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UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2007

Last summer, Stroud Center scientists and educators traveled to Peru and sampled 31 stream and river sites that ranged from pristine to severely polluted.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Long-term effects of translocation and release numbers on fine scale population structure among coho salmon (Onchorhynchus kisutch)

Eldridge, W., and K. Naish. 2007. Molecular Ecology. 16(12):2407–2421.

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How planting method, weed abatement, and herbivory affect afforestation success

Sweeney, B.W., S.J. Czapka, and C. Petrow. 2007. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 31:85–92.

Stroud Water Research Center Names New Education Director

Dr. Gill's mission is to expand educational programs and attract new audiences while “making science accessible in a way that maintains its integrity.”

Stream flow changes associated with water use and climatic variation in the lower Flint River Basin, southwest Georgia

S.W. Golladay, D.W. Hicks, and T.K. Muenz. 2007. In T. Rasmussen (editor). Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference. Athens, Georgia.

Current conditions of historical mussel habitat in the Flint River Basin, Georgia

Muenz, T.K., S.P. Opsahl, S.W. Golladay, D.W. Hicks, B.Clayton, and R.C. Thomas. 2007. In T. Rasmussen (editor). Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference. Athens, Georgia.

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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.