8:00 – 8:50 a.m.
Self-Guided Tour of Posters and Exhibits
The Forum (Room 272)
8:50 – 9:00 a.m
Coffee/tea and light breakfast snacks will also be served.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Benjamin Hayes
Symposium Chair
Plenary Presentations
9:00 – 9:30 a.m
Plenary Address
What The Ancient Stories Teach Us
Oren Lyons
Chief and Faithkeeper, Onondaga and Seneca Nations, Haudenosaunee Confederacy
9:30 – 10:00 a.m
Plenary Address
Charting the Course to a Healthy Chesapeake Bay: What Does Our Map Tell Us?
Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen
Science Integrator with the Integration and Application Network, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
The Forum (Room 272) and Terrace Room (Room 276)
10:00 – 11:00 a.m
Breakout Discussions
Discussion 1
Ancient Stories
The Forum (Room 272)
Discussion 2
Healthy Chesapeake
Terrace Room (Room 276)
The Forum (Room 272), Room 241 A/B and Room 241 C/D
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Oral Presentations
Session 1
River Ecosystems
The Forum (Room 272)
Session 2
Watershed Hydrology
Rooms 241 C/D
Session 3
Connectivity and Restoration
Rooms 241 C/D
Walls Lounge (Room 231)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 – 1:00 p.m.
Creative work: while we are finishing lunch in Walls Lounge, David Heineman, Professor of Communications at Commonwealth University at Bloomsburg will premiere a short segment of his new documentary film about the Susquehanna River entitled “NEPADOC.”
Plenary Presentations
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Plenary Address
Science to Inform Management Priorities
John Clune
Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Plenary Address
Guardians of the Watershed: Improving the Susquehanna and Chesapeake Bay
Harry Campbell
Director of Science Policy and Advocacy, Pennsylvania Office of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
The Forum (Room 272) and Terrace Room (Room 276)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Breakout Discussions
Discussion
Science, Management, Conservation
The Forum (Room 272)
The Forum (Room 272), Room 241 A/B and Room 241 C/D
3:00 – 4:00 p.m
Oral Presentations
Session 4
Aquatic Habitat and Ecology
Rooms 241 A/B
Session 2
Stream Restoration and Community Engagement
Rooms 241 C/D
The Forum (Room 272)
4:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Reflections and Looking Ahead
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Student Oral Presentation Awards
4:30 p.m.
Symposium ends
The annual River Symposium is an educational community outreach event sponsored by the Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment, the Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, and the Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center at Penn State University.
For more information, please contact Dr. Benjamin Hayes, Director of the Watershed Sciences and Engineering Program at the Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment at brh010@bucknell.edu.