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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…
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Todd Bridges on the EWN Podcast
This month, the Engineering With Nature (EWN) podcast got the original gang back together: Host Sarah Thorne was joined by cohost and EWN National Lead Jeff King and their colleague and friend Todd Bridges. Bridges retired last year from a 30-year career at USACE where he was Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science and the…
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Assistant Secretary of the Army Rachel Jacobson visits IRIS to discuss climate resilience in the Army
ATHENS, GA – On March 13-14, 2024, the University of Georgia hosted the Southeastern Defense Communities Resilience Workshop. This event brought together military and civilian leaders to discuss climate resilience planning and nature-based infrastructure development in defense communities across the southeast US. The event was co-organized by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG), the…