{"id":21741,"date":"2025-04-16T07:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?post_type=research-projects&#038;p=21741"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:15:49","slug":"ecosystem-and-flood-risk-management-compatibility-investigation","status":"publish","type":"research-projects","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/research\/project\/ecosystem-and-flood-risk-management-compatibility-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecosystem and Flood Risk Management Compatibility Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This research project investigates how Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) have been used along the Rio Grande and its tributaries to support ecosystem restoration and flood risk management (FRM). Through case study documentation, field visits, and stakeholder engagement, the team will develop design guidance tailored to the arid Southwest. A regional geodatabase and a Design and Applications Guidance Handbook will help practitioners plan and implement NNBF effectively in fluvial systems.<\/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:57%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-01-crop@1.25x.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-01-crop@1.25x.png\" alt=\"Black and white aerial rendering of the Rio Grande over a cross-cut rendering of the channel with Bosque Final Surface, Present Surface, Scoured Channel and Retard-Type A and B structures placed.\" class=\"wp-image-21766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-01-crop@1.25x.png 916w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-01-crop@1.25x-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-01-crop@1.25x-768x409.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Typical modifications to slow the water on the Rio Grande in the 1920s and 1930s. Shown is an example of a section of the Rio Grande near Socorro, NM illustrating the types of structures and where the structures were to be placed in the channel (Berry and Lewis 1997), Retard type A structures are brush piles weighted down with concrete anchors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:44.3%\">\n<div style=\"height:4px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Oblique aerial photo of the brown Rio Grande River during low water stretching from the upper left of the photo and spreading to the lower right with trees and grasses on both sides of the river with mountains in the back right view on a bright blue day with puffy white clouds.\" class=\"wp-image-21759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ecosystem-and-frm-compatibility-02-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tashjian, P. 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In \u201cAudubon Provides Water to Albuquerque\u2019s Rio Grande Stretch to Protect Birds, Fish, and Communities\u201d, Audubon, https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/news\/audubon-provides-water-albuquerques-rio-grade-stretch-protect-birds-fish-and-communities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21760,"template":"","tags":[],"project-categories":[],"project-status-type":[78],"class_list":["post-21741","research-projects","type-research-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-status-type-active"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ecosystem and Flood Risk Management Compatibility Investigation - 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\/research\/project\/ecosystem-and-flood-risk-management-compatibility-investigation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ecosystem and Flood Risk Management Compatibility Investigation - Engineering With Nature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This research project investigates how Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) have been used along the Rio Grande and its tributaries to support ecosystem restoration and flood risk management (FRM). 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