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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.
  • Ryan Johnson, lockmaster at Guntersville Lock in Grant, Alabama, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2021. He is seen here working at Guntersville Lock July 20, 2021. (USACE Photo by Joseph Storm)

    Johnson named Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 20, 2021) – Ryan Johnson, lockmaster at Guntersville Lock in Grant, Alabama, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2021. He is recognized primarily for his leadership at Guntersville Lock and as team leader during a repair action at Wilson Lock in Florence, Alabama.
  • Col. Kimberly A. Peeples (Right), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, passes the Nashville District flag to Lt. Col. Joe M. Sahl as he took command of the Nashville District during a change of command ceremony July 1, 2020 at the Tennessee National Guard Armory in Nashville, Tenn. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Sahl becomes 67th commander of Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 1, 2021) – Lt. Col. Joe M. Sahl took command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District today during a change of command ceremony at the Tennessee National Guard Armory. He becomes the 67th commander of the “twin rivers” district, commonly referred to as the jewel of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.

  • June

    Brian McCain, district surveyor in the Engineering and Construction Division’s Survey and Mapping Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2021. He is seen here June 23, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee, working on a computer aided design (CAD) program in support of a project. (USACE Photo)

    McCain named Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 23, 2021) – Brian McCain, district surveyor in the Engineering and Construction Division’s Survey and Mapping Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for April 2021. He is recognized primarily for his efforts surveying for a project in Middlesboro, Kentucky.

  • May

    Officials with the Tennessee Health Department, Sumner County Health Department, Sumner County, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District dedicate a .5-mile exercise trail May 25, 2021 at Rockland Recreation Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake. The ribbon cutting culminated a joint effort to construct a loop fitness trail to provide a pathway for people to safely exercise at the USACE-operated project. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Officials dedicate paved exercise trail at Rockland Recreation Area

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (May 28, 2021) – Officials dedicated a .2-mile paved exercise trail May 25, 2021 at Rockland Recreation Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake.
  • The Motor Vessel Tampa out of Ashland, Kentucky, moves Marathon Petroleum Company fuel barges May 21, 2021 through Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tennessee, headed to terminals in Nashville. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District worked with the fuel industry and Regional Rivers Repair Fleet, which is performing maintenance at the lock, to schedule openings to accommodate deliveries of fuel to Middle Tennessee. Each barge carries around 28,000 barrels of fuel. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Cheatham Lock helps fuel Middle Tennessee in wake of pipeline shutdown

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (May 24, 2021) – With the recent shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District opened up Cheatham Lock despite restrictions during scheduled maintenance so barges destined to fuel Middle Tennessee could navigate up the Cumberland River to Nashville terminals.
  • Zona Ash, office administrator at the Old Hickory Lake Resource Manager’s Office in Hendersonville, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2021. She is seen here May 11, 2021 working in the office’s file room. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Ash named Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 14, 2021) – Zona Ash, office administrator at the Old Hickory Resource Manager’s Office in Hendersonville, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for March 2021. She is recognized primarily for her efforts to reduce obsolete materials and reorganize the file room.

  • April

    Jerry Breznican (White Shirt), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District chief of Emergency Management, highlights how the district manages and operates Emergency Command and Control Vehicles that can be utilized when available during an emergency response to first responders April 8, 2021 at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee. The group participated in First Responders Day, an event where regional first responders work through an exercise scenario to communicate and facilitate awareness. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    First responders coordinate actions in Center Hill Dam tabletop exercise

    LANCASTER, Tenn. (April 15, 2019) – First responders participated in an exercise at Center Hill Dam last week to coordinate actions that would be necessary if they had to respond to a scenario where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District could not operate the spillways during a high water event.
  • Kristal Jones, senior contracting specialist in Nashville, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2021. She is seen here April 9, 2021 working in the Nashville District Contracting Division in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Jones named Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 12, 2021) – Kristal Jones, senior contracting specialist in Nashville, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2021. She is recognized primarily for her hard work and expertise in soliciting a contract for a needed roof project for the Electronic Service Section building located at Old Hickory Lake.

  • March

    Bradley Wilson, lock and dam equipment mechanic at Pickwick Lock, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2021. He is seen here March 11, 2021 at Pickwick Lock on the Tennessee River in Counce, Tennessee. (USACE photo by Randy Boyd)

    Wilson named Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 16, 2021) – Bradley Wilson, lock and dam equipment mechanic at Pickwick Lock on the Tennessee River in Counce, Tennessee, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for January 2021.

  • February

    Gbandi Nikabou, structural engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design Branch’s Structural Section, is honored as a “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 35th Black Engineer of the Year Awards Technology Recognition Ceremony held virtually Feb. 12, 2020 in Detroit, Mich.

