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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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A Day of Fun and Friendly Competition Raises Funds “Fore” Fresh Water

Golfers enjoyed a windy but sunny day at Bidermann Golf Course as Stroud Water Research Center celebrated clean fresh water.
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Save Farm-Friendly Raptors

If you own, manage, or farm a property with a stream, you can help save farmland raptors while enhancing the value and enjoyment of your land.
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Ameletus Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae) of the Eastern Nearctic

Funk, D.H. 2025. Insects 16(5): 530.
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The Economic Case for Watershed Restoration

Restoration can fuel economic growth, cut costs, create jobs, and provide opportunities for businesses, all while supporting freshwater ecosystems.
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Let Your Garden Grow Clean Water

If you’ve got the gardening bug, you can cultivate a beautiful landscape that also supports clean water and healthy streams.
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We Flipped the Switch!

A new solar array will produce enough electricity to reduce the Stroud Center’s energy costs by $5,000 to $6,000 per year.

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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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