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Buffalo National River Science Symposium
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8:40 – 8:50 – Housekeeping items and meeting lay-out
8:50 – 9:00 – Melissa Trenchik – National Park Service - Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Terrestrial
9:00 – 9:15 – Dan Drees – National Park Service – Fire Effects Spanning 17 Years at Buffalo National River
9:15 – 9:30 – Dr. Mike Chamberlain – University of Georgia – Population-level Impacts of Chronic Wasting Disease on Arkansas’s White-tailed Deer
9:30 –9:45 – Derek Filipek – National Park Service – Riparian Buffer Improvements Along Buffalo National River9:45 – 10:00 – Dr. David Peterson – Retired Professor- The Arkansas Phosphorus Index – Theory and Practice
10:00 – 10:20 – Q&A for Session 1
10:20 – 10:40 Break
Session 2: Water Quality
10:40 – 10:55 – Dr. Lucas Driver and Billy Justus – US Geological Survey – Preliminary Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Nutrients and Filamentous Algae in the Buffalo River, 2018-2021
10:55 – 11:10 – Brie Olsen – Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Data Use in the 303(d)/305(b) Process
11:10 – 11:25 – Dr. Brian Haggard and Erin Grantz– Arkansas Water Resource Center – Water Quality Changes and Perspective in the Buffalo National River over the Last Two Decades
11:25 – 11:40 – Anna Pieri – Arkansas State University – Status of Freshwater Mussels in the Buffalo National River: Elevated Nutrients May Be Harming Young Mussels
11:40 – 12:00 – Q&A for Session 2
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Session 3: Watershed
1:00 – 1:15 – Dr. Kayla Sapkota – Cave Research Foundation – Cave Research Foundation at Buffalo National River
1:15 – 1:30 – Chris Bove – Natural Resource Conservation Service – How to Access NRCS’ Voluntary Natural Resources Conservation Assistance
1:30 – 1:45 – Tate Wentz – Arkansas Department of Agriculture- Unpaved Roads, Impacts to Water Quality, and the Arkansas Unpaved Road Program
1:45 – 2:00 – Dr. Stephanie Shepherd – Auburn University – The Buffalo National River Rocks! An Overview of Ongoing Geology Research
2:00 – 2:20 – Q&A for Session 3
2:20 – 2:40 Break
Session 4: History and Future
2:40 – 2:55 – Sarah O’Donnell – Osage Nation Historic Preservation Office – Protecting Osage Resources at the Buffalo National River
2:55 – 3:10 – Eden Hemming – Archaeologist for the Osage Nation – Osage Nation and Buffalo National River
3:10 – 3:25 – Casey Johannsen – National Park Service – The Space Above the Buffalo
3:25 – 3: 40 – Q&A for Session 4
3:40 – 3:50 – Mark Foust – Superintendent Buffalo National River – Closing Remarks – The Next 50 Years of Protecting Buffalo
Visit https://www.nps.gov/buff/50th-anniversary-science-symposium.htm for speakers bios and presentation abstracts.
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