Girl Scouts spruce up Old Hickory Lake’s Environmental Study Area
Girl Scouts with Troop 296 build bird houses Feb. 22, 2024, before installing them throughout the Environmental Study Area on the shoreline of Old Hickory Lake. (USACE Photo by Chee Hill)

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