Hanover College: Rivers Institute: ORBCRE Schedule

Schedule

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Sunday, October 18, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Hanover College Open Exhibits
	Science Center Natural History Museum
	Duggan Library, "Get me tot he Promised Land! Jefferson County and the Struggle to Abolish Slavery"
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Symposium Registration
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.	Board of Trustees Meeting & Dinner

Monday, October 19, 2009
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Symposium Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast, Poster & Exhibit Set-Up
8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Plenary Session I
	President Sue DeWine, Hanover College
	Miriam S. Kannan, ORBCRE Chair
	Eric Fitch, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Marietta College - "Competing Water Resource Infrastructure Needs in the Ohio River Basin: Challenges for Federal, State and Local Governments in Times of Climate Change"
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Session II: Ohio River History
	Mr. Rick Bell, Former Executive Director of the U.S. Marine Hospital Foundation - "Marine Hospital Services"
	Dr. Leland R. Johnson, Riverboat Historian, Author - "First Steamboat on the Ohio: Impacts on History"
	Dr. Robert L. Reid, University of Southern Indiana, Author - "The Great Flood of 1937"
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Session III: Science
	Dr. Mark Pyron, Associate Professor of Biology, Ball State University - "Fish Assemblages of the Wabash River"
	Michael C. Miller, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati - "Role of River Discharge and Nutrients from Treated Waste Water in Controlling the Algal Biomass Among Seven Years of a Mid-Summer Transect of the Ohio River"
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Session IV: Contributed Papers
	`Oral Presentations:`
	Sam Carman, DNR-Division of Forestry and Ingrid Weiland, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana University-Bloomington - "The Status of Environmental Education in Indiana K-12 Schools"
	Deborah L. Hanson, Education Department, Hanover College - "Learning about the River Up Close and Personal"
	Miriam S. Kannan and Heather Mayfield, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University - "Using the Ohio River "as a Hook" to Introduce Students, Teachers, and the Community to STEM Disciplines"
	M. Ross Alexander, Hanover College - "Assessment of Headwater Habitats within the Central Muscatatuck Watershed in South Eastern Indiana"
	Andrew S. Hoffman, Biology Department, Hanover College - "Activity Patterns of the Crawfish Frog at Crayfish Burrows in Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, SE Indiana"
	Brian C. Reeder and Peyton Preece, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Morehead State University - "Comparison of Water Quality and Fish Production between Earthen and Plastic-lined Ponds at Minor Clark Fish Hatchery, KY"
	Greg Seegert and Joe Vondruska, EA Engineering, Deerfield, IL and Elgin Perry, Biostatistician, Huntingtown, MD - "The Longitudinal Pattern of Various Fishes in the Ohio River"
	`Posters:`
	Cheryl Ann Munson and Jocelyn C. Turner, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington, and Darrin Rubino, Department of Biology, Hanover College - "Timber Use by the Late Mississippian House-Builders at the Hovey Lake Archaeological Site (12Po10), Posey County, Indiana"
	Yan F. Fang and Tiao J. Chang, Civil Engineering Department, Ohio University - "A Sedimentation Study in the Ohio River Basin"
	Alan M. Jacobs, Isam E. Amin, Jennifer E. Jacobs, Steven A. Buffone, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Youngstown State University - "Contaminant Transport from Banks to River Channel Predominates, Mahoning River, Northeastern Ohio"
	Joseph K. Trimboli, Community Planner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington State - "Land Cover Comparison Using GIS"
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Reception and Dinner
7:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.	Mr. Chuck Parrish, Ret. US Army Corps of Engineers, Historian - "Navigation Past and Present on the Ohio River"

