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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

SATURDAY

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

8:00 – 8:50 a.m.

Self-Guided Tour of Posters and Exhibits

Coffee/tea and light breakfast snacks available in the Terrace Room (Rm.


8:50 – 9:00 a.m

Welcome and Opening Remarks

The Forum (Rm. 272), Elaine Langone Center

Benjamin Hayes

Symposium Chair


9:00 – 10:00 a.m

Plenary Presentations

The Forum (Rm. 272), Elaine Langone Center

9:00-9:30 a.m.

The Next Generation of Watershed Restoration: Planning for 2025 and Beyond

Anna Killius

Executive Director
Chesapeake Bay Commission

Jill Whitcomb

Deputy Secretary, Office of Water Programs
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


9:30-10:00 a.m.

Exploring Two-Eyed Seeing to Support Green Sustainability

Kathy Boomer

Scientific Program Director, Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research 


10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Intermission


10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion

The Forum (Rm. 272), Elaine Langone Center

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.

Intermission

Time to prepare for morning oral presentations


11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m

Oral Presentations

Room locations shown below

Session 1

Riparian Plant Communities

The Forum
(Room 272)

Session 2

Stream-Floodplain Connectivity and Sedimentation

Rooms 241 A/B

Session 3

Ecosystem Services, Biogeochemistry, and Queer Ecology

Rooms 241 C/D

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Walls Lounge (Room 231)

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Plenary Presentations

The Forum (Rm. 272), Elaine Langone Center

1:00-1:30 p.m.

Two Birds, One Stone: AMD Treatment Restores Fisheries
While Reducing Chesapeake Bay Sediment

Brian cooper

Project Manager, Pennsylvania Abandoned Mine Drainage Program
Trout Unlimited

1:30-2:00 p.m.

Improving communities and restoring watersheds in
abandoned mine lands across eastern Pennsylvania

Robert hughes

Executive Director
Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR)


2:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Intermission


2:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Panel Discussion

The Forum (Rm. 272), Elaine Langone Center

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Intermission

Time to prepare for afternoon oral presentation sessions


3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m

Oral Presentations

Room locations shown below

Session 4

Community Resilience, Engagement, and Education

The Forum
(Room 272)

Session 5

Hydrology, Climate, and Floodplain Management

Rooms 241 A/B

Session 6

Flow Paths, Riparian Corridors and Stream Temperatures

Rooms 241 C/D

Session 7

Engineering and Sustainable Design

Gallery Theater
(Rm. 301)


4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Reflections and Looking Ahead

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Present awards for Best Student Oral Presentations

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.