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  • May

    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.
  • Kennywood visible from Braddock

    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.
  • Ford Blue Oval Plant

    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.

  • April

    U.S. Army Col. Jared Bordwell, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) chief of staff, U.S. Army Col. Larry R. Dean, 406th Army Field Support Brigade commander, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dwayne M. Terry, Army Field Support Battalion-Campbell commander and Mark Bean, Installation Maintenance Division chief perform the ceremonial ribbon cutting at a ceremony marking the completion of the Army Field Support Battalion Maintenance Complex

    USACE completes maintenance complex for Army Field Support Battalion at Fort Campbell

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers delivered a 117,034 square-foot maintenance complex to the Army Field Support Battalion during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 15, 2023. The project, with a programmed amount of $44.7 million, consisted of the construction of four general purpose maintenance facilities that includes an allied shop building, engine auto shop, production control building and a paint booth building. The project also included 42,110 square feet of concrete parking.

  • March

    (Left to Right) Smith County Mayor Jeff Mason, Park Ranger Luciana Arena, Park Ranger Brad Potts, Cordell Hull Lake resource manager Kenny Claywell, Natasha Deane, owner of Wildwood Resort & Marina and chairperson of Friends of Cordell Hull Lake, and Jackson County Mayor Randy Heady cut a ribbon to dedicate Periwinkle Hiking Trail March 25, 2023, at the Indian Creek Archery Range Trailhead in Granville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Communities spanning two counties dedicate Periwinkle Trail

    GRANVILLE, Tenn. (March 28, 2023) - The communities of Smith County, Jackson County and the “Friends of Cordell Hull Lake” dedicated Periwinkle Trail March 25, 2023, at the Indian Creek Archery Range trailhead. The newly constructed trail provides hikers a new path to experience the outdoors and creates a bond between the two counties.
  • Lt. Col. Joseph Sahl, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, leads a group of stakeholders on a tour of Kentucky Lock and the Kentucky Lock Addition Project March 22, 2023, on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. He is having a conversation with Cmdr. Jennifer Andrew, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Paducah, as the group walked on the coffer dam and future downstream approach wall during the tour. A vessel and barges approach the downstream active lock on the left of the photo and construction of the new lock chamber can be seen on the right of the photo. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Roundtables serve stakeholders mega project update

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 24, 2023) – Nashville District leaders, engineers and project managers hosted stakeholder roundtables this week to provide updates and an opportunity to visit the district’s two mega construction projects.
  • Kentucky Lock and Dam Operator and Maintenance Mechanic Adam Halcom welds mooring cells March 8, 2023, while repairing the rings for future use by vessels waiting to lock through Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Kentucky. (USACE Photo by Misty Cunningham)

    Maintenance Support Team, Lock engineers tackle tough jobs

    GRAND RIVERS, Ky. (March 10, 2023) – Nashville District Maintenance Support Team and Kentucky Lock engineers onboard the Motor Vessel Iroquois repaired a mooring cell and replaced broken and outdated parts this week just upstream of Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River in Grand Rivers, Kentucky.
  • Dellaria Martin (Left), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District contracting officer, answers questions and provides information to Allie Williamson (Right), chief executive diva for Southern Domestic Diva, and Laina Kimbro, sales executive assistant, during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Small Business Industry Day March 6, 2023, at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Small Business Industry Day highlights women-owned small business

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 9, 2023) – Nearly 300 business owners and managers received extensive information about small business opportunities within the federal, state and local procurement systems during the Small Business Industry Day March 6, 2023, at the Tennessee State University Avon Williams Campus.
  • On February 23, 2023, a retirement ceremony was held for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Program Director, Mr. Stephen Durrett, at the Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati, OH.

    LRD Programs Director retires after almost 40 years with USACE

    On February 23, 2023, a retirement ceremony was held for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Program Director, Mr. Stephen G. Durrett, at the Federal Building in downtown Cincinnati, OH.
  • Lock Operator Kenneth Hammock monitors a recreational sailboat as it moves barges into Chickamauga Lock March 2, 2023. He works to safeguard navigators at the active lock on the Tennessee River, which is very close to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District construction project to build a new 600-foot-long by 110-foot-wide lock. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Lock operators work super safely near mega construction projects

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 8, 2023) – Operators at navigation locks could easily wear capes for the super work they do to ensure the safety of the public, not to mention employees that maintain these projects in the Cumberland and Tennessee River systems. At Kentucky Lock in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, and Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tennessee, ongoing mega construction projects to build larger new locks pose additional hazards for these vigilant protectors of people and resources.