Kyle Spencer and Burton C. Suedel

The Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) program within the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funds research projects occurring in a myriad of environments, including in marine coasts, freshwater coasts, and fluvial (riverine) systems. Yet there have been fewer projects documented where EWN principle...

Tosin A. Gaskin and Catherine C. Thomas

Applying native plant communities in environmental engineering practices can profoundly enhance the establishment and sustainment of natural ecosystems, which is imperative for the success of healthy habitats and the wildlife communities they support. The objective of this manual is to stimulate ...

Marina Howarth, Erica A. H. Smithwick, Lauren McPhillips, and Alfonso Mejia

Despite increased understanding and adoption of nature-based solutions (NBSs) within urban and coastal areas, large-scale NBS for fluvial flood mitigation remain challenging to study and implement. A stronger evidence base is needed to identify critical research gaps and to best inform the design...

Emily R. Russ, Amy H. Yarnall, Matthew T. Balazik, J. Travis Blanche, Austin J. Draper, and Safra Altman

There is a critical need to maintain and create conditions that are conducive for longterm survival of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitats, which provide multiple ecosystem services, using dredged material. This technical note (TN) was developed by the US Army Engineer Research and Develo...

Davina L. Passeri, Rangley C. Mickey, David M. Thompson, Michael Itzkin, Elizabeth Godsey, Matthew V. Bilskie, Alexander Seymour, Autumn Poisson, Jin Ikeda, and Scott C. Hagen

This study assesses the impacts of five proposed restoration actions at Little Dauphin Island, a low-lying relic spit in a semi-enclosed bay system on the Alabama coast. A Delft3D model is developed to simulate annual scale (five-year) sediment transport and resulting bed level changes. The model...

Jeffrey K. King, Emily B. Moynihan, Kira T. Zender, Brett Wylie, Jason Bird, Enrique Lopezcalva, Hollie Janson Schmidt, Cinamon S. Vann, and Karen L. Rhea

This book illustrates some of the current challenges and hazards experienced by military installations, and the content highlights activities at eight U.S. Navy and Marine Corps military installations to achieve increased resilience through natural infrastructure.