Rob HolmesRob Holmes is an associate professor of landscape architecture at Auburn University. Brett Milligan is an associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of California, Davis. Gena Wirth is design principal at SCAPE Landscape Architecure. The authors are members of the Dredge Research Collaborative, an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization which aims to improve sediment management through design research, building public knowledge, and facilitating transdisciplinary conversation. Their work with the DRC has received numerous awards, including two national awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, and includes design projects on all four coasts of the continental United States.