6 May 2023

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.

5 May 2023

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.

1 May 2023

Headwaters Highlights: New Cumberland Locks and Dam

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed New Cumberland Locks and Dam in 1839 instead of 1961, it might have been called Vernon Locks and Dams or Cuppytown Locks and Dam, named after John Cuppy, who designed the town and named it Vernon. Instead, the earliest land buyers in Vernon requested Cuppy to name the town after Cumberland, Maryland – and a town was born. But, more importantly, a lock and dam found its name.

1 May 2023

Headwaters Highlights: New Cumberland Locks and Dam

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed New Cumberland Locks and Dam in 1839 instead of 1961, it might have been called Vernon Locks and Dams or Cuppytown Locks and Dam, named after John Cuppy, who designed the town and named it Vernon. Instead, the earliest land buyers in Vernon requested Cuppy to name the town after Cumberland, Maryland – and a town was born. But, more importantly, a lock and dam found its name.

1 May 2023

Headwaters Highlight: Braddock Locks and Dam sandwiched between two Pittsburgh icons

There is only one locking facility on the river located between a steel manufacturer and the iconic Pittsburgh theme park, Kennywood, forming the perfect metaphoric sandwich of the city it serves.

1 May 2023

Regulatory Division permits crucial in construction of Kentucky's largest development project

Construction of the $5.8 billion Ford Blue Oval SK Battery Park in Glendale, Kentucky, is one of the largest economic developments in the history of the Commonwealth. What many don’t know, however, is that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District’s Regulatory Division played a significant role in getting the project off the ground by ensuring the developer met necessary environmental and cultural resource requirements.

1 May 2023

Louisville District christens new workboat at Olmsted Locks and Dam

Friends, family and coworkers gathered together in celebration as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District held a christening ceremony in Olmsted, Illinois, for the new Olmsted Locks and Dam workboat Motor Vessel (M/V) Jackie Lee Anderson, April 27. The M/V Jackie Lee Anderson is a 2,000 hp Z-drive towboat that accommodates 14 crew

26 Apr 2023

District foresters see the value in trees

Trees are not the first topic one thinks of when describing the Louisville District mission. In the Real Estate Division Forestry Team reside Barry Tucker, Certified Forester, and Martin Wilson, who are dedicated professional foresters with a “Can Do” attitude. As part of the mission of the Real Estate Division, foresters administer the management and disposal of real property for both civil works and military projects. In this case, real property is trees and the disposal is in the form of timber sales. The USACE Forestry Team ensures the execution of the Army’s forest and land management goals through various disposal and real estate actions.

26 Apr 2023

Nashville District names Mark Veasey Employee of the Month for February 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Apr. 26, 2023) – Mark Veasey, a civil engineer in the Water Resources section, Engineering and Construction Division, is named U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for February 2023. Veasey earned recognition for serving as lead engineer on the Floodplain Management Services (FPMS) project to study the Trace Creek watershed, after the devastating August 2021 flood across Waverly, Tenn.

24 Apr 2023

Who Works the Rivers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District participated in RiverWorks Discovery’s “Who Works the River” event in Point Pleasant on April 21st.