Utah Poised to Adopt Geologic Hazard Ordinances
Geologic Hazards
Drones and Natural Disasters
This is my colleague Dimitrios Zekkos, Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, and the founder of Geoengineer.org. He’s talking about his group’s research involving utilizing drones after natural disasters. Cool stuff! [Source: University of […]
Geologic Hazards
Trump Signs National Landslide Preparedness Act
President Trump signed into law H.R.8810 / S.529, also known as the “National Landslide Preparedness Act” earlier this month. The purpose of the bill is to “establish a national program to identify and reduce losses […]
Regional
Utah to Release Recommendations for Geologic Hazard Regulations for Development
As reported in a previous post, Utah has been considering adopting model legislation for local municipalities to make it more difficult for developers to develop in landslide prone areas. Apparently the Geologic Hazards working group […]