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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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The role of monomers in stream ecosystem metabolism

Kaplan, L.A., and J.D. Newbold. 2002. Pages 97–119 in S. E. G. Findlay and R. L. Sinsabaugh (editors). Aquatic Ecosystems — Interactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter. Academic Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Wangari Maathi at The Water’s Edge gala.

UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2002

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai is using the Leaf Pack Experiment Kit home to educate young Kenyans about the importance of streams.
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Riparian forest restoration: increasing success by reducing plant competition and herbivory

Sweeney, B.W., S.J. Czapka, and T. Yerkes. 2002. Restoration Ecology 10(2):1–9.
A stream with autumn leaves.

Stroud Water Research Center Wins a Telly Award

Stroud Center was awarded the Telly Award for its film The Wisdom of Water, which was produced and written by Richard Robinson of Silverwood Films.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

The effects of nonindigenous Norway maple (Acer platanoides) on an aquatic insect community

Fenstermacher, H. 2002. M.S. Thesis, Entomology and Applied Ecology, University of Delaware. Adviser: J.K. Jackson.
Louis Kaplan taking a streamwater sample.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2002

Stroud scientists are studying how organic molecules support stream microorganisms and how far the molecules travel downstream before they are metabolized.

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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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