N-EWN Seminar: Ecology and Engineering of Native Plant-Soil Interactions and Riparian Structures
The Network for Engineering With Nature® (EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature—Ecology and Engineering of Native Plant-Soil Interactions and Riparian Structures, presented by Hailey Blackwell and Nethmi Silva, PhD students, University of Oklahoma. This 1-hour Zoom webinar will take place January 16, 2025 at 12:30pm ET. […]
N-EWN Seminar: The Tibbetts Brook Daylighting and Greenway Project: Restoring a Waterway in New York City
This presentation will discuss the Tibbetts Brook Daylighting and Greenway project. Until the late 1800s, Tibbetts Brook flowed through Westchester, into the Bronx through the Van Cortlandt plantation to Van Cortlandt Lake, and meandered its way to the Harlem River. Around 1900, Van Cortlandt Lake was connected to the newly built combined sewer system in […]
N-EWN Seminar: The Evolution of a Resilient Coastal Community: Over 20 Years of Beaches, Back Bays, Rivers and Stormwater in Norfolk, Virginia
Since 2003, the City of Norfolk in Virginia has been investigating coastal/estuarine/river erosion issues, compound urban coastal flooding issues, developing long-range resilience plans, and constructing infrastructure projects to improve its diverse communities’ resilience to coastal flooding. Efforts have included wave and water level data collection, coastal shoreline and watershed modeling studies and plan developments, and […]
N-EWN Seminar: Watershed Modeling Efforts in the City of Austin
The City of Austin Watershed Protection Department (WPD) is charged with protecting the lives and property of City of Austin residents from flooding, erosion, and water pollution. To that end, WPD has developed watershed models to answer a variety of questions related to erosion and water pollution. The impetus for these models was the Stream Functional Pyramid […]
N-EWN Seminar: Living Breakwaters and Other Nature-Based Adaptation Projects
Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a $107 million project that provides a layered approach to resilience and risk reduction—enhancing physical, ecological and social resilience along the South Shore of Staten Island, NY. The project consists primarily of 2,400 linear feet of near-shore breakwaters—partially submerged structures built of stone and […]
N-EWN Seminar: The Proposed Future of Planning for USACE Water Resources Investments
The central theme of this presentation, “The Proposed Future of Planning for USACE Water Resources Investments”, focuses on the evolution of Federal objectives since the proposed practices for economics analysis in 1950 to the most recently proposed USACE’s Agency Specific Procedures (ASP) for Implementation of the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines (PR&G) for Water Resources Investments. […]
N-EWN Seminar: Design for Biodiversity: Nature-Inclusive Applications in Urban Waterfronts & Coastal Infrastructure
When it comes to planning and constructing coastal and marine infrastructure, promoting nature-inclusive design has multiple financial, structural and ecological benefits. Through project case studies, we’ll explore different applications of science-driven, nature-inclusive construction and gain a deeper understanding of ecosystem services in urban and working waterfronts, as well as the implementation of a holistic approach […]
Announcing the WEDA Short Course on Nature-based Solutions Engineering and Construction
Join us for a comprehensive exploration of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) at the upcoming Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Short Course on Nature-based Solutions Engineering and Construction. This one-day course will provide valuable insights into the rapidly expanding field of NbS, which supports risk management, hazard mitigation, sustainable infrastructure, and resilient communities. With numerous NbS initiatives spurred […]
N-EWN Seminar: Remote Sensing Capabilities to Support EWN Projects
There is an increasing opportunity and number of EWN® projects seeking support to use remotely sensed data and geospatial methodologies to help quantify environmental benefits. Remote sensing approaches are expected to be instrumental in illustrating and quantifying critical EWN® concepts such as habitat developed as a result of strategically placed dredge material or integrated into engineered […]
N-EWN Seminar: CarbonWATCH–Assessing your carbon inventory at the landscape level using geospatial technology
As climate change becomes an increasing threat, and organizations across the globe are setting ambitious net zero and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, assessing, inventorying, and monitoring carbon stock in plants and soils has become vitally important to a variety of businesses and sectors. Stantec’s CarbonWATCH tool measures the amount of carbon dioxide equivalents […]
