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“Progressing Practice”: Partners host Short Course on NbS at WEDA Summit
This past week, the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) partnered with the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) to host a short course at the 2024 Dredging Summit & Expo in Tampa, Florida. The short course, Nature-based Solutions Engineering and Construction, was organized by UGA’s Todd Bridges, as well as Jeff King from USACE’s Engineering With Nature®…
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Nature at Work: Not-so-plain Floodplains
Rivers have influence far beyond their banks. Many rivers naturally have spaces around them known as floodplains. This month’s edition of Nature At Work is all about these fascinating freshwater features. You might have noticed the water level in your local river getting higher after heavy rain, and lower after several days of no rain–the…
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Highlights from the June Partners Meeting
We held our monthly partners meeting on Wednesday, June 12, welcoming Tim Stephens from Dynamic Solutions LLC to talk about oyster metapopulation modeling for restoration efforts in Louisiana. In partnership with an interdisciplinary team from public, private and academic institutions, Dynamic Solutions is developing a mechanistic oyster metapopulation model that simulates larval and oyster reef dynamics. The…
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US Coastal Research Program hosts Decadal Visioning Workshop
Representatives from federal agencies, communities and academia gathered in St. Petersburg, Florida earlier this month to discuss the future of coastal processes research at the US Coastal Research Program (USCRP) 2024 Decadal Visioning Workshop. The three-day event consisted of presentations on the past, present and future of coastal research, as well as panel discussions and…
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ASBPA recognizes shoreline restoration projects
Moffatt & Nichol’s Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization project received an American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) 2024 Best Restored Beach award, recognizing state efforts to enhance shoreline resiliency and protect critical habitats. From LinkedIn: “Moffatt & Nichol led the design team and served as engineer of record for the project, which combined…
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Thanking our 2024 Partner Symposium Sponsors
We’d like to thank the sponsors of our first-ever Partner Symposium, held in St. Augustine, FL last month! The Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) convened for the first N-EWN Partner Symposium on May 22nd-24th, which served as an opportunity for the network’s partners to come together in person. The Symposium was an unmitigated success:…
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Dam removal for fish passage: San Antonio River Authority receives USFWS funding
San Antonio River Authority is working to scale up… by tearing down. At the end of April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced 29 states will receive just over $70 million to support 43 projects that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting the nation’s rivers and streams. One…
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Thank you to UF’s Center for Coastal Solutions for hosting the first N-EWN Partner Symposium!
Last week, the Center for Coastal Solutions at the University of Florida shared an article on our first-ever Partner Symposium titled Sharing Nature’s Best Practices for Resilience at Cross-Sector Symposium. The Center for Coastal Solutions took on the task of hosting this symposium, and we’d like to send a big thank you to their team…
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Interdisciplinary team investigate roadblocks to natural infrastructure implementation
In a recent literature review published in Science of the Total Environment, a team that included our partners at the University of Georgia, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and The Water Institute investigated the roadblocks and knowledge gaps in the pathway to natural infrastructure implementation in coastal regions. “Approximately 40% of the global…
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Matthew Berg recognized as an Outstanding Alumni, Texas A&M
Dr. Matthew Berg, CEO and principal scientist at Simfero Consultants, was recognized this spring as one of Texas A&M’s Outstanding Early Career Alumni. Berg completed a bachelor’s degree in marine biology, a master’s degree in rangeland ecology and management, and a doctorate in ecosystem science and management, all at Texas A&M University- talk about school…