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Bernard named Nashville District Employee of the Month for November 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 5, 2017) – Tony Bernard, maintenance mechanic at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Lake Cumberland in Somerset, Ky., is the employee of the month for November 2016.
Published: 1/5/2017

NORAD ready to track Santa's flight

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (Dec. 21, 2016) — The North American Aerospace Defense Command is celebrating the 61st Anniversary of tracking Santa’s yuletide journey! The NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.noradsanta.org, launched Dec 1, features Santa’s North Pole Village, which includes a holiday countdown, games, activities, and more. The website is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.
Published: 12/21/2016

Neubert named Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 16, 2016) – Lori Neubert, commander's secretary in the Executive Office, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Employee of the Month for October 2016.
Published: 12/16/2016

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comment on Proposed Rule for Use of USACE Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municipal and Industrial Water Supply

WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2016) - The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), today released and is seeking comment on a proposed rule to update and clarify its policies governing the use of USACE reservoir projects for domestic, municipal and industrial water supply pursuant to Section 6 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 33 U.S.C. § 708 (Section 6), and the Water Supply Act of 1958, 43 U.S.C. § 390b (WSA).
Published: 12/16/2016

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comment on Proposed Rule for Use of USACE Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municipal and Industrial Water Supply

WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2016) - The Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), today released and is seeking comment on a proposed rule to update and clarify its policies governing the use of USACE reservoir projects for domestic, municipal and industrial water supply pursuant to Section 6 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, 33 U.S.C. § 708 (Section 6), and the Water Supply Act of 1958, 43 U.S.C. § 390b (WSA).
Published: 12/16/2016

NR 16-032: Live video feed highlights American Bald Eagles nesting at Dale Hollow Lake

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 5, 2016) – A new online video feed is going “live” Dec. 12 that allows anyone with Internet access or Twin Lakes TV to observe American Bald Eagles nesting, hatching and fledging on the shoreline of Dale Hollow Lake. The public is encouraged to bookmark and visit the site often at www.daleholloweaglecam.com.
Published: 12/5/2016

NR 16-31: Public workshops scheduled for Lake Barkley's Master Plan update

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 9, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Lake Barkley is holding two Master Plan Update public workshops in November. The first is Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lyon County Convention Center in Eddyville, Ky. The second is Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Stewart County Visitor Center in Dover, Tenn.
Published: 11/9/2016

