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
Matthew Higgins
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Faculty Director, Buckell Center for Sustainability and the Environment
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.