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  • UGA resilience workshop highlights relationship with defense communities

    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…

  • Todd Bridges on the EWN Podcast

    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…

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army Rachel Jacobson visits IRIS to discuss climate resilience in the Army

    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…