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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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Tom Best smiles as he stands in a young riparian buffer.

Caring for Trees

Tom Best doesn’t own the young streamside forest he maintains each day. It's an act of service motivated by a parental feeling toward the woods.
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Earning a “Master’s” in Watershed Stewardship

How Penn State Extension launched one of the most successful volunteer training programs in the U.S. and revived struggling local watershed groups.
Three people next to a replica of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Looking Back at Earth and Its Fresh Water From Space

All-star community science volunteers visit Goddard Space Flight Center and learn what NASA satellite data reveals about threats to streams.
Stroud Center Collaborations Amplify Impact on Fresh Water

Stroud Center Collaborations Amplify Impact on Fresh Water

Scientists, educators, and watershed restoration professionals are working together to create long-lasting and positive impacts on waterways.
Three high school students examine rocks collected from a stream.

Philadelphia Catholic Schools to Participate in Watershed Education Programs at the Stroud Center

Student groups from fourth through 12th grade can visit the Stroud Center’s 55-acre campus for a hands-on day of science lessons.
Learn How to Protect Your Watershed

Learn How to Protect Your Watershed

Have you ever wondered how you can make a difference and improve the health of your local streams? Watch this special webinar series to find out!

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

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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