{"id":5123,"date":"2021-08-30T16:25:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T21:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=5123"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:36:12","slug":"philidelphia-district-project-in-the-news-relocating-sand-to-improve-the-safety-of-boaters-and-improve-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/philidelphia-district-project-in-the-news-relocating-sand-to-improve-the-safety-of-boaters-and-improve-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering With Nature \u2018Proving Ground\u2019 Philadelphia District is making the news on the coast of New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Monica Chasten from the Philadelphia District, an <a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?page_id=437\">EWN proving ground<\/a>, spent the day with Mr. Ted Greenberg, Jersey Shore Reporter for the NBC affiliate out of Philadelphia, on the Dredge Murden. 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