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IRIS affiliates file comments on USACE proposed Agency Specific Procedures
IRIS affiliates are contributing their expertise as the US Army Corps of Engineers updates its policies for evaluating potential new civil works projects. The Corps recently proposed new Agency Specific Procedures (ASPs) to implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines (PR&G). IRIS Director Brian Bledsoe, along with law and policy experts Yee Huang and Matthew Shudtz, recently filed comments on the proposal, […]
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N-EWN Partners Gather to Discuss Proposed USACE Rule Change
On Thursday, April 4, a team of affiliates from the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems including Todd Bridges and Matthew Shudtz held a webinar with Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) partners to discuss the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ new draft of agency-specific procedures for implementing Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water […]
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UGA resilience workshop highlights relationship with defense communities
Leaders convene to learn best practices for nature-based solutions Article by Margaret Blanchard, Carl Vinson Institute of Government. Military personnel, resilience experts and researchers from across the southeast learned how the University of Georgia is using nature-based solutions to strengthen military installations and their surrounding communities at the Southeastern Defense Communities Resilience Workshop March 13-14 […]
