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NOVEMBER 4, 2023

SATURDAY

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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

The Forum (Room 272)

Discussion 2

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

The Forum (Room 272)

Session 2

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.