BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Andrea Cass\, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Environmenta l Studies at SUNY ESF\, will give a presentation titled: “Voluntary Flood Buyouts in Central Appalachia: Creek Bottoms\, Jubilee\, and Transformativ e Adaptation.”As climate change increases extreme weather events\, displac ement will become ever more pressing without managed retreat\, especially along creek bottoms in West Virginia. Voluntary floodplain buyout programs are heralded as one of the best options to facilitate managed retreat\, r educe vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change. However\, t his talk illustrates how historical injustices in infrastructure\, land ow nership and housing in Central Appalachia reveal a classed and gendered sp atialization of housing across the riverine landscape today\, complicating what it means to be “bought out.” In a region where extractive industries control and own most of the land\, residents struggle for the right to re main. Still\, many grassroots organizations and individuals continue to in spire hope and Jubilee for a bright future\, affirming life for those who remain.Andrea Cass is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Environmental Studies at SUNY ESF. She is a broadly trained political ecologist and cri tical environmental studies scholar whose award-winning dissertation resea rch investigates power dynamics within voluntary flood buyouts\, managed r etreat and post-disaster flood relocation in Central Appalachia. Her work supports the development of more equitable buyout programs in riverine com munities across the United States. DTEND:20261105T184500Z DTSTAMP:20261022T144300Z DTSTART:20261105T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies: Voluntary Flood Buyouts in Centr al Appalachia UID:RFCALITEM639282625804746453 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Andrea Cass\, Ph.D. candidate in the Depart ment of Environmental Studies at SUNY ESF\, will give a presentation title d: “Voluntary Flood Buyouts in Central Appalachia: Creek Bottoms\, Jubilee \, and Transformative Adaptation.”

As climate change increases extre me weather events\, displacement will become ever more pressing without ma naged retreat\, especially along creek bottoms in West Virginia. Voluntary floodplain buyout programs are heralded as one of the best options to fac ilitate managed retreat\, reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change.

However\, this talk illustrates how historical inju stices in infrastructure\, land ownership and housing in Central Appalachi a reveal a classed and gendered spatialization of housing across the river ine landscape today\, complicating what it means to be “bought out.” In a region where extractive industries control and own most of the land\, resi dents struggle for the right to remain. Still\, many grassroots organizati ons and individuals continue to inspire hope and Jubilee for a bright futu re\, affirming life for those who remain.

Andrea Cass is a Ph.D. can didate in the Department of Environmental Studies at SUNY ESF. She is a br oadly trained political ecologist and critical environmental studies schol ar whose award-winning dissertation research investigates power dynamics w ithin voluntary flood buyouts\, managed retreat and post-disaster flood re location in Central Appalachia. Her work supports the development of more equitable buyout programs in riverine communities across the United States .

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