Tag: UGA
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Earth Day Event at Fort Benning
Yesterday, N-EWN member Scott Pippin celebrated Earth Day at Ft. Benning, Georgia, where he represented the Defense Community Program, which is a joint effort between the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, and UGA Marine Extension and Georgia SeaGrant. The program focuses on bolstering the resilience of defense bases and…
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Join the N-EWN team in Central Michigan!
Check out these two new N-EWN related positions: PhD Position in Ecosystem Services of Managed Wetlands Central Michigan UniversityEarth and Ecosystem Science Program, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI We are seeking a Ph.D. student to quantify the ecosystem services provided by managed wetlands in Michigan. Specifically, the student will monitor hydrology, water quality, and…
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Beneficial Use of Dredge Materials: Video Highlight
N-EWN Partners Dr. Rhett Jackson, Dr. Mark Risse, Oscar Villegas, and Caleb Sytsma joined USACE Savannah District Biologist Summer Wright to visit the Marinex cutter suction dredge Hampton Roads on the upper Savannah River Harbor to learn more about standard dredging operations.
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N-EWN Advisory Board Meeting
This week marked the first in-person convening of the N-EWN advisory board, which took place at LimnoTech’s Washington D.C. office on Tuesday, January 31st and Monday, February 1st, 2023. With 12 out of 13 partners represented, this meeting provided an important opportunity for partners to form connections and strategize on continued collaboration. Over the course…
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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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December 2022 Knowledge Series: Dam Removal Prioritization with Multiple Objectives
Laura Naslund, PhD candidate, University of Georgia Guest speaker Laura Catherine Naslund is a PhD candidate in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. Her current research examines the contribution of small dams and their reservoirs to greenhouse gas emissions from freshwaters. Proactive and transparent decision making about the long-term management of dams is critical…
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What it means to be a researcher: water science and community connections in rural Brazil
Story by Olivia Allen. Photos and captions provided by Cydney Seigerman. Originally posted to the River Basin Center website Plenty of scientists leave their comfort zone for research, but few relocate to another continent—N-EWN member and anthropology graduate student Cydney Seigerman has done it twice. In 2014, they worked as a Fulbright Teaching Assistant in…
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October 2022 Knowledge Series: Translating EWN Research into Practice: Levee Setbacks on the Lower Missouri River
Matt Chambers, University of Georgia Guest speaker Matt Chambers discusses modeling studies that he and his colleagues have performed which suggest significant hydraulic benefits in idealized streams and on the Wabash River. This research is being translated into practice on the Lower Missouri River in partnership with the USACE Omaha District, ERDC, and local levee district managers.…
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July 2022 Knowledge Series: Consideration of Natural Infrastructure for Flood Hazard Reduction: in a numerical modeling framework
Matthew Bilskie, University of Georgia Using science and engineering to produce operational efficiencies, using natural processes to maximize benefit, increasing the value provided by projects to include social, environmental and economic benefits, using collaborative processes to organize, engage and focus interests, stakeholders and partners. Watch the recording here. The N-EWN Knowledge Series offers 1 Continuing…
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June 2022 Knowledge Series: Economic Valuation of Nature-Based Infrastructure
Ben Blachly, Susana Ferreira, Yukiko Hashida, Grace Anne Ingham, Craig E Landry & Anna Perry The common method used to calculate Benefit-cost analysis does not incorporate the often-times greater long-term benefits of natural infrastructure (NI) over conventional approaches, putting the selection of NI at a disadvantage. Several groups are moving toward an ecosystem services approach to identifying benefits that people obtain…