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UGA hosts Local Wetlands Protection Workshop
The University of Georgia River Basin Center and University of Georgia School of Law Land Conservation Clinic co-hosted a Local Wetlands Protection Workshop on Tuesday, May 7 at the Delta Innovation Hub in Athens. The goal of the workshop was to explore background on wetlands and the federal wetland regulatory system, as well as how […]
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Charles van Rees provides entomological expertise for N-EWN Nature At Work Series
IRIS affiliate and Odum School of Ecology research scientist Charles Van Rees recently provided expertise on periodical cicadas for the Network for Engineering With Nature’s “Nature At Work” series. Van Rees described the life cycle and population strategy of these interesting insects, which evade predator life cycles by emerging en masse every 13 or 17 […]
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ERDC publication explores how natural infrastructure projects can prioritize human wellbeing
In a new paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, authors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC) explore the psychological, physiological, medical, and social benefits to humans of exposure to nature, and how natural infrastructure (NI) projects can take these into account to continue to deliver those benefits. The author team […]
