Rivers are essential to all life on earth, but our rivers are at risk as never before from climate change, pollution, drought, flooding, and loss of natural habitat. American Rivers is championing a national effort to protect and restore all river...

Removal of four hydropower dams (Iron Gate, Copco 1, Copco 2, and J.C. Boyle) on the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon represents the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the country. The project restores fre...

New Orleans, LA – May 23, 2025 — At the 2025 State of the Coast Conference—the premier gathering for coastal stakeholders in Louisiana—the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) program delivered a dynamic half-day short cou...

The Nature Conservancy is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends. Guided by science, TNC works to scale innovative solutions to the world’s toughest challenges so that nature and p...

The Arid Southwest NNBF Playbook Workshop, held May 7–8, 2025, in Albuquerque, NM, brought together more than 35 participants from over 20 federal, state, tribal, academic, and non-governmental organizations. Hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engin...

We all rely on services provided by nature, often in ways we don’t fully recognize. Earth Economics identifies and quantifies those benefits to ensure they are included in the decision-making process at all levels, so communities can mitigate risk...

Healthy, well-vegetated coastlines are resilient coastlines, able to withstand daily pressures and quickly recover from storm events. Unfortunately, many of our coastlines are not healthy and seem to require ever greater measures for stabilization...

The Great Lakes Engineering With Nature (EWN) Playbook Workshop, hosted by the ERDC EWN Program and supported by the USACE Chicago District, brought together experts from government, academia, and private industry to discuss coastal resilience str...

Engineering With Nature (EWN®) and Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) is a principal component to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) inland fluvial watershed, Flood Risk Management (FRM), Regional Sediment Management (RSM), and Ecosyst...

Current engineering practices and regulations for vegetation on levees primarily use non-native, annual or perennial turf grasses. These plants typically have thin, fibrous, shallow roots, require regular labor-intensive mowing, and provide little...