{"id":5063,"date":"2021-06-01T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:41:11","slug":"developing-and-optimizing-multi-dimensional-nnbf-and-ewn-strategies-that-endure-cold-region-environments","status":"publish","type":"research-projects","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/research\/project\/developing-and-optimizing-multi-dimensional-nnbf-and-ewn-strategies-that-endure-cold-region-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing and Optimizing Multi-Dimensional NNBF and EWN Strategies that Endure Cold Region Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\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:100%\">\n<p>Cold Region (CR) environments experience unique environmental stressors such as loss of permafrost and ice sheets, sea-level rise, intense ice and snowstorms, high winds, and rising\/falling lake levels. These unique conditions often complicate the development of lasting EWN<sub>\u00ae<\/sub> solutions that improve Cold Region resilience.\u00a0 This project aims to identify and develop new and non-traditional EWN strategies that integrate novel natural infrastructure and nature-based techniques and practices specific to Cold Region environments. This project also seeks to better understand the current conditions and future-anticipated changes in Cold Regions in order to obtain greater insight into what EWN strategies might reduce risk and increase the resilience of communities located in Cold Regions such as Alaska, Canada, New England, and the Great Lakes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EWN Cold Region Project Sites<\/h4>\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-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ViewofSt.CroixIslandlookingnorth-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ViewofSt.CroixIslandlookingnorth-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ViewofSt.CroixIslandlookingnorth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ViewofSt.CroixIslandlookingnorth-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ViewofSt.CroixIslandlookingnorth-scaled.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide no-top-margin\">St. Croix Island, ME<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide no-top-margin\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?page_id=7051\">Preserving History: Engineering With Nature<sub>\u00ae<\/sub>&nbsp;and the National Park Service<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8_SouthshorenearPointHopeshowingseaice-landinterface_2020-02-20_WhitinSam-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8_SouthshorenearPointHopeshowingseaice-landinterface_2020-02-20_WhitinSam-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8_SouthshorenearPointHopeshowingseaice-landinterface_2020-02-20_WhitinSam-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8_SouthshorenearPointHopeshowingseaice-landinterface_2020-02-20_WhitinSam-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/8_SouthshorenearPointHopeshowingseaice-landinterface_2020-02-20_WhitinSam.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide no-top-margin\">Point Hope, AK<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide no-top-margin\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?p=7266\">Improving Coastal Resilience in One of North America\u2019s Oldest Inhabited Settlements<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3703,"template":"","tags":[],"project-categories":[],"project-status-type":[79],"class_list":["post-5063","research-projects","type-research-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-status-type-complete"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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