Consumptive Use Modeling to Optimize Surface Water Withdrawal Sustainability

Kevin L. Hoover, Water and Wetlands.com
Jeremy V. Manno

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Pharmaceutical Disposal: Assessing the Flows and Impacts on Your Community

James Maneval, Bucknell University
Ryan C. Snyder, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Community-based Water Quality Monitoring Projects in Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling Regions in Centre, Clearfield, and Clinton Counties, PA

Md. Khalequzzaman, Lock Haven University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Multidisciplinary Surface Water Monitoring And Assessment of the Susquehanna River

Josh Lookenbill, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Amy Williams, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Floods on the Susquehanna: Small River Towns’ Flood Mitigation and Response Strategies Reshape their Land Uses and Urban Centers

L. D. Duke, Florida Gulf Coast University
Seamus McLaughlin, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Reflection on the 2004 Rivers Conservation Plan for the Lower West Branch of the Susquehanna River —The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

Angler Use Survey of the Lower Susquehanna River Downstream of Conowingo Dam

Michael D. Martinek, Normandeau Associates

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Biological Studies of American Eel at the Conowingo Project

Chris Avalos, Normandeau Associates
Ray Bleistine, Normandeau Associates
Kimberly Long, Exelon Power Corporation
Tom Sullivan, Gomez and Sullivan Engineers

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Economic Value of Implementing the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

Beth McGee, Chesapeake Bay Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Spencer R. Phillips, Key-Log Economics

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Examination of American Shad Restoration Efforts: Susquehanna River Example

Ray Bleistine, Normandeau Associates

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Impacts of Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) on Native Plant Diversity in Riparian Communities along the Susquehanna River

Chris Martine, Bucknell University
Anna Freundlich, United States Bureau of Land Management
Matt Wilson, University of British Columbia

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Unassessed Waters Initiative: What We Have Learned in 4 Years of Sampling and Over 500 Streams

Jonathan Niles, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Interpreting Diatom Communities in the Upper Main Stem of the Susquehanna River

Jack R. Holt, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Monitoring Eastern Hellbender Populations in the Susquehanna River Basin: Evidence for Population Stability and Massive Declines

Peter J. Petokas, Lycoming College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Using 20 Years of Benthic Invertebrate Surveys by Multiple Agencies to Reveal Patterns of Community Structure Over Space and Time

Matthew E. McTammany, Bucknell University
Matthew J. Wilson, University of British Columbia
Sean P. Reese, Bucknell University
Benjamin R. Hayes, Bucknell University
Michael D. Bilger, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Retrospective Case Study of the Impact of Rain Gage Network Reductions on National Weather Service River Forecasts in the Susquehanna River Basin

Peter R. Ahnert, National Weather Service
Kevin P. Hlywiak, National Weather Service
Seann M. Reed, National Weather Service

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM