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Tyndall Air Force Base Resilience Program receives Presidential Sustainability Award
Congratulations to the Tyndall Air Force Base Coastal Resilience Program, which recently received a Presidential Federal Sustainability Award. These awards recognize “federal agencies and employees who have made transformational efforts to advance sustainability and climate resilience and lead by example to deliver on President Biden’s goal to slash emissions from federal operations.” Awardees were selected…
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Todd Bridges inducted as Distinguished Civilian Employee by USACE ERDC’s Waterways Experiment Station
Originally published here by the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. VICKSBURG, MS – Dr. Todd S. Bridges has spent decades working on new ideas, and after a 31-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), he isn’t slowing down just yet. Bridges “retired” last year as a full-time Professor of Practice with the…
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August 2024 Knowledge Series: Living Breakwaters and Other Nature-based Adaptation Projects
Pippa Brashear, RLA, Resilience Principal & Partner, SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a $107 million project that provides a layered approach to resilience and risk reduction–enhancing physical, ecological and social resilience along the South Shore of Staten Island, NY. The project consists primarily of 2,400…
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The American Society of Civil Engineers endorses the use of nature-based solutions as crucial tool in combatting climate change in new policy statement
In a recent policy statement, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) endorsed the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) as a crucial tool for addressing the threat of climate change and bolstering community and ecological resilience. ASCE’s recognition of NbS as a crucial tool in future infrastructure projects is an important step toward accelerating global adoption:…
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This week: New N-EWN Knowledge Series
Join us this Thursday, August 15 at 12:30pm ET for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series: Living Breakwaters and Other Nature-Based Adaptation Projects. This talk will be given by Pippa Brashear, RLA, Resilience Principal at SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC. Abstract: Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a $107 million project that…
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Experts meet to discuss Wetland Restoration in Mannington Meadows, NJ
Representatives from the University of Georgia, Ducks Unlimited, USACE, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), USFWS, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Conserve Wildlife NJ, and NOAA on Monday, July 22 to discuss plans for the restoration of the eroded Mannington Meadows marsh complex and the ongoing restoration of…
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Dunes: The resilient ecosystems at work under the sand
Dunes have garnered quite a bit of attention this year. Sure, some of that is due to the science fiction series of the same name– but we think the real-life dunes are much cooler. And don’t worry, there are no giant sandworms here. Dunes are mounds or ridges that form when sand is moved by…
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Levee setbacks have a lot of potential co-benefits. How can we maximize them?
In a new paper published this month in WIREs Water, a team including partners from the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® program review the myriad of benefits that have been associated with an increasingly popular nature-based solution: levee setbacks. A levee is an…
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University of Georgia introduces Natural Infrastructure Certificate for training interdisciplinary grad students
This coming fall, the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will introduce the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Certificate, a set of coursework designed for students from all disciplines to learn the skills and expertise necessary to address complex infrastructure challenges using nature-based solutions (NbS) and Engineering With Nature® (EWN) principles. “We’re very excited to…
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EWN Podcast: Nature-based Solutions in Cold Regions
If the summer heat has got you down, give the newest episodes of The Engineering With Nature Podcast a listen: hosts Sarah Thorne and Jeff King welcome Dr. Laura Wendling to discuss the opportunities and challenges of nature-based solutions in cold regions, from Alaska to Norway. Wendling is a Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Community…
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July 2024 Knowledge Series: The Proposed Future of Planning for USACE Water Resources Investments
Jeff Morris, Senior Planning & Economics Consultant at Moffatt & Nichol The central theme of this presentation focuses on the evolution of Federal objectives since the proposed practices for economics analysis in 1950 to the most recently proposed USACE’s Agency Specific Procedures (ASP) for Implementation of the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines (PR&G) for Water Resources Investments.…
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Check out the new job board!
We’ve recently added a new feature to our website: The Nature-based Solutions Job Board, hosted by our friends at the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient infrastructure Systems! The page lists jobs related to natural and hybrid infrastructure, environmental engineering, environmental justice, biodiversity and infrastructure and other similar fields in line with N-EWN goals. Explore…
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