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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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  • July

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Park Rangers Stone Fagan and Ashley Webster remove panels of the Cordell Hull Bee hives to inspect the health of the bees and the hives, July 22, 2024. Cordell Hull Lake has recently received bee hives from HoneyBee Tennessee to increase local pollination efforts. (USACE Photo by Braden Simmons)

    Cordell Hull Lake creates buzz around USACE's new pollination effort

    CARTHAGE, Tenn. (July 25, 2024) -- Cordell Hull Lake is about an hour east of Nashville. The location, like some other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District lakes, juxtaposes the hustle and bustle of the city with a peaceful and scenic woodland setting. But make no mistake; there’s still a noticeable “buzz” of workers that keep themselves just as busy as the city folks: They just opt to work in honeycombs rather than office cubicles.

  • March

    Tim Dunn, (Left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division deputy chief, presents the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Star of Life Award March 5, 2024, to Lake Cumberland Park Ranger Tanner Rich at the Nashville District's Park Ranger Workshop in Paducah, Kentucky. Rich is lauded for his response to aid a severely injured woman on the lake during the 2023 recreation season. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Lake Cumberland park ranger receives Star of Life Award

    PADUCAH, Ky. (March 12, 2024) – Park Ranger Tanner Rich received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division’s Star of Life Award during a workshop here March 5, 2024, for his actions to assist and provide first aid to a severely injured woman at Lake Cumberland during the 2023 recreation season.
  • 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.

  • February

    Girl Scouts with Troop 296 pose Feb. 22, 2024, while volunteering at the Environmental Study Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake. (Photo by Carrie Darling)

    Girl Scouts spruce up Old Hickory Lake’s Environmental Study Area

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 29, 2024) – Girl Scout Troop 296 joined other community volunteers and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers Saturday to spruce up and make minor improvements to the Environmental Study Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake.

  • January

    This is the cover of a Lake Cumberland pamphlet from 1969 titled “A Vacation Paradise.” Visitors back in those days got where they were going by following the signs. It’s still that way today. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District staff at Lake Cumberland have been working in the fall and winter months updating and installing signs and buoys that are useful to boaters when navigating on the lake. (USACE Graphic)

    All signs point to Lake Cumberland

    SOMERSET, Ky. (Jan. 17, 2024) – In 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District produced a pamphlet titled “A Vacation Paradise…Lake Cumberland.” Back in those days, there were no smartphones, or portable computers, and Google had not been invented. In fact, the first GPS satellite was not launched until 1978. How in the world did thousands and thousands of visitors find their way to the shores of Lake Cumberland? They followed the signs.

  • May

    Park Ranger Ashley Webster speaks with a couple visiting Center Hill Lake campgrounds at Center Hill Lake in Lancaster, Tennessee.

    It’s Recreation Season and Park Ranger Ashley Webster is here to help

    CARTHAGE, Tenn. (May 5, 2023)— As the recreation season warms up, attracting more of the public to Corps lakes and recreation areas, Nashville District park rangers like Cordell Hull Lake Park Ranger Ashley Webster stay ready to serve the community by providing on-site assistance and customer care to visitors as they hit Corps Lakes across Middle Tennessee for some sun, fun, and fishing.
  • Zach Dixson, park contractor representative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District at J. Percy Priest Lake, clears branches May 1, 2023, from near a park entrance at Poole Knobs Campground in La Vergne, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Percy Priest superheroes tool around for recreation

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2023) – A team of superheroes at J. Percy Priest Lake are known for tooling around campgrounds and recreation areas while repairing and maintaining facilities, often saving the day by unclogging a restroom sink, fixing a leaky water line, or restoring power at a campsite.
  • Zach Dixson, park contractor representative with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District at J. Percy Priest Lake, clears branches May 1, 2023, from near a park entrance at Poole Knobs Campground in La Vergne, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Percy Priest superheroes tool around for recreation

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2023) – A team of superheroes at J. Percy Priest Lake are known for tooling around campgrounds and recreation areas while repairing and maintaining facilities, often saving the day by unclogging a restroom sink, fixing a leaky water line, or restoring power at a campsite.

  • August

    The Artist Muneer Gonsalves poses by the Life Jacket Loaner Board at J. Percy Priest Lake’s Cook Recreation Area in Hermitage, Tennessee, Aug. 26, 2022, while partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to promote water safety. He encouraged Corps Lakes visitors to wear life jackets, make good decisions, and keep a close eye on children. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Raptivist Muneer says it takes wearing a life jacket to ‘Be Alright’

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 31, 2022) – In a public service announcement featuring his new song “Be Alright,” the Artist and Raptivist Muneer Gonsalves tells fans that wearing a life jacket when boating or recreating in the water will help keep them afloat and safe when visiting Corps Lakes.

  • May

    Country Music Artist Tanya Tucker recently partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to produce a public service announcement encouraging her fans to wear their life jackets. She had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top 10 and Top 40 hits.

    Tanya Tucker wants fans to stay safe Memorial Day weekend

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 21, 2015) -- Country Music Legend and Hall of Fame Artist Tanya Tucker is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this Memorial Day weekend to encourage her fans to be safe on the water and to wear a life jacket.
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