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Kentucky Lock Has Mechanical Failure

January 27, 2023

Kentucky Lock, at Tennessee River Mile 22.4, has been closed for repairs since a mechanical failure on January 24. According to a navigation notice from the Nashville Engineer District, the… Read More

Repairs To Close Kentucky Lock For More Than Three Weeks A crew makes repairs on one of the damaged upper miter gates at Kentucky Lock late last year. A second closure is scheduled to repair the other gate January 31-February 24. (Photo courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

A crew makes repairs on one of the damaged upper miter gates at Kentucky Lock late last year. A second closure is scheduled to repair the other gate January 31-February 24. (Photo courtesy of Nashville Engineer District)

Repairs To Close Kentucky Lock For More Than Three Weeks

January 28, 2022

Kentucky Lock will be closed January 31-February 24 to make repairs from where a tow ran into and damaged the upper miter gates in October. “When the tow was making… Read More

Barkley Carp Barrier Has Positive Preliminary Results

July 2, 2021

Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More

Corps Announces Intermittent Lock Closures

March 24, 2021

The Corps of Engineers has announced intermittent lock closures at Barkley, Cheatham and Chickamauga dams. Barkley Barkley Lock, at Cumberland River Mile 30.6 in Grand Rivers, Ky., is closing for… Read More

Nashville District Lock Closures Set

June 23, 2020

The Nashville Engineer District has reported the following scheduled lock closures. June 24–28: Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River will have intermittent closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily… Read More

Nashville Engineer District Holds Fall Navigational Meeting More than 30 people crowd into a meeting room at the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office Nov. 14 for the Fall Semi-Annual Navigation Meeting. The meeting included timetables for construction projects that could affect navigation on the inland waterways. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

More than 30 people crowd into a meeting room at the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office Nov. 14 for the Fall Semi-Annual Navigation Meeting. The meeting included timetables for construction projects that could affect navigation on the inland waterways. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Nashville Engineer District Holds Fall Navigational Meeting

November 22, 2019

A crowd of more than 30 people squeezed into the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office November 14 to hear about upcoming plans affecting river navigability in the coming months at… Read More

Ceremony Officially Activates ‘Fish Fence’ At Barkley Lock Diagonal line of bubbles across lock chamber shows the location of the Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence at Barkley Lock. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Diagonal line of bubbles across lock chamber shows the location of the Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence at Barkley Lock. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Ceremony Officially Activates ‘Fish Fence’ At Barkley Lock

November 15, 2019

With the push of a button, a low hum sounded, and bubbles rose to the surface in a line crossing the width of Barkley Dam’s lock approach, from the main… Read More

Bio-Accoustic Fish Fence Being Developed At Barkley Lock

(Left to right) Josh Tompkins, fisheries biologist; Nathan Rister, fisheries technician; and Matt Combs, fisheries biologist; Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, demonstrate electrofishing for Asian Carp on the Cumberland River next to Barkley Dam in Grand Rivers, Ky., July 30, 2019. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, U.S. Geological Survey and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency are collaborating on the deployment of a bio-acoustic fish fence on the downstream side of Barkley Lock as part of a test of this sound deterrent to reduce the use of the locks by Asian Carp. (Corps of Engineers photo by Leon Roberts)

Bio-Accoustic Fish Fence Being Developed At Barkley Lock

August 19, 2019

Story and Photos Courtesy of Nashville Engineer District An experimental project designed to deter Asian carp from entering Lake Barkley is underway. Officials addressed stakeholders and media recently on the… Read More