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

Rivers are more than water; they are life, memory, movement.
At Stroud Water Research Center, we uncover the science behind these living systems so we can all help protect them. Step in and start your journey.

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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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Latest News

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Role of rarity and taxonomic resolution in a regional and spatial analysis of stream macroinvertebrates

Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, and E.B. Kratzer. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):977–997.

Relating major ions and nutrients to watershed conditions across a mixed-use, water-supply watershed

Dow, C.L., D.B. Arscott, and J.D. Newbold. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):887–911.

Nitrogen and phosphorus attenuation within the stream network of a coastal, agricultural watershed

Ensign, S.H., S. McMillan, M. Piehler, and S. Thompson. 2006. Journal of Environmental Quality 35(4):1237–1247.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Exploring the links between geomorphology and ecology

Urban, M.A., and M.D. Daniels. 2006. Geomorphology 77(3–4): 203–206.

Taxonomy and genetics of the parthenogenetic mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer and its sexual sister Centroptilum alamance (Ephemeroptera:Baetidae)

Funk, D.H., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(2):417–429.

Bern Sweeney Receives the Garden Club of America award.

Director Sweeney Honored with Garden Club of America Award

Sweeney was awarded the Margaret Douglas Medal for "notable service to the cause of conservation education" by the Garden Club of America.

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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.