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We advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

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Abandoned coal mine drainage and its remediation: impacts on stream ecosystem structure and function

Bott, T.L., J.K. Jackson, M. McTammany, J.D. Newbold, S. Rier, B.W. Sweeney, and J. Battle. 2012. Ecological Applications 22:2144–2163.
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Slimy leaves for clean streams: the leaf pack experiment

Medved, C., B.W. Sweeney, J.G. Blaine. 2012. Pages 56–57 in Interpretive Sourcebook: 2012 NAI National Workshop, Hampton, Virginia.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Dam design can impede adaptive management of environmental flows: a case study from the Opuha Dam, New Zealand

Lessard, J., D.M. Hicks, T.H. Snelder, D.B. Arscott, S.T. Larned, D. Booker, and A.M. Suren. 2013. Environmental Management 51(2):459–473.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Dietary (periphyton) and aqueous Zn bioaccumulation dynamics in the mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer

Kim, K.S., D.H. Funk, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2012. Ecotoxicology 21:2288–2296.
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Making education for sustainability work on campus: the proposals of the Roundtable on Environmental Systems and Sustainability

Reiter, M.A., W.J. Focht, P.A. Barresi, S.E. Gill, R.C. Smardon, S. Baker, K. Reiter, E. Fitch, T. Rolfe, and S. Bumpous. 2012. In W. Leal (editor). Sustainable development at universities:
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Estimation of dissolved organic carbon contribution from hillslope soils to a headwater stream

Mei, Y., G.M. Hornberger, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2012. Water Resources Research 48(9):W09514.

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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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