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Recent high lake levels have exposed the widespread vulnerability of the Great Lakes coastline. Increasingly frequent flooding and erosion cause property damage, endanger lives, and disrupt local economies. Natural an...

Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) habitats provide a variety of important ecosystem services, including fish habitat, nutrient sequestration, and protection from currents and waves. Some research suggests that open-w...

This project will identify opportunities for beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) within the GA and SC portions of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW).  The project will develop a BUDM site selection t...

This project will develop an EWN® River Class on current best practices and novel ways to design and align waterways.  The class will introduce EWN® principles to traditional river engineering design that will re...

Intense wildfires have detrimental effects on soil that can significantly accelerate erosion and lead to sedimentation and flooding downstream of the wildfires. This project will investigate the effectiveness of MICP ...

This project will track and study the movement of olivine sands placed as part of a beach nourishment project, as well as the carbon capture capability of the olivine sands. Olivine sands have great potential to captu...

This project will develop improved levee setback engineering guidance, standards, and priorities for levee setback projects. The guidance will link specific project features to engineering, ecological, economic, and s...

This project will develop fluvial inland watershed guidance for studying, analyzing, developing, and implementing watershed-based sediment management practices for successful implementation of water resource projects ...

This project will create a permanent large wood nourishment management program at Libby Dam, and provide a template for initiating similar programs in other locations or by other USACE Districts and agencies. The proj...

This project will create regionalized guidance and tools for landowners to incorporate EWN® methods in riverbank stabilization project in the Missouri Ozarks. The project will also establish a streamlined permit proce...