{"id":7979,"date":"2022-04-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=7979"},"modified":"2022-04-22T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:09:23","slug":"happy-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/happy-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Earth Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celebrating Earth Day is a nudge, a friendly reminder, that without Earth, without nature, we would have no place to call home. By preserving nature and protecting the Earth, we are in turn, protecting ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For nearly 250 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has dedicated its service to not just better understanding the environment, but also to finding ways to protect it. Now, with the development and ongoing expansion of the Engineering With Nature program, USACE is focused on working WITH nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spearheaded by ERDC\u2019s Dr. Todd Bridges, Army Senior Scientist for Environmental Sciences, EWN was established to study, develop and deploy natural processes as well as natural and nature-based features that are intentionally integrated into our nation\u2019s vital infrastructure. The goal is to maximize the benefits of projects and enhance resilience to natural events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Nature is an important part of every lasting solution.<\/p><cite>Dr. Todd Bridges, National Lead, EWN<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensuring environmental stability and resilience is among the top priorities outlined in the recently released <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/usace.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p16021coll11\/id\/5457\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/usace.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/p16021coll11\/id\/5457\" target=\"_blank\">USACE Research and Development Strategy<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Implementing Engineering With Nature <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy these projects from the Engineering With Nature: An Atlas, Volume 2. View more inspiring projects from the <a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?page_id=4174\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?page_id=4174\">Atlas Series<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"no-bottom-margin wp-block-heading\">Plover Habitat, Superior, Wisconsin, USA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns no-bottom-margin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center no-bottom-margin is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns no-top-margin is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-sediment-placement-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-sediment-placement-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-sediment-placement-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-sediment-placement-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-sediment-placement-1-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Dredged sediment was hydraulically placed to create piping plover habitat. (Photo by USACE Detroit District)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-habitat-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-habitat-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-habitat-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-habitat-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-habitat-1-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Contractors mobilized to the site to continue<br>placement of dredged sediment. (Photo by Duluth Area Office, USACE Detroit District)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-13-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Plover-13-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Less than one year after<br>construction, a piping plover was spotted on site. (Photo by Sam Hansen, St. Louis River Alliance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"no-top-margin\">Providing new nesting and foraging sites for an endangered species. Historically, the St. Louis River Estuary\u2014the largest freshwater estuary in North America and the headwater of the Great Lakes\u2014supported breeding populations of piping plover (Charadrius melodus). While these tiny shorebirds are occasionally still spotted during their spring migration, they have not nested in the estuary since 1985. Piping plover, federally listed as an endangered species in 1986, prefer large isolated beach and dune habitats for nesting, and loss of habitat leaves only a few critical locations across the Great Lakes. The complex issues at the project site have resulted from historical waste disposal and land use practices, such as those from logging and paper mills and from dredging and filling aquatic habitat. With funding from the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the state of Wisconsin led the effort for the beneficial use of dredged sediment in a region that has an international legacy of sediment contamination. The robust application of science, engineering, and collaborative discussion resulted in piping plover nesting and foraging habitat while reducing maintenance dredging requirements in the estuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boardman River, <strong>Traverse City, Michigan, USA<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-before-1-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-before-1-edited-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-before-1-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-before-1-edited-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-before-1-edited-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Sabin Dam and pond removal during drawdown. (Photo by Brett Fessell, GTB Natural Resources)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-2-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-2-edited-scaled.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-2-edited-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-2-edited-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Boardman-River-2-edited-768x579.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>The restored Boardman River through the former Sabin and Boardman dams and impoundment. (Photo by Conservation Resource Alliance and AECOM)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Returning a river to its original channel. The Boardman River is a top-quality trout stream; 58 kilometers have Blue Ribbon status, designating the high quality of the water for fish. For over 100 years, four dams on the river impeded upstream migration of the native fishery and created unnatural thermal impacts to aquatic organisms. With the 2012 removal of the Brown Bridge Dam, the uppermost barrier in the system, and removal of the Boardman and Sabin Dams in 2017 and 2018, respectively, the Boardman River Dams Implementation Team, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)\u2013Detroit District, and several other partners used primarily Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to reconnect 340 river kilometers to Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. This project also reinstated natural flow, improved aquatic habitat and reestablished<br>a rare cold-water fishery, improving both the mix and population of various species. Additionally, an innovative and unprecedented venture to allow bidirectional selective fish passage at the lowermost barrier, the Union Street Dam in downtown Traverse City, broke ground in 2020 and will be the largest dam removal initiative in the state of Michigan. Repairing a linkage that has been severed for over a century will guide future efforts in other similarly truncated watersheds in the Great Lakes region<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Earth Day is a nudge, a friendly reminder, that without Earth, without nature, we would have no place to call home. By preserving nature and protecting the Earth, we are in turn, protecting ourselves. 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