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IRIS Researchers featured in Savannah Morning News as they work to ensure (and insure) a future for Georgia marshes
IRIS research conducted by Dr. Matt Bilskie and Dr. Yukiko Hashida was recently featured in the Savannah Morning News for their partnership with the Nature Conservancy. Their work is centered on insuring marshes for their environmental benefits. As Dr. Hashida is quoted as saying in the article, “The insurance industry, by definition, is long-term (planning) […]
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IRIS Researcher Matt Bilskie explains why the scale of a natural infrastructure scale matters
We know that natural infrastructure features like marshes, dunes, and natural floodplains can help reduce flooding in communities, but what scale is required to have the biggest impact? Researcher Dr. Matt Bilskie discusses in our first video!
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The impacts of bioretention areas at the watershed scale: new paper published in the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
High flows of stormwater can have dramatic impacts on urban and suburban areas, degrading stream health by causing erosion and impacting aquatic critters’ ability to live there. Increases in pavement and other impermeable surfaces also contribute to flash floods. Bioretention areas, which are related to the more commonly known “rain garden,” are patches of vegetated […]
