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Wally Butman 2025 IECA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Butman’s efforts have played a key role internationally and led to his receiving the 2025 IECA Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2022 IECA Sustained Contributor Award.
Val Barragan: IECA’s Education And Conference Manager
IECA is welcoming Val Barragan as education and conference manager. Barragan joins the IECA with a passion for impactful program development and a strong background in event management, stakeholder engagement and educational strategy,
Figure 1. Soil stabilization, Prince Edward Island (PEI) (2022). Photo credit: Helping Nature Heal.
The Atlantic shores on the Eastern side of North America face particular challenges due to climate change and sea-level rise. Canada is expected to warm at nearly twice
Top image: 8 June 2018 burned riparian and hillslope. Middle image: 29 June 2018 burned riparian and hillslope with giant reed and palm regrowth in the riparian, Bottom image: 26 April 2019 non-native vegetation dominates post-fire site.
While immediate post-fire impacts on surface hydrology such as sedimentation and flooding are well-documented, studies in semi-arid urban systems, where human activities significantly alter natural fire and hydrological regimes, remain limited.
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The Mount Messenger section of State Highway 3 network is critical in connecting the remote Taranaki region with economic ties, tourism linkages and essential services to the northern Waikato Region.
Hydroseeding while Maya train transit is on top of the fill slope.
The hydroseeding successfully revegetated embankment slopes to form a vegetative cover that mitigates raindrop impact and prevents erosion processes.
A newly installed stacked Bioworm application on the Lake Michigan, USA, shoreline.
Sustainability Through InnovationThis article is part of Environmental Connection’s mission to help grow the industry by promoting innovative research, products andtechnology that meet industry needs through more sustainable approaches. Articles in future issues will continue to provide multipleperspectives to promote ongoing efforts to protect natural resources. In the modern world of construction, where budgets are often tight and environmental regulations...
An inflow channel stabilized with geotextile liner and rip-rap.
Sediment basins are temporary sediment and erosion control measures designed to capture stormwater runoff on construction sites before off-site discharge. The primary function of these basins is to provide storage volume and time to promote the gravitational settling of soil particles suspended in stormwater runoff. Once these particles fall out of suspension and accumulate on the bottom of the...
Sediment basin with porous baffles and a skimmer on a roadway construction project.
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Standards and Practices Committee has been creating new standards for the erosion control industry.
Fish production in aquaculture tanks.
In a second study, aquaculture waste water (WW) was collected from a trout production facility and added to 2.5 m (8.2 feet) diameter stock tanks consisting of 15 cattail plants planted into 20 cm (7.9 inch) topsoil and flooded to a 30 cm (11.8 inch) depth.

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