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  • NR-037: Volunteers needed at Corps lakes for 20th National Public Lands Day events

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 4, 2013) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is enlisting the support of volunteers at its lakes on the Cumberland River and its tributaries for the 20th annual National Public Lands Day Sept. 28.

  • Corps creates new fish habitats at Old Hickory Lake

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 3, 2013) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake and members of the Student Conservation Association made a splash Aug. 27 when they installed the remaining fish attractors made possible by Old Hickory Lake’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program.

  • Nashville District works with partners on engineering solutions at Chickamauga Lock

    CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Aug. 29, 2013) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is collaborating with industry, West Virginia University, Engineering Research and Development Center and Tennessee Valley Authority to find a better solution to unacceptable deterioration around Chickamauga Lock’s discharge ports that cannot be dewatered.

  • NR 13-036: Cumberland, Harpeth, Mill Creek feasibility studies kick off

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 20, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander and representatives from Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin and Williamson County announced today that the feasibility studies for the Cumberland River, Harpeth River and Mill Creek are officially underway.

  • 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.

  • Kentucky Lock lower miter gates are beehive of activity

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2013) – The 91-foot tall lower miter gates at Kentucky Lock was a beehive of activity today as workmen assembled wraparound scaffolding in preparation for making needed repairs on the gates.

  • NR 13-033 Corps hosts drawing for deer hunt

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Aug.15, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to hold a youth archery/crossbow deer hunt at the Kendall Forest Campground area below Wolf Creek Dam Oct. 5, 2013.

  • 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.

  • NR 13-032 Corps host National Public Lands Day projects at Old Hickory Lake

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (Aug. 2, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Old Hickory Lake invites the public to lend their support in the restoration and refurbishment of local public lands by giving a helping volunteer hand on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Rockland Recreation Area, Hendersonville, Tenn. and at the Shutes Branch Mountain Bike Trail located within the old Shutes Branch Campground, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

  • NR 13-031 Lake Cumberland Annual Drawdown has begun

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 1, 2013) – The annual drawdown of Lake Cumberland has been initiated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. If no significant rainfall events are experienced, then the lake level is expected to drop below elevation 700 feet by mid-August.