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Partners begin beta test of GIS tool for the Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston, TX District dredges 30 to 40 million cubic yards of sediment from federally maintained navigation channels in Texas. USACE has teamed up with coastal design firm Anchor QEA, conservation leader Ducks Unlimited, and the Texas Department of Transportation to create a Beneficial Use of Dredged…
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Todd Bridges to discuss resilience and sustainability at Dalton State College
Join Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful (KDWB) on Thursday, September 12 for a talk by Dr. Todd Bridges, Professor of Practice at UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and founder of USACE’s Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) program. The talk, titled “Building Resilience for the People and the Planet,” will discuss how innovative nature-based solutions can directly benefit communities. In response to…
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Meeting Notes: August N-EWN Partners Meeting
Each month, the N-EWN partners gather together to share updates on their work in and outside the Network. Meetings begin with a speaker or two from one of our partners to discuss their ongoing work, and then we hold a discussion period to ask questions about the presentation and share ideas with each other. This…
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Tyndall Air Force Base Resilience Program receives Presidential Sustainability Award
Congratulations to the Tyndall Air Force Base Coastal Resilience Program, which recently received a Presidential Federal Sustainability Award. These awards recognize “federal agencies and employees who have made transformational efforts to advance sustainability and climate resilience and lead by example to deliver on President Biden’s goal to slash emissions from federal operations.” Awardees were selected…
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Todd Bridges inducted as Distinguished Civilian Employee by USACE ERDC’s Waterways Experiment Station
Originally published here by the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. VICKSBURG, MS – Dr. Todd S. Bridges has spent decades working on new ideas, and after a 31-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), he isn’t slowing down just yet. Bridges “retired” last year as a full-time Professor of Practice with the…
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August 2024 Knowledge Series: Living Breakwaters and Other Nature-based Adaptation Projects
Pippa Brashear, RLA, Resilience Principal & Partner, SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a $107 million project that provides a layered approach to resilience and risk reduction–enhancing physical, ecological and social resilience along the South Shore of Staten Island, NY. The project consists primarily of 2,400…
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The American Society of Civil Engineers endorses the use of nature-based solutions as crucial tool in combatting climate change in new policy statement
In a recent policy statement, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) endorsed the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) as a crucial tool for addressing the threat of climate change and bolstering community and ecological resilience. ASCE’s recognition of NbS as a crucial tool in future infrastructure projects is an important step toward accelerating global adoption:…
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This week: New N-EWN Knowledge Series
Join us this Thursday, August 15 at 12:30pm ET for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series: Living Breakwaters and Other Nature-Based Adaptation Projects. This talk will be given by Pippa Brashear, RLA, Resilience Principal at SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC. Abstract: Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a $107 million project that…
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Experts meet to discuss Wetland Restoration in Mannington Meadows, NJ
Representatives from the University of Georgia, Ducks Unlimited, USACE, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), USFWS, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Conserve Wildlife NJ, and NOAA on Monday, July 22 to discuss plans for the restoration of the eroded Mannington Meadows marsh complex and the ongoing restoration of…
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Dunes: The resilient ecosystems at work under the sand
Dunes have garnered quite a bit of attention this year. Sure, some of that is due to the science fiction series of the same name– but we think the real-life dunes are much cooler. And don’t worry, there are no giant sandworms here. Dunes are mounds or ridges that form when sand is moved by…
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Levee setbacks have a lot of potential co-benefits. How can we maximize them?
In a new paper published this month in WIREs Water, a team including partners from the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® program review the myriad of benefits that have been associated with an increasingly popular nature-based solution: levee setbacks. A levee is an…
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University of Georgia introduces Natural Infrastructure Certificate for training interdisciplinary grad students
This coming fall, the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will introduce the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Certificate, a set of coursework designed for students from all disciplines to learn the skills and expertise necessary to address complex infrastructure challenges using nature-based solutions (NbS) and Engineering With Nature® (EWN) principles. “We’re very excited to…
