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November 2024 Knowledge Series: The Tibbetts Brook Daylighting and Greenway Project – Restoring a Waterway in New York City
Roopesh Joshi, PE, New York City Department of Environmental Protection This presentation will discuss the Tibbetts Brook Daylighting and Greenway project. Until the late 1800s, Tibbetts Brook flowed through Westchester, into the Bronx through the Van Cortlandt plantation to Van Cortlandt Lake, and meandered its way to the Harlem River. Around 1900, Van Cortlandt Lake was…
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New publication addresses environmental justice gaps in Texas water resources
Matthew Berg, CEO and Principal Scientist at our partner organization Simfero, contributed to a recent paper outlining opportunities for nature-based solutions, equity, and broad sustainability considerations in managing water resources in Texas. “Addressing Challenges to Ensuring Justice and Sustainability in Policy and Infrastructure for Texas Water Resources in the 21st Century” was published earlier this…
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Nature at Work: Ecosystem Engineers (Part 2): Aquatic Architects
Coral Reefs: This Ecosystem – It’s Alive! Did you know corals are actually tiny animals, and these giant reef structures are made up of millions of exoskeletons, with mouths and stomachs? Now you do. Corals use calcium and carbonate ions from seawater to build these exoskeletons, building reefs that can go on for miles (such…
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October 2024 Partner Podcast Roundup: Getting Creative with Climate Solutions
Resilient Futures Podcast University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems This month, Resilient Futures hosts Alysha Helmrich and Todd Bridges welcomed Dr. Lauren McPhillips, a researcher and assistant professor in Penn State’s Institute for Energy & the Environment, to talk about ecological engineering problems. McPhillips has worked on a lot of research in the…
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EWN’s Dr. Amanda Tritinger joins UGA IRIS as adjunct faculty
The University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (UGA IRIS) gained a new adjunct faculty member this month: Engineering With Nature Deputy Program Manager, Dr. Amanda Tritinger! Tritinger has worked extensively with the IRIS team as part of the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN), which was founded jointly by USACE and IRIS in…
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Students of N-EWN: Apply now for the AnchorQEA Scholarship!
N-EWN partner Anchor QEA’s 2024 scholarship is now accepting applicants! Eligible students can apply through November 20, 2024, and recipients will be announced in January 2025. Our scholarship awards funding to individuals who fit the following criteria: Since 1999, Anchor has QEA presented more than 170 scholarships to graduate students across the country, and we…
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October 2024 Knowledge Series: The Evolution of a Resilient Coastal Community
Over 20 Years of Beaches, Back Bays, Rivers and Stormwater in Norfolk, Virginia Brian Joyner, Moffatt & Nichol, and Kelli Cunningham, Waggonner & Ball Since 2003, the City of Norfolk, Virginia has been investigating coastal/estuarine/river erosion issues, compound urban coastal floodingissues, developing long-range resilience plans, and constructing infrastructure projects to improve its diverse communities’ resilience…
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Meeting Notes: October N-EWN Partners Meeting
Each month, the N-EWN partners gather together to share updates on their work in and outside the Network. Meetings begin with a speaker or two from one of our partners to discuss their ongoing work, and then we hold a discussion period to ask questions about the presentation and share ideas with each other. This…
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Next N-EWN Knowledge Series: Evolution of a Resilient Coastal Community
Join us for this month’s N-EWN Knowledge Series, “The Evolution of a Resilient Coastal Community: Over 20 Years of Beaches, Back Bays, Rivers and Stormwater in Norfolk, Virginia.” This month’s speakers are Brian Joyner from Moffatt & Nichol and Kelli Cunningham from Waggoner & Ball. Register for this webinar series here. Read more: Since 2003,…
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Partners Represent N-EWN at 2024 AISES Conference
Last week, a few of our partners joined forces to spread the word of N-EWN at the 2024 American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference (AISES) in San Antonio, Texas. The crew, made up of professionals and students from USACE, San Antonio River Authority, University of Oklahoma, Biohabitats and LimnoTech spent the day talking…
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Make a Dam Decision: Facilitating Dam Removals Through New Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis Tool
Dams across the United States are aging, with the cost to repair or remove all known deficient non-federal dams estimated at over $1.5 billion. Even for functioning dams, there may still be a number of reasons to remove them, from emissions reduction to flood risk mitigation to wildlife benefits. However, the decision to remove a…
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Meet us in person at ASLA 2024 : Come to the N-EWN meet up!
Next week: ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture and RAE’s 2024 Coastal and Estuarine Summit are both happening in D.C., and we want to see you there! If you’re attending either conference, please join us for a combined social for attendees of both events! This meetup will be held on the evening of Wednesday, October…
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