{"id":10505,"date":"2022-12-08T16:47:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=10505"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T18:13:52","slug":"short-course-engineering-with-nature-for-sustainable-estuaries-hosted-by-restore-americas-estuaries-rae","status":"publish","type":"engagements","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/engagements\/event\/short-course-engineering-with-nature-for-sustainable-estuaries-hosted-by-restore-americas-estuaries-rae\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Course: Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The USACE\u2019s EWN program conducted a short course titled, \u201cUse of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems\u201d in association with the Restore America\u2019s Estuaries (RAE) conference in New Orleans, LA. This course included a series of technical presentations that covered a broad range of topics related to natural and nature-based features (NNBF) including (1) an overview of the EWN practices and example projects that promote coastal resilience, flood risk reduction, and enhanced ecosystem services, (2) an introduction to a diverse number of EWN solutions, which include a systems approach incorporating the use of NNBF, (3) a greater understanding of specific NNBF used in creating EWN solutions, including advances in practice since the publication of the NNBF guidelines, (4) insight into current efforts to quantify EWN \u201ctriple win\u201d outcomes, which include the analysis of engineering, ecological, and socio-economic benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately 62 individuals participated in the short course, which included 13 speakers from a variety of organizations that are applying EWN practices to address current and future-anticipated issues\/challenges confronting our nations coastal areas. All participants in the EWN Short Course received a copy of the <a href=\"\/?page_id=4351\">EWN Overview: International Guidelines on NNBF for Flood Risk Management<\/a>, which served as a course book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"15513\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pic1-2-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pic1-2-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pic1-2-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pic1-2-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pic1-2-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pic1-2-edited-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Amanda Tritnger presenting the CSTORM model applications for Engineering With Nature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"15518\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/participants-1-edited-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/participants-1-edited-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/participants-1-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/participants-1-edited-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/participants-1-edited.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees of the EWN Short Course offered at the 2022 Restore America\u2019s Estuaries Conference in New Orleans, LA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7271,"template":"","tags":[],"event-types":[71],"class_list":["post-10505","engagements","type-engagements","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-types-short-courses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Short Course: Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems - Engineering With Nature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/engagements\/event\/short-course-engineering-with-nature-for-sustainable-estuaries-hosted-by-restore-americas-estuaries-rae\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Short Course: Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems - Engineering With Nature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The USACE\u2019s EWN program conducted a short course titled, \u201cUse of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems\u201d in association with the Restore America\u2019s Estuaries (RAE) conference in New Orleans, LA. 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