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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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New Resilient Futures Podcast Episode: Expect the Unexpected
Expect the Unexpected: Resilience and Life Advice from the Late Bronze Age In this month’s new episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast, anthropologist and historian Dr. Eric Cline and USACE research social scientist Dr. Ben Trump come together with hosts Alysha and Todd to explore large-scale regional destabilization and collapse in the Late Bronze Age.…
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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…