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(Left to Right) D. Edwin Jernigan, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Commission chairman; Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland; Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; and former Tennessee District 6 Congressman Bart Gordon cut a ribbon to celebrate the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ceremony Dec. 14, 2016 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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(Left to Right) D. Edwin Jernigan, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Commission chairman; Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland; Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; and former Tennessee District 6 Congressman Bart Gordon cut a ribbon to celebrate the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ceremony Dec. 14, 2016 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • (Left to Right) D. Edwin Jernigan, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Commission chairman; Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland; Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander; and former Tennessee District 6 Congressman Bart Gordon cut a ribbon to celebrate the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ceremony Dec. 14, 2016 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, addresses attendees celebrating the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ribbon cutting with the city of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2016.
  • Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland praises the city’s parks and recreation Dec. 14, 2016 for its part in providing residents new recreational opportunities during a ribbon cutting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District to commemorate the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project.
  • D. Edwin Jernigan, Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Commission chairman, credits the mayor and city council members who support parks and recreation with great leadership and vision during a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project Dec. 14, 2016 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Bart Gordon, former congressman of Tennessee District 6, speaks about how patience and persistence and planning were the drivers for constructing the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2016. The congressman represented District 6 from 1985 to 2011 and his vision led to the trailway improvements.
  • Bart Gordon, former congressman of Tennessee District 6, speaks about how patience and persistence and planning were the drivers for constructing the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2016. The congressman represented District 6 from 1985 to 2011 and his vision led to the trailway improvements.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, addresses attendees celebrating the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project during a ribbon cutting with the city of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2016.
  • People check out a new hiking and biking trail following a ribbon cutting Dec. 14, 2016 celebrating the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The Corps and city of Murfreesboro partnered on the improvements, which provided new recreational opportunities for the public.
  • A group enjoys a tour of the new trail section following a ribbon cutting Dec. 14, 2016 celebrating the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The Corps and city of Murfreesboro partnered on the improvements, which provided new recreational opportunities for the public.
  • This is a new section of trail near the Walter Hill Trailhead. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District joined the city of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 14, 2016 to celebrate the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project.
  • Bill Shacklett, city councilman in Murfreesboro, Tenn., gives the invocation at a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project Dec. 14, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District completed improvements to the Walter Hill Trailhead and the trail is now open to the public.
  • Craig Carrington, chief of the Plan Formulation Section with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, welcomes the public to a ribbon cutting ceremony where Corps and city officials celebrated the completion of the North Murfreesboro Greenway Project Dec. 14, 2016 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
  • Two American Bald Eagles look over Dale Hollow Lake from their shoreline nest. A new online video feed is going “live” Dec. 12 that allows anyone with Internet access or Twin Lakes TV to observe American Bald Eagles nesting, hatching and fledging on the shoreline of Dale Hollow Lake. The public is encouraged to bookmark and visit the site often at www.daleholloweaglecam.com.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District commander, addresses guests during the celebration of the completion of the Beaver Creek Flood Damage Reduction Project in Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 9, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District joined the cities of Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee along with the Tennessee Valley Authority to celebrate the completion of the Beaver Creek Flood Reduction Project during a ceremony today at Jerry Good pasture Plaza in Bristol, Tenn.
  • BRISTOL, Tenn. (Nov. 9, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District joined the cities of Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee along with the Tennessee Valley Authority to celebrate the completion of the Beaver Creek Flood Reduction Project during a ceremony today at Jerry Good pasture Plaza in Bristol, Tenn. The cities of Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia are twin cities located directly on the Tennessee-Virginia state line. Both cities have been affected for more than 15 years by flooding that occurs along Beaver Creek and its tributaries, impacting downtown businesses and residential neighborhoods.
  • BRISTOL, Tenn. (Nov. 9, 2016) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District joined the cities of Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee along with the Tennessee Valley Authority to celebrate the completion of the Beaver Creek Flood Reduction Project during a ceremony today at Jerry Good pasture Plaza in Bristol, Tenn. The cities of Bristol, Tennessee and Virginia are twin cities located directly on the Tennessee-Virginia state line. Both cities have been affected for more than 15 years by flooding that occurs along Beaver Creek and its tributaries, impacting downtown businesses and residential neighborhoods.
  • Park Ranger Dina Henninger, an environmental protection specialist in the Operations Division at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cheatham Lake in Ashland City, Tenn., works in a pollinator garden at Cheatham Lake Nov. 2, 2016. The Nashville District has announced she is the Employee of the Month for September 2016 for organizing a successful National Public Lands Day event Oct. 1 at Cheatham Lake where 60 busy-bee volunteers established new pollinator gardens outside the resource manager’s office.
