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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District install a 23-foot-tall concrete shaft enclosure weighing approximately 120,000 pounds as part of the guard wall at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • June

    Park Rangers Remi Clark and Gary Bruce perform safety checks May 29, 2024, with Kayakers Tony and Linda Bishop at Burgess Falls on Center Hill Lake in Sparta Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Park Ranger profession a great gig for college grads and beyond

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 4, 2024) – If you are a college graduate looking for an exciting profession where you can safeguard public lands and assist visitors at Corps lakes, recreation areas, and campgrounds, then being a park ranger just might be your gig.

  • March

    Tim Dunn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division deputy chief, presents the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Water Safety Team Award March 5, 2024, to (Left to Right) Park Rangers Stone Fagan, Hunter Humphrey, Lucas Hix, Ashley Webster, and Resource Manager Kenny Claywell at the Nashville District's Park Ranger Workshop in Paducah, Kentucky. The team is lauded for its promotion of water safety during the 2023 recreation season and the project’s 50th Anniversary activities. Teammates Brad Potts and Nathan Pennington were not able to attend the award presentation. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Cordell Hull Lake staff garners Water Safety Team Award

    PADUCAH, Ky. (March 13, 2024) – The staff at Cordell Hull Lake received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Water Safety Team Award during a workshop here March 5, 2024, for outstanding work in educating the public about being safe recreating in the water and boating on the lake.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District park rangers that work at the 10 lakes the district operates in the Cumberland River Basin pose together March 5, 2024, during the Park Ranger Workshop in Paducah, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Workshop equips park rangers with tools of the trade

    PADUCAH, Ky. (March 11, 2024) – Corps of Engineers officials equipped park rangers throughout the Cumberland River Basin with the tools of the trade during a workshop March 5-7 at the West Kentucky Community and Technical College Emerging Technology Center in Paducah, Kentucky.

  • June

    Park Ranger Bradley Potts hands out water safety goodies to kids recreating at Cordell Hull Lake's Defeated Creek Recreation Area June 24, 2023, to encourage them to stay safe when swimming. Park rangers at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lakes made 155,187 public contacts, conducted 1,431 vessel inspections, and supported more than 200 public outreach events in 2022 in support of water safety initiatives. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Park rangers respond to drownings by promoting water safety

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 29, 2023) – Park rangers in Tennessee and Kentucky are stepping up efforts to promote water safety in lieu of 10 tragic drownings already this recreation season at Corps lakes in the Cumberland River Basin.

  • March

    Nashville District Park Rangers attended the 2023 Park Ranger Workshop at the Wilson County Schools Admin and Training Complex in Lebanon, Tennessee, March 7-9, 2023. (Photo by: Misty Cunningham)

    Park Ranger Workshop prepares Corps Rangers for upcoming recreation season

    LEBANON, Tenn. (March 15, 2023)— The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District held this year’s Nashville District Park Ranger Workshop March 7 – 9 at the Wilson County Schools Admin and Training Complex in Lebanon to plan for the 2023 recreation season.

  • August

    Resource Manager Jonathan Friedman operates the lake staff’s new patrol boat on Lake Cumberland in Albany, Kentucky while patrolling Aug. 5, 2022. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    New patrol boat enhances Lake Cumberland visitor assistance

    LAKE CUMBERLAND, Ky. – (Aug. 8, 2022) – Park rangers at Lake Cumberland are better equipped to assist and educate visitors and enforce regulations with the purchase of a new patrol boat with enhanced capabilities.

  • July

    A green sign with the words Camp John W. Currie dedicated to the youth of Ky. Ky Dept. of Wildlife Resources

    Nashville District park rangers attend Camp Currie to teach water safety

    BENTON, Ky. (July 26, 2022) – Throughout the summer, park rangers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District visit Camp Currie each Monday to discuss water safety measures, and to educate the next generation of recreation goers.

  • January

    Summer may be over but the job isn’t for our park rangers

    Often thought of as the face of the Corps of Engineers, park rangers interact with the public quite
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