N-EWN Seminar: Scaling multi-benefit nature-based solutions projects: case study examples from The Nature Conservancy
The Network for Engineering With Nature® (EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature—Scaling multi-benefit nature-based solutions projects: case study examples from The Nature Conservancy, presented by Cameron Adams, Ashby Worley, and Tharran Hobson (all from The Nature Conservancy). This 1-hour Zoom webinar will take place May 15, […]
N-EWN Seminar: Making the Case for Nature-Based Solutions: Ecosystem Services, Benefit-Cost Analyses, and Storytelling
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, increase resilience, and protect their natural capital wealth. Awareness of the co-benefits associated with nature-based solutions […]
Great Lakes Engineering With Nature Playbook Workshops
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 strategies. Over two days, participants shared insights on Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) and Multiple Lines of Defense (MLD) to […]
N-EWN Seminar: Leveraging Partnerships for Living Shoreline Implementation at Scale
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. Traditional stabilization methods reduce or eliminate many of the ecosystem functions of a vegetated shoreline. Living shorelines are a more ecological […]
N-EWN Seminar: Natural and Nature Based Features (NNBF) for Inland Fluvial Restoration
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 Ecosystem Restoration portfolio of programs. In a memo dated April 2024, the USACE Headquarters required all future USACE water resource projects […]
N-EWN Seminar: Ecology and Engineering of Native Plant-Soil Interactions and Riparian Structures
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 ecological value. Native vegetation on levees, stream banks, and riparian zones benefits erosion control, pollution mitigation, and habitat protection. Rivercane (a native grass) […]
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. […]
