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CATHLEEN CURRAN MYERS
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
KARL BROWN
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
ALLEN C. GELLIS
Pennsylvania Director of Chesapeake Bay Commission
THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSION
Moderated by Cathleen Curran Myers, Deputy Secretary, Office of Water Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environment and Protection (PA DEP)
8:00 - 12:00 pm - Trout Auditorium (see map)
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8:15 am
Welcome and opening comments
James P. Rice, Associate Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs
8:30 - 8:55 am
Agriculture and the Susquehanna River
Cathleen Curran Myers, Deputy Secretary
Office of Water Management
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
8:55 - 9:20 am
Nutrient loads in the Susquehanna River
Karl G. Brown, Executive Secretary, Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
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9:20 - 9:45 am
Sediment loads in the Susquehanna River
Allen C. Gellis, Research Hydrologist-Geomorphologist
U.S. Geological Survey, Baltimore, Maryland
9:45 - 10:30 am
Break and Student Research Poster Session
Center Room, Elaine Langone Center
10:30 - 10:55 am
Agriculture, the Susquehanna River,
and epidemiological connections
Zhengmin Qian and Brian Schwartz, Geisenger Center for Health Research
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Scientific panel discussion
Speakers entertain questions from audience
and address related issues
11:25 - 11:45 am
The Chesapeake Bay connection
Marel Raub, Pennsylvania Director
Chesapeake Bay Commission
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Break
Move to Terrace Room for lunch