Plenary Session 1
“Agnes Revisited: The Thing About the River is it’s Never the Same Twice”
9:00 – 10:00 AM: The Forum (Room 272)
Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
Andrew Stuhl
Professor Environmental Studies and Sciences, Bucknell University
Nearly 50 years ago, Tropical Storm Agnes descended on the Susquehanna River Basin, upending lives, devastating homes, and transforming the Susquehanna Valley. This presentation draws on the historical research of Presidential Fellow Bethany Fitch (‘23) and Prof. Andrew Stuhl (Environmental Studies and Sciences), which includes more than 20 oral histories with Pennsylvanians who lived through the storm and resulting recovery.
Plenary Session 2
“Seneca White Corn: Change and Transmission of the Life Sustainers”
10:00 – 11:30 AM: The Forum (Room 272)
Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
Dave and Wendy Bray
Educators and keepers of Oneo-gen
This plenary address features husband-wife team and Traditional Knowledge Holders Dave and Wendy Bray from the Seneca Nation in Western New York. Dave Bray is a traditional corn farmer and teacher and Wendy Bray a professional educator, cook, and keeper of Oneo-gen, Seneca white corn.
They will talk about the process of sharing their heirloom Native white corn with conservancies across the United States. They will share teachings about the many associated traditions of the Haudenosaunee Nation.”Iroquois.” The history and science of corn, green corn traditional dishes and cooking methods, the Longhouse seasonal ceremonial cycle, and the gift of the Life Sustainers are all discussed with wisdom, humility, and humor.
Exhibits
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Lunch
Provided
12:00 – 1:00 PM
12:15-12:45pm Keynote Address
“Piloting Flood Resilience with Pennsylvania’s River Communities”
Lara Fowler
Senior Lecturer, Penn State University Law
Increasing understanding of engagement with communities affected by climate change is a pressing challenge. A pilot project between the Penn State Initiative for Resilient Communities and the Borough of Selinsgrove focuses on flooding and resilience. Now three years along, our presentation will share lessons learned from this partnership. We reflect on how insights from our experiences relate to managing flooding and thinking about community resilience across Pennsylvania. We briefly touch on research related to flood impacts and risk in this region, insights from an assessment of recent FEMA data, and concerns and opportunities raised by community members. The partnership demonstrates the potential value of sustained collaborative partnerships in improving community resilience.
Oral Presentations: Session 1A: Watershed Sustainability
The Forum (Room 272) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Lisa Hollingsworth – Segedy
1:00 – 1:20 pm
Thinking Bigger: River Restoration for Landscape-Scale Benefits
Annetta Grant
1:20 – 1:40 pm
Go Fishing: How Interspecies Becoming Develops a Duty of Care Towards Nature
Peter Jansson
1:40 – 2:00 pm
Increasing Sustainability & Resilience on Bucknell’s Campus: Learning from Jane Goodall
Oral Presentations: Session 1B: Watershed Resilience and Planning
The Forum (Room 272) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Andrew Gavin
2:00 – 2:20 pm
A New Grant Program to Improve Water Availability for Drought Resiliency in the Susquehanna Basin
Brian Gish
2:20 – 2:40 pm
Democratizing Watershed Planning: Empowering the Public with Model My Watershed
Renee Carey
2:40 – 3:00 pm
Reconnecting Plunketts Creek to Its Floodplain
Oral Presentations: Session 1C: Watershed Ecology
The Forum (Room 272) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Logan Stenger
3:00 – 3:20 pm
Water Mite Communities of Central Pennsylvania and Their Potential to Serve as Bio-indicators for Water Quality Conditions.
Sean Hartzell
3:20 – 3:40 pm
New Detections of the Invasive New Zealand Mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) in the Susquehanna and Delaware River Basins of Pennsylvania
Ibrahim Ware
3:40 – 4:00 pm
Interactive Pennsylvanian Amphibian Guide
Oral Presentations: Session 2A: New Community Partnerships: Sylvan Dell Environmental Center & Robert Porter Allen Natural Area
Gallery Theater(Room 301) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
1:00 – 2:00 PM
Jim Dunn
1:00 – 1:20 pm
Sylvan Dell – Project Background and the Site’s Natural and Cultural Heritage
Brian Aumen
1:20 – 1:40 pm
Sylvan Dell – A Master Plan Balancing Recreation and Conservation, to Achieve Stacked Benefits
Brian Aumen & Jim Dunn
1:40 – 2:00 pm
Sylvan Dell – Opportunities for Research and Learning
Oral Presentations: Session 2B: Watershed Restoration1
Gallery Theater(Room 301) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
2:00 PM-3:00PM
Adrienne Gemberling
2:00 – 2:20 pm
Rapid Stream De-listing: A partnership approach to accelerated stream improvement
David Wise
2:20 – 2:40 pm
Research on Methods for Forested Buffer Establishment
Rachel Taylor
2:40 – 3:00 pm
Evaluating the Halfmoon Creek Watershed Implementation Plan Using Soil Water Assessment Tool
Oral Presentations: Session 3B: Watershed Restoration2
Gallery Theater(Room 301) Elaine Langone Center (ELC)
3:00 PM-4:00PM
Milton Newberry
3:00 – 3:20 pm
1,000 Trees in a 1,000 Days: A Pathway towards Stormwater Management & Ecological Restoration at Bucknell
Shannon Thomas
3:20 – 3:40 pm
Live Staking: Efficient Buffer Restoration
Zachary Krauss
3:40 – 4:00 pm