This month, the Engineering With Nature (EWN) podcast got the original gang back together: Host Sarah Thorne was joined by cohost and EWN National Lead Jeff King and their colleague and friend Todd Bridges. Bridges retired last year from a 30-year career at USACE where he was Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science and the “inspiration behind the Engineering With Nature Program.” In his so-called retirement, he promptly joined the University of Georgia as a Professor of Practice in Resilient and Sustainable Systems.
The reunited team discuss the highlights of the past year and Bridges’ journey through the field nature-based solutions. Bridges co-founded the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) in 2018 with Brian Bledsoe, Director at UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, where Bridges now works.
In his time at IRIS, Todd Bridges has helped manage a number of large initiatives, from major project proposals to organizing and hosting the Industry Summit on Nature-based Solutions in November 2023.