Tuesday, October 20, 2009
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Symposium Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Session V: River Stewardship
	Terri Michaelis, Watershed Coordinator, Middle Eel River Watershed Initiative - "Middle Eel River Initiative: A Long-term Holistic Approach to Ecosystem Monitoring"
	Dr. Chris Lorentz, Thomas More College, Center for Ohio River Research and Education
	Matthew Williams, Ecoregional Director, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana - "Watershed Management Initiatives in Indiana by the Nature Conservancy"
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Session VI: River Development
	Dr. Michael Kimmel, Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation - "Hints for Development at the Water's Edge"
	Ron James, Wabash River Heritage - "Partnerships on the Banks of Long River Corridors: Ready, Set, Row"
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Symposium Close
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Optional Natural History Hike with Dr. Daryl Karns

Schedule

Science Center Natural History Museum

Duggan Library, "Get me tot he Promised Land! Jefferson County and the Struggle to Abolish Slavery"

President Sue DeWine, Hanover College

Miriam S. Kannan, ORBCRE Chair

Eric Fitch, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Marietta College - "Competing Water Resource Infrastructure Needs in the Ohio River Basin: Challenges for Federal, State and Local Governments in Times of Climate Change"

Mr. Rick Bell, Former Executive Director of the U.S. Marine Hospital Foundation - "Marine Hospital Services"

Dr. Leland R. Johnson, Riverboat Historian, Author - "First Steamboat on the Ohio: Impacts on History"

Dr. Robert L. Reid, University of Southern Indiana, Author - "The Great Flood of 1937"

Dr. Mark Pyron, Associate Professor of Biology, Ball State University - "Fish Assemblages of the Wabash River"

Michael C. Miller, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati - "Role of River Discharge and Nutrients from Treated Waste Water in Controlling the Algal Biomass Among Seven Years of a Mid-Summer Transect of the Ohio River"

Sam Carman, DNR-Division of Forestry and Ingrid Weiland, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana University-Bloomington - "The Status of Environmental Education in Indiana K-12 Schools"

Deborah L. Hanson, Education Department, Hanover College - "Learning about the River Up Close and Personal"

Miriam S. Kannan and Heather Mayfield, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University - "Using the Ohio River "as a Hook" to Introduce Students, Teachers, and the Community to STEM Disciplines"

M. Ross Alexander, Hanover College - "Assessment of Headwater Habitats within the Central Muscatatuck Watershed in South Eastern Indiana"

Andrew S. Hoffman, Biology Department, Hanover College - "Activity Patterns of the Crawfish Frog at Crayfish Burrows in Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, SE Indiana"

Brian C. Reeder and Peyton Preece, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Morehead State University - "Comparison of Water Quality and Fish Production between Earthen and Plastic-lined Ponds at Minor Clark Fish Hatchery, KY"

Greg Seegert and Joe Vondruska, EA Engineering, Deerfield, IL and Elgin Perry, Biostatistician, Huntingtown, MD - "The Longitudinal Pattern of Various Fishes in the Ohio River"

Cheryl Ann Munson and Jocelyn C. Turner, Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington, and Darrin Rubino, Department of Biology, Hanover College - "Timber Use by the Late Mississippian House-Builders at the Hovey Lake Archaeological Site (12Po10), Posey County, Indiana"

Yan F. Fang and Tiao J. Chang, Civil Engineering Department, Ohio University - "A Sedimentation Study in the Ohio River Basin"

Alan M. Jacobs, Isam E. Amin, Jennifer E. Jacobs, Steven A. Buffone, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Youngstown State University - "Contaminant Transport from Banks to River Channel Predominates, Mahoning River, Northeastern Ohio"

Joseph K. Trimboli, Community Planner, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington State - "Land Cover Comparison Using GIS"

Terri Michaelis, Watershed Coordinator, Middle Eel River Watershed Initiative - "Middle Eel River Initiative: A Long-term Holistic Approach to Ecosystem Monitoring"

Dr. Chris Lorentz, Thomas More College, Center for Ohio River Research and Education

Matthew Williams, Ecoregional Director, The Nature Conservancy, Indiana - "Watershed Management Initiatives in Indiana by the Nature Conservancy"

Dr. Michael Kimmel, Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation - "Hints for Development at the Water's Edge"

Ron James, Wabash River Heritage - "Partnerships on the Banks of Long River Corridors: Ready, Set, Row"