Our partners at the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and conservation nonprofit Ducks Unlimited have been collaborating for years, but one of their biggest projects is the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship: Master’s students in a variety of fields are funded by Ducks Unlimited to work towards a better future for wetlands.
One of these students, MLA student Noah Cleveland, recently went on field visits with Ducks Unlimited’s South Atlantic Field Office. Read more:
Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) students come from departments across the University of Georgia, but they share a few common characteristics: an interest in work that transcends traditional disciplines, a drive to build a better future, and a love for getting out of the office and into nature. Natural Infrastructure Fellow Noah Cleveland spent his spring break this semester doing just that.
Cleveland is a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) student, but rather than designing urban greenspaces, his research takes place deep in lowcountry swamps, where he thinks about the wetlands of the future.
“One of the core processes that I’m studying is ecosystem transition,” he explained. “What will the systems we’re seeing now look like in 10, 20, or 30 years, potentially even further down the road?” Cleveland is working with Ducks Unlimited, the sponsor of the Natural Infrastructure Fellowship, on a prioritization and adaptive management plan to protect and conserve critical wetlands throughout changes in natural hazards and land use for years to come.
Continue reading at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems.
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