Natural and Nature-Based Features Brochure Now Available.

October 25, 2015 Natural and Nature-Based Features offer valuable options for developing ‘multiple lines of defense’ for coastal systems with the aim of producing social, economic and ecological benefits that promote coastal and community resilience. >>View the brochure (PDF)

Banks briefs MG Stevens, DCG.

September 10, 2015 Cynthia Banks briefed MG Richard Stevens, USACE Deputy Commanding General (DCG), on Engineering With Nature (EWN). In addition to the DCG, attendees included: MAJ Sha-Lin Ynacay (Executive Officer to the DCG), COL Mitchell Lewis (USACE Chaplin), Dr. David Pittman (ERDC Deputy Director) and Dr. Beth Fleming (ERDC Environmental Laboratory Director). Discussions ensued […]

USACE Buffalo District briefs LTG Bostick on EWN.

September 3, 2015 LTG Bostick visited the USACE Buffalo District on 3 September 2015. Mr. Matthew Burkett, Project Manager, provided a poster presentation titled Engineering With Nature (EWN) and the Great Lakes: An Achievable Path to Sustainable Projects and Benefits. The Buffalo and Galveston Districts have agreed to serve as EWN Proving Grounds for District-wide […]

Chasten Receives ASBPA National Award.

Feb 2015 Monica Chasten, Operations Project Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District and Engineering With Nature Leadership Team Member, received a national award on Capitol Hill for her efforts to help re-establish coastal navigation and restore degraded marsh in New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Chasten was honored with […]