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Saving Mannington Meadows: Natural Infrastructure Fellow paves the way for wetland restoration
Graduate student Nicholas Austin has spent the last two years compiling a full profile of a once-freshwater wetland in New Jersey. His work is not only a thesis topic for his own Master’s degree, it’s blazing a path for future students to continue working towards the protection of this site. Austin’s graduate research journey began […]
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“A Blueprint for Greener Shorelines:” New publication suggests future directions for coastal resilience research
In a new publication, IRIS affiliate and coastal engineer Matt Bilskie joins authors from around the world to further the cause of nature-based solutions for coastal ecosystems. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are designed to provide infrastructure services by leveraging ecological processes that protect people and ecosystems while building resilience. In coastal systems, this includes a wide […]
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Recede to Succeed? UGA researchers investigate how levee setbacks impact biodiversity
As organizations around the world work to better understand the benefits that natural infrastructure can provide both people and the environment, IRIS researchers are doing on-the-ground work to estimate the ecological benefits of a method touted for its benefits both up- and downstream: the levee setback. While traditional levees are walls or embankments placed alongside […]
