{"id":19544,"date":"2024-06-03T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?post_type=proving-grounds&#038;p=19544"},"modified":"2025-08-22T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:19:08","slug":"usace-los-angeles-district","status":"publish","type":"proving-grounds","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/proving-grounds\/region\/usace-los-angeles-district\/","title":{"rendered":"USACE Los Angeles District"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Los Angeles District (SPL) is proud to announce its designation as an Engineering With Nature (EWN) Proving Ground. This initiative underscores our commitment to adaptive planning and resilient design approaches that deliver long-term, multi-benefit solutions. By incorporating natural and nature-based features into project scoping, design, and construction, and fostering collaborative engagement, we create opportunities to enhance community resilience for the future.<\/p>\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\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SPL-EWN-ProvingGroundMemo_signed_Page_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SPL-EWN-ProvingGroundMemo_signed_Page_1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SPL-EWN-ProvingGroundMemo_signed_Page_1-1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Commander&#8217;s Memo<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Commanders Memo signed by Colonel, Julie A. Balten, 11 July 2023. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a proving ground, SPL is committed to integrating EWN into guidance and processes, including natural and nature-based features into both new studies, projects and processes as well as existing civil works projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/SPL-EWN-ProvingGroundMemo_signed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full Memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Commitment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Los Angeles District is dedicated to integrating EWN principles into our guidance and processes. This includes incorporating EWN concepts into both new and existing civil works projects and highlighting the public interest benefits of EWN for our Regulatory Program. By doing so, we aim to deliver systems-based, holistic solutions that serve our communities effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining a dynamic community of practice at ERDC and across the USACE enterprise, SPL will leverage traditional knowledge from our Tribal Partners and capitalize on ERDC\u2019s expertise to develop and apply new knowledge in our planning and design solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":19553,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[104],"proving-ground-types":[115],"class_list":["post-19544","proving-grounds","type-proving-grounds","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-pg-losangeles","proving-ground-types-district"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USACE Los Angeles District - 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\/proving-grounds\/region\/usace-los-angeles-district\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USACE Los Angeles District - Engineering With Nature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Los Angeles District (SPL) is proud to announce its designation as an Engineering With Nature (EWN) Proving Ground. 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