  • Don Getty, Kentucky Lock Addition Project project manager, welcomes Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, to the construction site at in Grand Rivers, Ky., Nov. 2, 2016.
  • Lt. Col. Stephen Murphy, Nashville District commander listens as Don Getty, Kentucky Lock Addition Project project manager, explains construction to Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, on the construction site in Grand Rivers, Ky., Nov. 2, 2016.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, tours the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Ky., Nov. 2, 2016 as part of a command priority to meet the work force and learn first-hand the national importance of civil works projects during his visit to the Nashville District.
  • Caleb Skinner, lockmaster at Kentucky Lock explains barge traffic to Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, as he tours the Kentucky Lock Addition Project in Grand Rivers, Ky., Nov. 2, 2016 as part of a command priority to meet the work force and learn first-hand the national importance of civil works projects during his visit to the Nashville District.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, addresses the Nashville District work force during a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2016. The visit was a part of getting out to speak to and hear from Nashville District employees during his first 90 days of command.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, addresses Nashville District employees Nov. 2, 2016 about his vision during his first visit to Nashville, Tenn., since taking command.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division commander, addresses Nashville District employees Nov. 2, 2016 about his vision during his first visit to Nashville, Tenn., since taking command. (USACE photo by Leon Roberts)
  • J. Albers, a park ranger from Old Hickory Lake, from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District talks with students from Hillwood High School during the “My Future, My Way” Career Exploration Fair at Music City Convention Center Oct. 27, 2016.
  • Greg Thomas, a natural resource specialist from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District talks with students from Maplewood High school for future STEM careers during the “My Future, My Way” Career Exploration Fair at two exhibits sponsored by the Metro Nashville Public schools Academies of Nashville and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce at Music City Convention Center Oct. 27, 2016.
  • Bobby Jackson, a natural resource specialist from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District talks with students attending the the “My Future, My Way” Career Exploration Fair at Music City Convention Center Oct. 27, 2016.
  • State and Federal agency representatives that make up the Tennessee Silver Jacket program toured the Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility just outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 19.
  • A group of State and Federal agency representatives that make up the Tennessee Silver Jacket program toured the Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility just outside of Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 19.
  • Fil Martinez, Raccoon Mountain Facility hydro operator from the Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Facility explains how power storage works to a group from the Tennessee Silver Jacket program Oct. 19, 2016
  • Mark Gibson, an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District briefs Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton during a tour at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project.
  • Maj. Christopher W. Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District deputy district engineer provides a brief to Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, and 12 Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority board members during a tour of the Kentucky Lock Addition Project Oct. 13, 2016.
  • Maj. Christopher W. Burkhart, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District deputy district engineer, welcomes Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton to the Kentucky Lock Addition Project at Kentucky Lake Oct. 13, 2016.
  • The Corps is constructing a new navigation lock at Kentucky Dam to reduce the significant bottleneck that the 600-foot-long current lock causes on this important waterway. Because of high Tennessee River traffic levels and the current lock’s size, the average delay times for commercial tows going through Kentucky Lock average from seven to over nine hours – near the highest in the country. The total cost for the Kentucky Lock project is $862 million with about $392 million expended to date, or about 45 percent complete. If efficient future funding levels are provided, the earliest expected completion date is 2023.
  • Bobby Jackson, a planner in the Nashville District’s Natural Resources Management Branch, touts careers in natural resources during a career fair Sept. 16, 2016 at Stratford STEM Magnet High School in Nashville, Tenn.
  • Capt. James Trombly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, demonstrates how hydropower produces electricity with Jaylen James, ninth grade, during a career fair Sept. 16, 2016 at Stratford STEM Magnet High School in Nashville, Tenn.
  • Ben Rohrbach, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydrology and Hydraulics Branch, and currently the acting chief of the Engineering and Construction Division, shows students how rainwater is managed with detention basins, wetlands, levies and responsible use of lands in floodplains during a career fair Sept. 16, 2016 at Stratford STEM Magnet High School in Nashville, Tenn.
  • Lock Operator Johnny Barton briefs Nashville Mayor Megan Barry about how he helps commercial and recreational vessels navigate up and down the Cumberland River through Old Hickory Dam. The mayor toured the dam and received a mission briefing Jan. 14, 2016.
  • Preston Brust (second from right) and Chris Lucas (Right) of the country music duo LoCash pose with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Park Rangers Jacob Albers (Left) and Brent Sewell at Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tenn, Oct. 19, 2015. The group filmed a water safety PSA that features LoCash’s hit song "I Love This Life," which is currently moving up the country music charts. It is being used to support the USACE National Water Safety Campaign “Life Jackets Worn, Nobody Mourns.”
  • Country Music Star Dolly Parton performs at the Cordell Hull Dam Dedication Oct. 13, 1973 on the shore of the Cumberland River at the dam in Carthage, Tenn. According to an Associated Press report following the event about 2,000 people attended. Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of President Richard M. Nixon, was the keynote speaker at the dedication.
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