Tag: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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EWN Podcast S5 E8 – Visionary Ideas for Restoring America’s Estuaries
Over 40% of Americans—that’s 130 million people—live along the coasts of the United States. That high concentration of people is putting a lot of pressure on sensitive coastal ecosystems. Host Sarah Thorne and Jeff King, the new National Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program, are joined by Daniel Hayden, President and CEO of Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE).…
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EWN Podcast: Celebrating the 30-Year USACE Career of Todd Bridges
This very special episode of the EWN Podcast features Todd Bridges, Founder and National Lead of the Engineering With Nature Program. We’re celebrating his 30-year career and retirement from the US Army Corps of Engineers (on February 28, 2023), and discussing his visionary leadership of EWN and what’s up next for him. Give it a…
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Don’t miss out! Upcoming N-EWN Events & Media
Live Lecture: Engineering the Nature of Change TONIGHT 7 FEB, 6:30 PM CT The first lecture in this five-part series features Dr. Todd Bridges, National Lead for USACE Engineering With Nature®. Dr. Bridges will speak about Innovating for a More Resilient and Sustainable Future. The series is one of only two Presidential Dream Courses held by…
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Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems
At the 11th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management, a N-EWN team, including Amanda Tritinger, Jeff King (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Matthew Bilskie (University of Georgia, IRIS), and Justin Ehrenwerth (the Water Institute of the Gulf) hosted a short course on Engineering With Nature practices. The full day workshop included over…
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S5 E2 EWN Podcast: Nature-Based Solutions from the Halls of the Exec Office of the PresidentS5 E2 EWN Podcast:
What happens when a nation focuses on addressing the critical challenges posed by climate change by investing in nature? That’s what we’re talking about in Season 5, Episode 2, of the Engineering With Nature® Podcast. Host Sarah Thorne and Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the…
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Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management
The N-EWN People and Policy team, which consists of representatives from the University of Georgia and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently published a new paper in the Journal of American Water Resources, titles, “Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management.” Abstract: Advancing social equity has been implicitly and explicitly central to water resources policy…
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N-EWN in the Whitehouse
The Network for Engineering With Nature has two exciting updates from the Whitehouse today! Accelerating Nature-Based Solutions Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® initiative provided input on a White House report released Tuesday. EWN National Lead Dr. Todd Bridges and EWN Program Manager Dr. Jeff King provided input to the…
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Happening today! The NASEM Benefits, Applications and Opportunities of Natural Infrastructure Workshop
We’re excited that the NASEM Benefits, Applications and Opportunities of Natural Infrastructure Workshop is finally happening! The event explores the benefits, applications, and opportunities of natural infrastructure and its efficacy in areas such as natural hazard resilience, climate change adaptation, and sustainable, multi-purpose infrastructure. N-EWN Member Dr. Marshall Shepherd snapped the photo above of Provost…
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Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) Collaboration
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and University of Georgia (UGA) recently announced a partnership that connects the interdisciplinary expertise of UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS), with the vast on-the-ground experience of USACE’s Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) Initiative to form the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN).