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Tioga County EPA Grant to Study Effects of Acid Mine Drainage

Stroud Center scientists will investigate the relationship between acid mine drainage and the ability of streams to process nitrogen and other nutrients.

Bern Sweeney and Jamie Blaine sampling a stream in Peru.

UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2006

10 scientists and two educators are braving the wild tributaries of the Amazon to study over 20 research sites in the Madre de Dios watershed.

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Uptake of nutrients and organic C in streams in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds

Newbold, J.D., T.L. Bott, L.A. Kaplan, C.L. Dow, J.K. Jackson, A.K. Aufdenkampe, L.A. Martin, D.J. Van Horn, and A.A. Long. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):998–1017.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Distribution and dynamics of large woody debris and organic matter in a low-energy meandering stream

Daniels, M.D. 2006. Geomorphology 77(3–4):286–298.

Molecular tracers of soot and sewage contamination in streams supplying New York City drinking water

Aufdenkampe, A.K., D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, and L.J. Standley. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):928–953.

Ecosystem metabolism in streams of the Catskill Mountains (Delaware and Hudson River watersheds) and Lower Hudson Valley

Bott, T.L., D.S. Montgomery, J.D. Newbold, D.B. Arscott, C.L. Dow, A.K. Aufdenkampe, J.K. Jackson, and L.A. Kaplan. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):1018–1044.

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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.