In:
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Wiley, Vol. 17, No. 6 ( 2021-11), p. 1194-1202
Abstract:
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) mission to manage hundreds of reservoirs and thousands of miles of navigation channels and the Santa Clara Pueblo cultural and religious connections to their land are both being threatened by continued large‐scale wildfires across the western United States. Collaborative expertise was leveraged by combining diverse organizational resources and identifying erosion mitigation strategies that were informed using the principles of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), adaptive management, and Engineering With Nature ® (EWN ® ). A wide range of innovative structures were constructed using natural materials that were consistent with EWN principles for erosion control, incorporating low‐cost and readily available logs, mulch, vegetation, and local rock to stabilize highly erodible parts of the watershed. This project is part of a continued effort to emphasize the application of sustainable and resilient project designs using natural materials to restore the cultural and medicinal traditions on Santa Clara Pueblo land, and is an example of how EWN can be applied equitably in practice.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1551-3777
,
1551-3793
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2021
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2231760-0
SSG:
21
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