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This week: Join us for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series!
Join us this Thursday, July 18 at 12:30pm ET for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series: The Proposed Future of Planning for USACE Water Resources Investments. This talk will be given by Jeff Morris, Senior Planning and Economics Consultant at Moffatt & Nichol. The central theme of this presentation, “The Proposed Future of Planning for USACE…
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Duke hosts summit focused on extreme heat solutions
Duke University’s Heat Policy Innovation Hub recently hosted their inaugural HeatWise Policy Partnership Summit, convening more than 100 leaders from across sectors to identify ways to make communities more heat resilient. The three-day summit included finance and insurance companies, federal and state officials, foundation officers, Duke faculty and community organizers, including our partners at Duke’s…
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Special Nature at Work: Hurricane seasons are changing. What does that mean for coastal communities?
Featured image: June 30, 2024 – Hurricane Beryl was pictured east of Barbados as a Category 3 storm from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Via NASA. On Friday, June 28, the National Hurricane Center began advisories on Tropical Depression Two, east of Barbados. Within 48 hours, it…
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EWN Podcast hosts series “Conservations on Climate Change” with Katharine Hayhoe, TNC
The Engineering With Nature Podcast, hosted by Sarah Thorne and EWN Director Jeff King, has a talent for taking on important topics in the overlap between engineering and environmental science. This summer, they welcomed Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for “a conversation on climate change that was so deep and wide…
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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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June 2024 Knowledge Series: Design for Biodiversity: Nature-Inclusive Applications in Urban Waterfronts & Coastal Infrastructure
Dr. Ido Sella, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at ECOncrete Tech When it comes to planning and constructing coastal and marine infrastructure, promoting nature-inclusive design has multiple financial, structural and ecological benefits. Through project casestudies, we’ll explore different applications of science-driven, nature-inclusive construction and gain a deeper understanding of ecosystem services in urban and working waterfronts, as…
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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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