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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Aligning Needs and Opportunities for Dual Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment
It’s Day 4 of Anchor QEA’s media week! Today we feature our work advancing the beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM) in Virginia. We recently developed a GIS tool for the Commonwealth of Virginia that aligns beneficial use and restoration opportunities with planned dredging projects, providing stakeholders and decision-makers with the data they need for…
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Workshop: The Great Lakes Engineering With Nature Playbook
It’s Day 3 of Anchor QEA’s N-EWN media week. Today we highlight the February 2025 Great Lakes Engineering With Nature (EWN) Playbook in-person workshop, borne from our ongoing support to the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago, Buffalo, and Detroit Districts as part of the Great Lakes…
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Anchor QEA and UGA IRIS to lead Nature-based Solutions workshop at WODCON XXIV
For Day 2 of Anchor QEA’s media takeover, we’re excited to share our partnership with UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at WODCON XXIV for the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) Course on June 23, 2025, in San Diego. Join Anchor QEA’s Dr. Ram Mohan and collaborators, including Dr. Todd Bridges, as we explore effective NBS design,…
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