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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 […]
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IRIS hosts 25th Anniversary meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society
On Wednesday, May 28th, Athens welcomed back the American Ecological Engineering Society for its 25th annual meeting. The meeting, which was first held in Athens in 2001, drew a crowd of over 220 participants from around the world. Honoring those whose shoulders we stand on This gathering was especially sentimental due to the passing of […]
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Field Updates: NI Fellow’s Field Work shared by Ducks Unlimited
From the Ducks Unlimited Great Lakes/Atlantic Region via Facebook: “Funded by NASA’s Biological Diversity and Ecological Conservation program, Ducks Unlimited recently joined University of Georgia (UGA) researchers to assist with an ongoing project along the Missouri River floodplains. The research focuses on evaluating levee setbacks (relocating levees to allow the river to reconnect with its […]
