Engineering With Nature Strategic Plan
The Engineering With Nature Strategic Plan 2018-2023 provided a framework for expanding implementation and partnerships. EWN continues to build on this foundation, advancing innovative approaches to infrastructure challenges.
Creating Nesting Habitat for The Common Tern (Sterna Hirundo) on The Repaired Ashtabula Breakwater: Lessons Learned
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development (ERDC), Environmental Laboratory (EL) developed this technical note to summarize data collected during avian monitoring efforts on a repaired breakwater in Ashtabula Harbor, Ashtabula, OH. The repaired breakwater included a modified design that provided nesting habitat for the state-listed (Ohio) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo). The purpose of the […]
Levee Setbacks: An Innovative, Cost-Effective, and Sustainable Solution for Improved Flood Risk Management
ERDC Special Report This report describes levee setbacks as alternatives to traditional levees for flood risk management and environmental benefits. It is organized into five sections: The summaries describe how hydraulic, flood risk management, and environmental benefits were quantified. The report includes environmental considerations for levee setbacks developed by Rock Island District for the Upper […]
A multifactor ecosystem assessment of wetlands created using a novel dredged material placement technique in the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana: an Engineering With Nature Demonstration Project
ERDC Technical Report A multifactor ecosystem assessment of dredged material supported wet-lands was conducted within the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana. The assessment included evaluations of (1) geomorphic evolution, (2) ecosystem classification and distribution, (3) floral communities, (4) avian communities, (5) aquatic invertebrates, (6) soils and biogeochemical activity, and (7) hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes. Results indicate […]
Strategic Placement of Mixed Sediment in the Form of a Nearshore Berm along Fort Myers Beach, Florida
EWN Technical Note The Engineering With Nature (EWN) program explores the partnering of engineering with naturally occurring physical processes to achieve a desired benefit. This technical note documents the application of EWN practices as applied to the strategic placement of a nearshore berm at Fort Myers Beach, FL, to accommodate sediments that exceed regulatory limits […]
Ashtabula Breakwater Common Tern (Sterna Hirundo) Nesting
EWN Technical Note This document summarizes the design features used to create a nesting area for the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) that was incorporated as part of the maintenance repairs to the harbor breakwater located in Ashtabula, OH. The purpose of the tern nesting project was to demonstrate an option that can be used during […]
Birds of the Savannah Harbor Navigation Project, Dredged Material Disposal Areas, 1994 – 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has been responsible for monthly avian community monitoring on the dredged material containment areas (DMCAs) as part of the Savannah Harbor Navigation Project since 1994 to the present. This report summarizes the results of this monitoring effort from 1994 to 2012. During this period, over 6.9 million […]
Engineering With Nature: Advancing System Resilience and Sustainable Development
The Military Engineer In the January-February 2016 issue of The Military Engineer which is published by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Engineering With Nature (EWN) is featured on page 52. The article is titled “Engineering With Nature: Advancing System Resilience and Sustainable Development”. Authors included Dr. Todd Bridges, Cynthia Banks (both of U.S. […]
National Large Wood Manual
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and US Army Corps of Engineers Joint Publication The Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research and EWN programs have joined with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Office of Science and Technology and Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group to produce a design support manual on large wood utilization in river and floodplain restoration. […]
Creating Horseshoe Bend Island, Atchafalaya River, Louisiana
Terra et Aqua In the September 2015 issue of Terra et Aqua, the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Action Project is featured on page 26. The article is titled “Creating Horseshoe Bend Island, Atchafalaya River, Louisiana”. The Horseshoe Bend Island, Atchafalaya River project is led by Dr. Burton Suedel of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and […]
