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  • December

    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.

  • July

    (Left to right) Josh Tompkins, fisheries biologist; Nathan Rister, fisheries technician; and Matt Combs, fisheries biologist; Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Agency, demonstrate electrofishing for Asian Carp on the Cumberland River next to Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Ky., July 30, 2019. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, U.S. Geological Survey and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency are collaborating on the deployment of a bio-acoustic fish fence on the downstream side of Barkley Lock as part of a test of this sound deterrent to reduce the use of the locks by Asian Carp. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Bio-acoustic fish fence expected to be operational this fall

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (July 30, 2019) – An experimental project designed to deter Asian carp from entering Lake Barkley is underway. Officials addressed stakeholders and media today on the deployment of the bio-acoustic fish fence on the downstream side of the navigation lock and evaluation of the system’s ability to deter the movement of these fish.

  • October

    Patrick Sheehan, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency director, speaks during a quarterly Tennessee Silver Jackets meeting with federal, state and local partners at the TEMA Headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 31, 2017. (USACE photo by Lee Roberts)

    Mansker Basin study to support flood preparedness

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 31, 2017) – The Tennessee Silver Jackets team announced today that a one-year study of the Mansker Basin is underway to develop real-time simulation modeling for Sumner and Davidson Counties and the cities of Nashville, Millersville, Goodlettsville and Hendersonville.

  • May

    Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander(Left), and Jerry Breznican, Nashville District Emergency Management chief, brief participants of a New Madrid seismic zone rehearsal of concept exercise May 8, 2014 in Jackson, Tenn. The exercise, led by officials at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio river Division from Cincinnati, Ohio, provided local emergency personnel and Corps emergency managers the opportunity to walk through the mock scenario of a major earthquake in the region.

    Emergency managers map out New Madrid earthquake preparedness

    JACKSON, Tenn. (May 12, 2014) – Emergency management officials moved pictures and signs, much like game pieces on a large board game, on a 24-by-24 foot floor map of the New Madrid seismic zone May 8, 2014 at the National Guard Armory in Jackson, Tenn. The exercise simulated an emergency response in the event of a major earthquake.
  • (Left to right) Nashville Mayor Karl Dean; Scott Potter, director of Metro Water Services; and Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, unveil the first of more than a dozen high water marks to be placed in the city as part of the "Know Your Line: Be Flood Aware" Initiative. The event took place at England Park May 2, 2013.

    Sign marks flood awareness initiative on third anniversary of May 2010 flood

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 2, 2013) – The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District joined Nashville officials and representatives from other federal agencies today at England Park to draw attention to flood risk and awareness on the third anniversary of the May 2010 flood.