Name: Science Open House Celebrating World Water Day
Start: 2026-03-21T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-21T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Stroud Water Research Center

Rivers are more than water; they are life, memory, movement.
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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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Freshwater Research

Environmental Education

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Latest News

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

The Tagliamento River: a model ecosystem of European importance

Tockner, K., J.V. Ward, D.B. Arscott, P.J. Edwards, J. Kollmann, A.M. Gurnell, G.E. Petts, B. Maiolini. 2003. Aquatic Sciences 65:239–253.

Habitat structure and Trichoptera diversity in two headwater flood plains, N.E. Italy

Arscott, D.B., B. Keller, K. Tockner, and J.V. Ward. 2003. International Review of Hydrobiology 88:255–273.

Publication title with image of a mayfly

Dietary and stable isotope (δ ¹³C, δ ¹⁵N) analyses in alpine stream insects

Füreder, L., C. Welter, and J.K. Jackson. 2003. International Review of Hydrobiology 88:314–331.

Stroud Center Director Receives National Conservation Award

The Natural Resources Conservation Service has named Bernard Sweeney, Ph. D., the recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Conservation Award.

A mixing model analysis of stream solute dynamics and the contribution of a hyporheic zone to ecosystem function

Battin, T.J., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and S.P. Hendricks. 2003a. Freshwater Biology 48:995–1014.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2003

The United Nations has declared 2003 the International Year of Fresh Water to galvanize action on one of the world’s most urgent crises.

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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.