Name: School-Days-Off Camp: Watershed Wonders
Start: 2026-02-16T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-16T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Stroud Water Research Center

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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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Is inorganic nutrient enrichment a driving force for the formation of red tides? A case study of the dinoflagellate Scrippsiella trochoidea in an embayment

Yin, K., X. Song, S. Liu, J. Kan, and P. Qian. 2008. Harmful Algae 8:54–59.

Water quality in White Clay Creek Watershed from 1991 to 2008

Battle, J.M., and J.K. Jackson. 2008. Stream Watch Project Final Report. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

Riparian zone denitrification affects nitrogen flux through a tidal freshwater river

Ensign, S.H., M.F. Piehler, and M.W. Doyle. 2008. Biogeochemistry 91(2–3):133–150.

Diet and abundance of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) in an agricultural area, southwest Georgia

Muenz, T.K., S.W. Golladay, L.L. Smith, and G.Vellidis. 2008. Southeastern Naturalist. 7(4):691–704.

Streamside forests: the natural cost-effective solution to clean water

In Support of Streamside Forests: Understanding the Challenges and Becoming Part of the Solution

Trees prevent pollutants from entering our water supplies and provide shade, beauty, and the natural habitat essential to a healthy ecosystem.

Water quality monitoring in the source water areas for New York City: an integrative watershed approach

Arscott, D.B., A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, C.L. Dow, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Final report on monitoring activities, 2000-2005. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

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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.