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N-EWN publication touts opportunities for improving infrastructure and supporting biodiversity
Jointly advancing infrastructure and biodiversity conservation A team from the Network for Engineering With Nature recently published a comment in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, describing the opportunity that comes with melding biodiversity conservation and innovation in infrastructure, as well as the crucial importance for our society in seizing that opportunity. The paper…
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Biohabitats Named N-EWN Partner
Biohabitats has joined the Network for Engineering With Nature amongst a group of exciting new partners. Learn more about their work here. Biohabitats is a conservation-focused landscape design group, applying the science of ecology to restoring ecosystems, conserving habitat and regenerating the natural systems that sustain all life on Earth. Their areas of expertise include…
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Celebrating our partners: USACE Sustainability Award – Leveraging Partnership
One of the N-EWN founding partners, the US Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) program was honored with the prestigious USACE sustainability award for their remarkable achievements in leveraging partnerships. EWN stands at the forefront of transformative innovation, demonstrating the incredible potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) to enhance our nation’s infrastructure. EWN’s…
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Today: Final ASCE Nature-based Solutions Webinar
Today, 12:00 – 1:00 (ET): ASCE hosts the third and final webinar in their series on Nature-based Solutions. This webinar will i) bring together a collection of case studies that implement NbS and ii) provide insights from these case studies on practical considerations for NbS implementation including financing mechanisms, valuation of NbS ROI including co-benefits,…
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Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability named N-EWN Partner
We’re excited to have Duke University join us amongst a group of exciting new partners. Check out their news release on joining N-EWN here. Duke University is bringing its expertise in environmental management, policy and engineering to an active community of researchers, practitioners and educators who are addressing major infrastructure challenges in the United States…
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Tomorrow: ASCE Nature-based Solutions Sustainability Webinar
This week, ASCE hosts the second of three Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Sustainability Webinars: Engineering Guidance for Nature-Based Solutions on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 from 12:00pm-1:00pm. Register here to join the webinar.
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Nature-Based Solutions for Biodiversity Handbook
A N-EWN team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the University of Georgia recently published the new Nature-Based Solutions for Biodiversity Handbook, and handbook that uses landscape architecture renderings to demonstrate how communities can use nature-based solutions to protect their communities while promoting biodiversity. Check out the handbook here!
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EWN S6 E4 2023—The Worst Wildfire Season In Canada—What Can We Learn About Prevention?
In late June, while preparing for this episode, there were over 500 wildfires burning across Canada. Smoke from the wildfires was affecting millions of Canadians and Americans across a wide swath of North America with air quality indexes reaching extreme levels. On the day the episode was taped (July 5, 2023) there were over 625…
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Patterns, drivers, and a predictive model of dam removal cost in the United States
Patterns, drivers, and a predictive model of dam removal cost in the United States In past decades, dams were installed across the United States to help control the flow of rivers and supply water or hydroelectric energy to communities. However, these aging structures pose public safety threats, as well as disrupting aquatic ecosystems and harming…
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Graduate Student Ed Stowe featured by River Basin Center
A new story featured partially N-EWN funded research that UGA graduate student Edward Stowe did on the impacts of development on freshwater fish–and whether offsets intended to compensate for harm were effective. Article written by Cheryth Youngmann. Read the full story here!