Tag: natural infrastructure
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SARA at AFS 2025
San Antonio River Authority staff had the pleasure of helping coordinate the 155th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society in early August. The meeting was a huge success with over 1,100 attendees! Attendees presented hundreds of papers and posters, took part in the Black Bass 2025 symposium, removed 342 adult apple snails and more…
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Partner Takeover: San Antonio River Authority
What if infrastructure looked like art? At the confluence of two creeks in downtown San Antonio, the San Antonio River Authority has unveiled Falling Water, a striking new installation by nationally recognized artist Mark Reigelman. More than just a sculpture, the project is actively working to protect the San Antonio River. Installed along San Pedro…
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August 2025 Knowledge Series: Life Depends on Rivers: Building a Movement to Protect and Restore America’s Rivers
Jenny Hoffner and Eileen Shader, CFM, American Rivers Rivers are essential to all life on earth, but our rivers are at risk as never before from climate change, pollution, drought, flooding, and loss of natural habitat. American Rivers is championing a national effort to protect and restore all rivers, from remote mountain streams to urban…
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Partner Takeover: AECOM – Building Texas’ Storm Resilience
From the Texas coastline to San Antonio’s riverbanks, we’re helping communities prepare for, and thrive beyond, storm events. Working with the Texas General Land Office, we are advancing the latest Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan, integrating nature-based solutions and engineered defenses to protect 367+ miles of shoreline, critical energy assets, and millions of residents. In…
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Interdisciplinary team introduces Engineering With Nature® Practice Guides series
Our N-EWN partners across industry, governmental, academic and nonprofit sectors talk a lot about Engineering With Nature®, but it’s not always clear what that means or how to incorporate EWN principles within engineering projects. This team from an interdisciplinary crew of our partners is working to address that with a new series of practice guides…
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EDF advocates for wetland protections
Wetlands are some of Earth’s most valuable ecosystems that offer a range of benefits, such as cleaning our water, providing critical habitat and supporting recreational industries. Importantly, wetlands also serve as natural infrastructure and protect communities from flooding, which is the costliest natural hazard in the United States. Despite these benefits, our nation’s wetlands are…
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Partner Takeover: Environmental Defense Fund
This week, we are featuring our next partner at Network for Engineering with Nature: Environmental Defense Fund, also known as EDF. EDF started off in 1967 as a scrappy group of scientists and a lawyer fighting to save osprey from a toxic pesticide. They successfully got the pesticide banned in the United States, catapulting the…
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July 2025 Knowledge Series: The Lower Klamath Project – The World’s Largest Dam Removal and River Restoration Project
Dave Coffman, Resource Environmental Solutions LLC Removal of four hydropower dams (Iron Gate, Copco 1, Copco 2, and J.C. Boyle) on the Klamath River in northern California and southern Oregon represents the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the country. The project restores free-flowing conditions and volitional fish passage to more than 400…
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Partner Takeover: City of Austin, TX Watershed Protection Department
Introducing our next partner takeover: The City of Austin Watershed Protection Department! Austin, Texas’ Watershed Protection Department (WPD) has submitted the several exciting manuscripts for publication, focusing on nature-based solutions for healthy watersheds. Here’s a sneak peak at what their team has been working on: Lindsay Olinde (WPD), along with Drs. Robert Hawley and Nora…
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Restoring Peace: RES on enhancing the resilience of the Peace River
Florida faces a $136 billion challenge: building the water infrastructure needed to manage flooding, restore wetlands, protect the water supply, and adapt to sea level rise. Public-private partnerships (P3s) are emerging as vital tools in meeting these environmental goals, with restoration efforts in Polk County leading the way. On 400 acres of historic ranchland at…