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Tybee Island Natural Infrastructure Master Plan

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The Tybee Island Natural Infrastructure Master Plan aims to help the island better absorb and recover from more frequent storms and flooding caused by rising, warming seas. Project Lead: Alan Robertson, AWR Strategic Consulting, awrstrategic@gmail.com Partners: University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Environment and Design, Institute for […]

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Tybee Island Gaining Global Attention from NASA and International Scientists

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March 4, 2020 – Tybee Island was the site of the U.S. Forest Service’s International Seminar on Community Resilience and hosted group visits including senior government officials and advisors from around the world, including Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Nepal, Jamaica, and Brazil. They will study the island’s current and future plans

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Resilient America Visits Tybee Island to Learn about Local Flood Mitigation Efforts

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September 19, 2019 – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Resilient America program visited Tybee Island, along with other select communities in the southeastern region of United States that had recently experienced flood-related disasters to advance understanding of what mitigation efforts look like at the local level. Specifically, this project investigated the range

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