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    (NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug 22, 2014) – Matthew Leftwich and Trey Church both park rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District played a critical role in helping authorities find a missing camper at the Nashville Shores campground located at the J. Percy Priest lake Aug. 3, 2014.

    Corps of Engineers Park Rangers help find missing camper

    (NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug 22, 2014) – Two quick-thinking park rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District played a critical role in helping authorities find a missing camper several weeks ago at the Nashville Shores campground located at the J. Percy Priest lake.
  • Lt. Col. John L. Hudson, Nashville District commander, speaks to a crowd at a ceremony today marking the groundbreaking for a $1.8 million Wolf Creek Hatchery Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program project below the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery on Aug. 8, 2014.

    Groundbreaking kicks off Hatchery Creek project

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Aug. 8, 2014) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state legislators and Russell County officials held a ceremony today marking the groundbreaking for a $1.8 million Wolf Creek Hatchery Wetland and Stream Mitigation Program project below the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery.
  • Ray Kendrick, a contracting specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Contracting Office, is the Employee of the Month for June 2014.

    Kendrick named Nashville District Employee of the Month for June 2014

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2014) - Ray Kendrick, a contracting specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Contracting Office, is the Employee of the Month for June 2014. Kendrick is being recognized for excellence and his noteworthy contributions that support the efficient operation of the Contracting Office.
  • Diver Dustin Kelley, Nashville District Dive Team, is lowered into Pickwick Lock in Counce, Tenn., to inspect the lock gate and miter seal after the gate shook and experienced a malfunction early in the morning July 28, 2014.

    Dive team demonstrates its quick-response capability

    COUNCE, Tenn. (Aug. 1, 2014) – When a gate at Pickwick Lock malfunctioned early this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Dive Team demonstrated its quick-response capability when it organized a dive into the lock to troubleshoot the situation just hours after being notified.
  • Gary Davis, regulatory official at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Western Regulatory Field Office in Decatur, Ala., looks at files at the office July 29, 2014.

    Same service but new location for Western Regulatory Field Office

    DECATUR, Ala. (Aug. 1, 2014) – The Nashville District’s Western Regulatory Field Office relocated this week to a new location in Decatur, Ala. Its staff assists with processing permits pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act in the Tennessee River Basin from Guntersville Dam to Kentucky Dam.