Research Status: Active

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...

This project will create a wood revetment design tool that will be integrated into HEC-RAS to better assess Natural and Nature Based Features (NNBF) in river engineering and stream restoration designs. The tool will p...

This project will assess the efficacy of using vegetated floating canopies for shoreline protection. Vegetated floating canopies are a novel Nature Based Solution (NBS) that can dissipate and redirect wave energy befo...

This project will develop and evaluate key design and decision criteria to develop an actionable, innovative, and shovel ready EWN® “sand motor” (feeder beach) project, that passively distributes sediment across a wid...

This project leverages partner collaboration and incorporates the use of EWN® principles to increase climate resiliency and enhance biodiversity and ecological function of the Belle Isle Marsh in Boston MA. The projec...