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Freshwater reservoir emissions: research feature with Laura Naslund
Photos and story by Olivia Allen In a recent feature on the River Basin Center website, writer Olivia Allen featured Laura Naslund’s work on freshwater reservoir emissions. By 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, Laura Naslund had already spent over an hour in a canoe on a little pond on the east side of Athens, Georgia.…
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Join us for brainteasers on Twitter!
We’ve started a fun new tradition! Every Monday, we’ll post a natural infrastructure-related brainteaser, and every Wednesday, we’ll post the answer! Can you figure out the answer to the riddle below?
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N-EWN Researchers Team Up with The Nature Conservancy to protect Georgia’s coast
Story by Stacia Pelletier | Contact: Matt Bilskie New interdisciplinary pilot program explores funding salt marsh preservation and recovery How much is a salt marsh worth? That’s one of the questions the University of Georgia and The Nature Conservancy will try to answer as they launch a pilot study funded by Georgia Sea Grant to determine the socioeconomic value of salt marsh ecosystems in Georgia. …
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Introducing the EWN On The Road Feature Podcast
Welcome to Episode 5! Today we’re kicking off the summer season with a road trip! Host Sarah Thorne is joined by Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program to talk about a new podcast mini-series. Over the past…
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Special Session Invitation: 2022 American Geophysical Union
The 2022 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting is being held December 12-16 in Chicago, IL. My colleagues and I are hosting a session (161288) in the Natural Hazards section titled “Implementation Natural- and Nature-based Features: The Nexus of Flood Protection & Biodiversity. Session Summary We invite presentations of current research, engineering development, and implementation of…
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New EWN podcast: Leveraging Federal Partnering to Infuse Nature into Urban Community Resilience
Welcome to Episode 4! We’re discussing the role of EWN and nature-based solutions (NBS) in addressing urban challenges to build community and regional resilience. Host Sarah Thorne is joined by new co-host, Burton Suedel, Research Biologist at the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); Abby Hall, Senior Advisor on Local and Regional Planning, with the…
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Progress and Hope at the UGA and ERDC In-Person Workshop
Last week, we had our first in-person meeting for the Network for Engineering With Nature UGA-ERDC crew since COVID-19 shut down travel in 2019. Throughout our two days in Athens, Georgia, we heard from each research team, learned about how their work has evolved over time, and brainstormed about how we can continue to accelerate…
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N-EWN member Brian Bledsoe Presents at the 2022 World Environment and Water Resources Congress
Last week, N-EWN was represented by IRIS Director Dr. Brian Bledsoe at the World Environment and Water Resources Congress, where he ran a technical workshop on Natural and Nature-based Infrastructure Systems. The 2022 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress featured 8 concurrent technical tracks over three days. Approximately 900 leading engineers and scientists from around…
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New Podcast: Engineering With Nature Practice Leads Sharing Expertise through the EWN Cadre
In Episode 3, the EWN Practice Leads return to talk about how they’re solving challenges, advancing EWN implementation through the EWN Implementation Cadre, and sharing what they are learning with other practitioners. Host Sarah Thorne and Jeff King, Deputy Lead of the Engineering With Nature Program at the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), are joined…