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Welcome to the new IRIS Communications Coordinator, Olivia Allen!
We’re very excited to welcome the new IRIS Communications Coordinator, Olivia Allen, to the IRIS team. A bit about Olivia: she graduated from UGA’s Odum School of Ecology in 2023 with a B.S. in Ecology, with emphases on science communication, freshwater ecosystems, and human geography. During her time as a student, Olivia was a communications assistant for the UGA River Basin Center,…
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IRIS comments on USACE proposal to update PL 84-99 regulations
The US Army Corps of Engineers spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to repair, rehabilitate, and restore levees that are damaged by floods. Much of that money flows through the Rehabilitation and Inspection Program (RIP), a program governed by Public Law 84-99. The program was created by Congress in 1941 to ensure that communities affected by floods are…
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Booming populations, rich freshwater diversity, and water scarcity: the common challenges of the towns along the I-85 corridor
The towns that line the I-85 corridor from Atlanta to Raleigh have several commonalities: burgeoning populations, reliance on small rivers and tributaries for water supply and waste disposal, and some of the richest freshwater aquatic biodiversity on the planet. However, these commonalities lead to shared problems. Because of their growing populations and limited water supply, drought, seasonal low flows, and…
