINA, Tenn. (Sept. 2, 2011) —The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District opened a sluice gate at the Dale Hollow Dam today to supplement hydropower releases with additional oxygen and water quality.