Plenary Addresses
9:00 – 10:30 AM: The Forum (Room 272)
Elaine Langone Center, Bucknell University
Presentation #1
9:00 – 9:30 AM: The Forum (Room 272)
Elaine Langone Center, Bucknell University
Sacred Waters: An Indigenous People’s Perspective
Betty Lyons, President and Executive Director
American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)
Plenary Presentation #2
9:45 – 10:15 AM: The Forum (Room 272)
Elaine Langone Center (ELC), Bucknell University
Ever-Changing Rivers – A Professional Guide’s Perspective
Lance Wilt, professional fly-fishing guide and author, who coached the United States Youth Fly Fishing Team to it’s first gold medal in international competition
Plenary Presentation #3
10:15 – 10:45 AM: The Forum (Room 272)
Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
Healing Rivers: A Conservation Biologist’s Perspective
Jeff Janvrin, Wildlife Biologist and Conservation Specialist
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Exhibits
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Lunch
Provided
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Oral Presentations: Session 1A
Large-Scale Watershed Studies
The Forum (Room 272) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
1:00 – 2:00 PM
John Clune
1:00 – 1:15 pm
Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: A Century of Change, 1950 – 2050
Kimberly
Van Meter
1:15 – 1:30 pm
Democratizing Watershed Planning: Empowering the Public with Model My Watershed
Shuyu Chang
1:30 – 1:45 pm
Data Driven Approaches to Better Estimate River Channel Geometry over the Continental United States (CONUS)
Q & A
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Open Discussion with Panel of Session Speakers
Oral Presentations: Session 2A
Watershed Restoration
Gallery Theater (Room 302) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Luke Bobnar
1:00 – 1:15 pm
Construction Methods and Initial Salmonid and Wetland Monitoring of the Little Arnot Run Large Wood Restoration Project
Chuck Keeports
1:15 – 1:30 pm
Summary of Water Quality Monitoring for the Little Arnot Run Large Wood Restoration Project
Chris Dempsey
1:30 – 1:45 pm
Summary of organic matter content changes in Little Arnot Run, Allegheny National Forest
Ephraim Zimmerman
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Preliminary Assessment of Plant Community Composition of the Little Arnot Run Large Wood Restoration Project
Oral Presentations: Session 1B
Hydrology and Ecology
The Forum (Room 272) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Rachel Hurley
2:00 – 2:15 pm
How Does Urbanization and Region Matter? Determining Metrics of Stream Flashiness for the Delaware Watershed.
Peter Petokas
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Status of the Eastern Hellbender in the Loyalsock Creek Watershed
Brenden Nauman
2:30 – 2:45 pm
Linking in-stream and landscape-level conditions to macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Little Juniata River watershed
Q & A
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Open Discussion with Panel of Session Speakers
Oral Presentations: Session 2B
Policy and Planning
Gallery Theater (Room 302) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Nicole Faraguna
2:00 – 2:15 pm
The Power of Nature to Combat Social Isolation and Improve Health and Quality of Life
Thomas Hughes
2:15 – 2:30 pm
Resilience Convergence during County & Local Driven Hazard Mitigation Plan Implementation & Grant Development Sessions
Zachary Krauss
2:30 – 2:45 pm
Alabama Water Institute’s New NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology
Q & A
2:45 – 3:00 pm
Open Discussion with Panel of Session Speakers
Oral Presentations: Session 1C
Best Management Practices
The Forum (Room 272) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Brian Gish
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Identifying Best Management Practices (BMPs) through Remote Sensing
Elizabeth Reitzloff
3:15 – 3:30 pm
Union County Buffer Maintenance Program
Melanie Gamboa
3:30 – 3:45 pm
Is Buffalo Creek in Union County safe for recreation?
Q & A
3:45 – 4:00 pm
Open Discussion with Panel of Session Speakers
Oral Presentations: Session 2C
Education and Conservation
Gallery Theater (Room 302) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
3:00 – 4:00 PM
John Zaktansky
3:00 – 3:15 pm
Raising Awareness of Our River: Updates from the Middle Susquehanna River Keeper Association
Jen Schneidman Partica
3:15 – 3:30 pm
Regenerative Agriculture at Bucknell Farm: Carbon Sequestration, Watershed and Soil Conservation
Paul Seiwers
3:30 – 3:45 pm
The Bucknell Greenway: A Living and Learning Laboratory in the Susquehanna Greenway
Q & A
3:45 – 4:00 pm
Open Discussion with Panel of Session Speakers
Closing Remarks
4:00 – 4:15 PM
The Forum (Rm 272)