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Listening In On Levee Setbacks
IRIS researchers are tuning in to how riverine infrastructure shapes the landscape–and soundscape–of ecosystems. As part of a NASA-funded research effort, assistant professor Charles van Rees and his research team have deployed automated recording units, or ARUs, across study sites on the Missouri River to listen in on the local wildlife with the help of […]
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University of Georgia, Spelman College and Georgia Gwinnett College to Study Knowledge Community’s Watershed Health
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (Sept. 5, 2025) – The Rowen Foundation, in partnership with the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia (UGA), Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) and Spelman College, announces the launch of a comprehensive research program focused on ecologically sustainable watershed development at the Rowen site.
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Announcing the Sustainable Sediment Management Short Course!
Countries and organizations around the world share the increasingly important challenge of sustainably managing sediment. Sediment systems support habitat for species and the structure and function of nature-based features that can address risks including shoreline erosion, flooding, and drought. Sediment also presents challenges to the operation of infrastructure systems such as reservoirs, ports, and navigation […]
