19 Aug 2013

NR 13-034: MEDIA ADVISORY: News Conference Aug. 20 kicks off Cumberland, Harpeth, Mill Creek studies

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 19, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the media to a news conference to officially kick off the Cumberland River, Harpeth River and Mill Creek feasibility studies. The media event is 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 at the Warner Park Nature Center located at 7711 Highway 100 in Nashville.

8 Jul 2013

NR 13-026: Nashville District managing Cumberland after July 1-7 rain event

NASHVILLE, TENN. (July 8, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Water Management staff is responding to the effects of unusually heavy rainfall in areas of the upper and mid-Cumberland River Basin July 1-7, 2013 and is managing the release of water from the system of dams on the Cumberland River.

14 Jun 2013

NR 13-021: Corps of Engineers initiates scoping under National Environmental Policy Act

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 14, 2013) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces it is initiating scoping under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate measures and alternatives for a flood damage reduction study for the Swannanoa River Watershed near Asheville, N.C.

20 May 2013

Joint Thai-US Expert Workshop “Flood Disaster Risk Reduction”

BANGKOK—ERDC-Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s (CHL) Dr. Cary Talbot, associate technical

16 May 2013

Corps announces East Branch Dam contract advertisement

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District announced that the East Branch Dam Cut-Off Wall

2 May 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.

21 Dec 2012

Corps releases final environmental report for new Folsom Dam spillway approach channel

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board today released the final supplemental environmental impact statement/environmental impact report for the Folsom Dam Modification Project Approach Channel for review and public comment.

19 Sep 2012

Corps and City of Carencro sign Project Partnership Agreement for flood risk reduction project

 NEW ORLEANS, LA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District and the City of Carencro,

5 Sep 2012

Commanders tour, dedicate North Dakota project

North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple and Mississippi Valley Division Commander Maj. Gen. John Peabody dedicated the district’s Tolna Coulee project with a ribbon cutting ceremony July 19. The ceremony was part of a three-day North Dakota tour undertaken by Peabody July 17-19, which also included attending a Devils Lake Executive Committee meeting in Bismarck, N.D., and making stops in Devils Lake, N.D., Minot, N.D., and Valley City, N.D.

23 Aug 2012

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.