Category: Knowledge Series
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November 2023 Knowledge Series: Engineering With Nature within the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
Gina Ralph, Science Integration Branch, Jacksonville, FL District, USACE The Everglades ecosystem has been altered from over 140 years of highly effective efforts to drain water from the land. As a result, the remaining Everglades ecosystem no longer exhibits the structure, function, or diversity that historically defined the pre-drainage system. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP),…
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October 2023 Knowledge Series: Tribal Engagement and Engineering with Nature: TNTCX, I-TEK, and EWN
Brian A. Zettle, Senior Biologist and Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise (TNTCX) Brian A. Zettle is a Senior Biologist and Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tribal Nations Technical Center of Expertise (TNTCX) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, working closely with engineers and natural scientists across…
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September 2023 Knowledge Series: Enhancing Benefits Evaluation for Water Resources Projects: Towards a More Comprehensive Approach for Nature-Based Solutions
Jordan Fischbach, The Water Institute The economic benefits associated with water resources projects has been the focus of federal investment decisions for decades. However, the science of quantifying and evaluating the diverse environmental, social, and economic benefits and costs of water resources projects, particularly those including Nature Based Solutions (NBS), has advanced in recent years.…
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August 2023 Knowledge Series: Fostering Collaborative Networks to Implement Natural & Nature-Based Features In Jamaica Bay
Jonathan Hallemeier, ERDC/EWN Natural and Nature Based Features (NNBF) are promising tools in efforts to enhance social and ecological resilience to threats, such as coastal flooding exacerbated by climate-driven sea level rise and weather events. However, implementing NNBF remains a challenge – in addition to the complexity faced by any infrastructure project, NNBF projects routinely…
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June 2023 Knowledge Series: Principles Of Engineering With Nature In The Water Resources Development Act 2022
Matt Shudtz & Yee Huang, University of Georgia Last December, President Biden signed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA ’22) into law. It is the latest in a decades-long series of biennial statutes that authorize new studies, construction starts, and other programs at the Corps of Engineers. Shudtz and Huang have taken a deep dive…
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April 2023 Knowledge Series: Blue Carbon Storage Potential In USACE Beneficial Use Projects
Jacob Berkowitz & Nia Hurst, ERDC Wetlands provide a variety of valuable ecosystem services such as storm surge reduction, floodwater attenuation, and water quality improvement. Additionally, coastal ecosystems play an important role in global climate regulation via carbon (C) sequestration and storage. “Blue Carbon” is defined as C stored in coastal environments such as tidal marshes, mangroves, and seagrass…
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March 2023 Knowledge Series: The Cold Region Frontiers Of Engineering With Nature
Lauren Bosche, CRREL When you think of Engineering With Nature, you may picture a beach nourishment project along the Gulf Coast, or a dredged material project exploring beneficial use of the material on the Mississippi River. But EWN in cold regions – above the Arctic Circle? Maybe it is still hard to picture that. Yet…
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February 2023 Knowledge Series: A Work in Progress: Adapting to Climate impacts in San Francisco Bay using Engineering With Nature
Julie R. Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief and Engineering With Nature Program Manager, USACE Julie Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief and Engineering With Nature Program Manager, outlines the reasons EWN is critical as an approach in the San Francisco Bay Area, and describes some successes, challenges, and paths forward as the USACE embraces Engineering With…
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January 2023 Knowledge Series: Application of Natural & Nature-Based Features in Channel Stabilization
David Biedenharn, Research Hydraulic Engineer, USACE Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC) Guest speaker Dr. David Biedenharn is a professional engineer with over forty years of experience in hydraulics, river engineering, sedimentation, channel restoration, and fluvial geomorphology. He is presently a Research Hydraulic Engineer with the USACE Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC). He has been a leader in advancing…
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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…