    Structural engineer recognized as ‘Modern-Day Technology Leader’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 17, 2021) – Officials honored a structural engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District as a “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 35th Black Engineer of the Year Awards’ Technology Recognition Ceremony Feb. 12 in Detroit, Michigan.
  • Sarah Wiles, senior geologist in the Civil Design Branch's Geology Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2020. She is seen here at J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tennessee, Feb. 10, 2021. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Wiles named Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2020

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 12, 2021) – Sarah Wiles, senior geologist in the Civil Design Branch’s Geology Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for December 2020.
  • Tommy Long (Center), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s resident engineer for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project, leads Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon (Right), 55th chief of Engineers, and Congressman Chuck Fleischmann, Tennessee District 3, through the construction site where crews are constructing the lock chamber Feb. 3, 2021. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Chief of engineers visits Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Feb. 3, 2021) – The 55th chief of engineers visited the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project on the Tennessee River today to meet with project managers and engineers and gain a better understanding of ongoing construction of a new lock chamber.

  • January

    Dan Hua (Right), Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wildlife biologist and facility supervisor of the Cumberland River Aquatic Center in Gallatin, Tennessee; uses a device that recognizes tagged mussels, while Don Hubbs (Center), wildlife biologist and mussel recovery coordinator; and Jack Fetters, wildlife technician; sieve substrate to capture tagged mussels Oct. 1, 2019 at Lick Creek in Santa Fe, Tennessee. When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lowered Lake Cumberland in Kentucky in 2008 to relieve pressure on Wolf Creek Dam, an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to mitigate environmental impacts resulted in mitigation dollars being committed to the aquatic center. (Photo by Kristin Irwin)

    Cumberland River Aquatic Center flexes its mussels with Corps mitigation dollars

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 22, 2021) – It took 12 years, but a $750,000 mitigation effort culminated in late 2020 that helped the Cumberland River Aquatic Center to propagate mussels and other aquatic species.
  • Ryan Cleary, project engineer at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project Resident Engineer Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2020. (USACE photo)

    Cleary named Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2020

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 8, 2021) – Ryan Cleary, project engineer at the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project Resident Engineer Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2020.

  • December

    Lt. Col. Sonny B. Avichal, Nashville District commander, presents Patty Coffey, deputy district engineer, with the Department of the Army Superior Civilian Service Medal during a retirement ceremony Dec. 10, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Whittle Jr., Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commanding general, for more than 40 years of outstanding and faithful service to the nation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Nashville District deputy district engineer culminates impactful career

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 11, 2020) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District honored its retiring deputy district engineer yesterday. Few people were physically present due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, but more than 120 employees, leaders, and friends joined the ceremony virtually to make sure they recognized Patty Coffey’s impactful career and unique blend of strong and caring leadership.
  • The Weather Channel National News Correspondent Justin Michaels interviews Anthony Rodino, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management Section chief, from Old Hickory Dam at Cumberland River mile 216.2 as the dam discharges water at a rate of 102,000 cubic feet per second Feb. 27, 2019 in Old Hickory, Tennessee. Rodino is featured in a new educational video that highlights how the Nashville District manages water in the Cumberland River Basin. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Video highlights water management in Cumberland River Basin

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 10, 2020) – The public is invited to watch a newly released video that highlights how water is managed in the Cumberland River Basin in support of flood risk management, commercial navigation, hydropower production, water supply, environmental stewardship, and recreational opportunities.
  • Sam Hau, structural engineer in the Engineering and Construction Division’s Civil Design Branch Structural Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2020. (USACE photo)

    Hau named Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2020

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 8, 2020) – Sam Hau, structural engineer in the Engineering and Construction Division’s Civil Design Branch Structural Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2020.

  • November

    Lt. Col. Sonny Avichal (Center), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; Diane Parks, Operations Division chief; and Ben Rohrbach, Engineering and Construction Division chief; accept the 2019 Safety Award of Excellence, district category, at the Nashville District Headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, during the USACE National Awards Ceremony Nov. 12, 2020. Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general and 55th chief of engineers, presented the award virtually from USACE Headquarters in Washington D.C. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Chief of engineers presents ‘Safety Award of Excellence’ to Nashville District

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 12, 2020) – The 55th chief of engineers presented the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Safety Award of Excellence, district category, to Nashville District officials today during the USACE National Awards Ceremony.

  • October

    Sondra Abanto (Center), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, receives a certificate of completion for the 2020 Leadership Development Program Level I Course from Lt. Col. Sonny B. Avichal, Nashville District commander, and Patricia Coffey, deputy district engineer, during a graduation ceremony Sept. 10, 2020 at the Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The district recently named Abanto the employee of the month for August 2020. (USACE photo by Mark Rankin)

    Abanto named Nashville District Employee of the Month for August 2020

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 7, 2020) – Sondra Abanto, program analyst in the Programs Management Section, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for August 2020.