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UGA Researchers engineer safer road crossings for wildlife and people
Why did the turtle cross the road? Hint: it wasn’t just to get to the other side. John Maerz, Dennis and Sarah Carey Distinguished Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources and a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, can tell you exactly why turtles cross the road: it’s because they look for raised areas…
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Charting the path to a greener world: Past, present, and future for Nature-based design standards
In a new publication from ASCE Open, the multidisciplinary journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a team of experts from across academic, government, industry and nonprofit organizations are calling for a better future for natural infrastructure. Nature-Based Design Standards: Past, Present, and Future argues that the challenge isn’t knowledge–it’s organization. While teams around the world are researching nature-based…
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UGA teams up with Georgia Tech to restore state’s coastlines
Three University of Georgia research faculty are working with a team from Georgia Tech on a coastline restoration project that is supported by nearly $1 million from the National Coastal Resilience Fund, operated by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). This marks the second NFWF grant awarded to the research team. In 2024, NFWF also provided nearly $1 million…
