Get to know N-EWN
A community of researchers, practitioners, and educators working together to advance the practice of natural infrastructure.
We work across four main branches
In order to help facilitate the widespread adoption of natural infrastructure practices across the United States, we’ve identified four main areas that need additional work:
Developing methods and standards
New tools, techniques and guidance are needed to effectively plan, design, construct and operate natural infrastructure at different scales
Assessing benefits and costs
Natural infrastructure provides communities with a broad array of economic, environmental and social benefits. Improved approaches are needed to evaluate, quantify and forecast these benefits to support planning and decision making
Monitoring performance and outcomes
Technically sound, efficient and applicable methods are needed to track natural infrastructure performance over time, develop the evidence base for future designs, ensure compliance with policy and inform project operations and adaptive management
Integrating people and policy
Providing infrastructure that supports human wellbeing and equitably meets the needs of diverse communities requires integration of human values, attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and policies with modern communication and collaboration practices
Combining a diversity of on-the-ground experience with interdisciplinary teams.
The N-EWN community is made up of over 30 partners from industry, academia and the non-profit sector.
What N-EWN’s been up to:
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Don’t miss it! ESSIE Online Graduate Program Info Session
The University of Florida’s Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) is offering a series of virtual information sessions for prospective students interested in civil, coastal, and environmental engineering programs. ESSIE Online Graduate Program Info Session 📅 Wednesday, September 2 ⏰ 4:30–6:00 p.m. ET This session will provide information about UF’s civil, coastal, and…
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Stantec project highlight: Using modern technology and collaboration to uncover the sunken USS Monitor
For over 150 years, the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, rested off the coast of North Carolina. It wasn’t until 2025, when Stantec partnered up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northrop Grumman, and SEARCH to survey the wreck off the coast of Cape Hatteras, that high-resolution sonar imagery helped…
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Science Podcast: Stantec and BMO on nature as critical infrastructure for businesses, cities, and communities
How can organizations create long-term value while strengthening resilience? In the Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Sustainability Leaders podcast, Stantec’s Dom Kempson and Mike Morris explore the growing role of nature-based solutions in infrastructure, business strategy, and community resilience with BMO’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Michael Torrance. Give the conversation a listen: https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/content/video/2026/nature-is-critical-infrastructure-for-businesses-cities-communities
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