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7 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 5, 2021) – The Water Quality Team, a component of the Water Management Section within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, routinely collects water quality information at the 10 reservoir projects in the Cumberland River Basin. Mark Campbell, Water Management Section hydrologist, said the results obtained from these surveys makes it possible for the Corps of Engineers to determine physical, chemical, and biological metrics to better assess water quality conditions throughout the system. “We are very fortunate to have relatively good...

7 LANCASTER, Tenn. (April 15, 2019) – First responders participated in an exercise at Center Hill Dam last week to coordinate actions that would be necessary if they had to respond to a scenario where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District could not operate the spillways during a high water event. The tabletop exercise April 8 provided the opportunity for the first responders to address security and dam safety issues and to consider public safety concerns in a classroom environment. The setting made it possible to understand each agency’s capabilities and auth...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A recent virtual forum on climate change and its solutions presented an expansive look at how the issue is seen at the federal level under a new administration and at the local level from a new generation of activists.  The March 31 event was sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Saratoga County in partnership with Sustainable Saratoga. It drew 65 residents to their home laptops and PCs. The night’s main panelist was six term Congressman, Rep. Paul Tonko, D-Amsterdam. Tonko gave insight into the actions and goals of the Biden administration with rega...

Spring Creek  So far, two deaths have occurred this year on state whitewater rivers: on the Nolichucky and Pigeon Rivers. 'Unusually high' deaths in 2020  American Whitewater's data is collected by Charlie Walbridge, a West Virginia man who manages the group's accident database. He first began collecting data in 1975 after a fatality occurred on a whitewater river during a race due to foot entrapment. Walbridge was at the race when the fatality occurred.  He said that Tennessee normally ranks in the top 10 for paddler deaths, but last year's death count was "unusually high." “It’s bec...

Tennessee led the nation for whitewater river paddler deaths in 2020, data shows Brinley Hineman, Nashville Tennessean © Larry McCormack / The Tennessean Clouds, sky, and water mix as a kayaker paddles down the Stones River near where it meets the Cumberland River in Donelson, Tenn. Thursday 27, 2020, A nonprofit has found that Tennessee topped the charts in 2020 for whitewater river paddler deaths across the United States.  American Whitewater, a river conservation nonprofit founded in 1954 and tracks paddler deaths on the nation's whitewater rivers, reports that Tennesse...