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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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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 […]
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Proactive Peaches: IRIS’s Georgia Resilience Planning Work featured by The Pew Charitable Trusts
This spring, the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems hosted a statewide gathering of Georgia’s local governments, industry partners, utility companies, regional commissions, conservation organizations and more. The goal: a comprehensive plan to build a more resilient Georgia. The work was particularly informed by the severe damage across eastern Georgia caused by Hurricane Helene in fall […]
