What it takes to create a successful oyster reef breakwater
Affiliates Brock Woodson and Jeb Byers recently coauthored a publication on successful oyster reef breakwaters.
Bledsoe, private sector leaders gather for Summit on Nature-Based Solutions
UGA’s IRIS hosted its first Industry Summit on Nature-based Solutions. IRIS director and RBC affiliate Brian Bledsoe participated. The Summit brought together over 100 leaders from across fifty private sector organizations to identify the challenges and opportunities in advancing the development of nature-based solutions to support resilient communities.
N-EWN publication touts opportunities for improving infrastructure and supporting biodiversity
A team from the Network for Engineering With Nature, including affiliates S. Kyle McKay, Charles B. van Rees, Brian P. Bledsoe and director Seth Wenger, recently published a comment in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, describing the opportunity that comes with melding biodiversity conservation and innovation in infrastructure, as well as the crucial importance for our society in seizing that opportunity.
Affiliates collaborate on Tybee Island natural infrastructure plan
Several River Basin Center affiliates collaborated on a natural infrastructure plan to address flooding on Tybee Island, including Alfie Vick, Jon Calabria, Daniel Buhr and Haley Selsor.