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Science Today for Water Tomorrow

Stroud Water Research Center produces the trusted science needed for successful stream and river conservation while fostering people’s passion for the water in their lives.

What We Do

Freshwater Research

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Environmental Education

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Watershed Restoration

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From Freshwater Science to Real-World Solutions

The Stroud Center integrates scientific discovery, watershed restoration, and long-term monitoring to generate practical solutions for freshwater protection.

Research, watershed restoration, and monitoring feedback loop.

Expanding Access to Water Quality Monitoring

Globally, more than 3 billion people lack water quality data. Expanding access to monitoring tools helps communities protect their water and safeguard public health.

High school science teachers install an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station near a stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Bhutanese women identify aquatic macroinvertebrates.

Get Involved

At the Stroud Center, we are both practical and optimistic, and we have seen change for the good. Join us in pursuing positive outcomes for the environment and people.

To discuss other ways in which you may support the Stroud Center, please email development@stroudcenter.org.


Latest Freshwater News

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

The Selwyn River of New Zealand: a benchmark system for alluvial plain rivers

Larned, S.T., D.M. Hicks, J. Schmidt, A.J.H. Davey, K. Dey, M. Scarsbrook, D.B. Arscott, and R.A. Woods. 2008. River Research and Applications 24:1–24.
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Mesh size affects macroinvertebrate descriptions in large rivers: examples from the Savannah and Mississippi Rivers

Battle, J.M., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2007. Hydrobiologia 592:329–343.
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Primary productivity and community respiration

Bott, T.L. 2006. Pages 263–290 in F.R. Hauer and G.A. Lamberti (editors). Methods in stream ecology. 2nd edition. Elsevier, New York, New York.
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Resurrecting the in-stream side of riparian forests

Sweeney, B.W. and J.G. Blaine. 2007. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 136:17–27.
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Journey to Peru

An account of three weeks in the Amazon headwaters, studying the Madre de Dios River and its tributaries under a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

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