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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
We advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

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Farmer showing health soil in a field

Employment Opportunity: Soil Health Project Coordinator

The Coordinator will manage landowner relations and no-till and cover crop implementation on agricultural lands in northern Virginia.
Tree shelters and tree seedlings ready to be planted in a riparian buffer.

Watershed Restoration Internships

The Robin L. Vannote Watershed Restoration Program is hiring up to two paid interns for seasonal or summer assistance.
Waterfall in El Valle, Panama, home of the golden frog.

Employment Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Stroud Center seek a postdoctoral scientist in watershed hydrology to join a team in Panama.
A stream runs through a forest in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Employment Opportunity: Postdoctoral Associate in Microbial Ecology

Stroud Water Research Center is searching for a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments.
A map of southeastern Pennsylvania showing impacted streams and developed land use.

The Stream Restoration Puzzle

A new Stroud Water Research Center presentation examines why investment projects often fail to meet water quality standards.
A close-up photo of lawn grass with a house and tree in the background.

Green Lawns Don’t Have to Lead to Green Water

Learn how to care for your landscape and prevent potentially harmful algae from growing in the waters where you live.

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WikiWatershed® web tools offer watershed data visualization, geospatial analysis capabilities, and science-based predictions of human impacts on stormwater runoff and water quality.

The Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and their students, citizen scientists, and researchers.

EnviroDIY™ is a community where members ask and answer questions and network within interest groups to develop do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring devices.

The Society for Freshwater Science Taxonomic Certification Program ensures skilled persons are providing aquatic invertebrate identifications in North America.

The Leaf Pack Network® is an international network of teachers, students, and citizen monitors using a simple experiment to determine the health of their local streams.

The Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds provides free technical assistance to Pennsylvania-based watershed and conservation organizations.


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