sustainable collaboration

engineering with nature

Engineering With Nature® is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaboration.

“I hope you are inspired by the beautiful projects in this atlas and the many benefits that can be achieved by Engineering With Nature.”
Todd S. Bridges, National Lead for Engineering With Nature
“These projects are delivering broad engineering, economic, environmental, and social value and demonstrate the potential and power of Engineering WITH Nature.”
LTG Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers, and Commanding General U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, EWN An Atlas, Volume 2 Book Launch Ceremony (7 April 2021)
Nature does nothing in vain.
Aristotle
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Aristotle
One generation plants a tree; another gets the shade.
Chinese proverb
“We absolutely want to do more engineering with nature everywhere we work across the Corps, you have my commitment.”
LTG Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers, and Commanding General U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, Water Resources & Environment Subcommittee (24 June 2021)
“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is walking the path of innovation with our partners through the Engineering With Nature Initiative, integrating human engineering with natural systems.”
LTG Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers, and Commanding General U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Foreword in the International Guidelines on NNBF for Flood Risk Management (16 September 2021)
"These projects are delivering broad engineering, economic, environmental, and social value and demonstrate the potential and power of Engineering WITH Nature."
LTG Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Engineers, and Commanding General U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, EWN An Atlas, Volume 2 Book Launch Ceremony (7 April 2021)

September 27, 2023

This episode starts with a story. In 1604, 79 members of an expedition from France, including Samuel de Champlain, came to Sain...

September 20, 2023

As fall gets into full swing, we’re kicking off the second half of Season 6 of the Engineering With Nature® Podcast by talking ...

September 15, 2023

Background: Shallow, tropical coral reefs face compounding threats from habitat degradation due to coastal development and p...

September 14, 2023

Engineering With Nature proudly co-hosted the inaugural Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Workshop, which aimed to address cha...
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September 12, 2023

The Network for Engineering With Nature® (EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about E...

September 6, 2023

In 2023 USACE convened a workshop that brought together researchers and scientists to present and discuss the most recent scien...
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