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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Biology, ecophysiology, and energetics of Sigara alternata (Say) in White Clay Creek

Schnack, J.A., B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1978. Physis Sección B 37(93):89–98.

Bioenergetic and developmental response of a mayfly to thermal variation

Sweeney, B.W. 1978. Limnology and Oceanography 23(3):461–477.

Size variation and the distribution of hemimetabolous aquatic insects: two thermal equilibrium hypotheses

Sweeney, B.W., and R.L. Vannote. 1978. Science 200(4340):444–446.

Effectiveness of an artificial substrate for sampling macroinvertebrates in small streams

Roby, K.B., J.D. Newbold, and D.C. Erman. 1978. Freshwater Biology 8(1):1–8.

Epilithic periphyton and detritus studies in a subalpine stream

Perkins, M.A., and L.A. Kaplan. 1978. Hydrobiologia 57:103–109.

Evaluation of streamside bufferstrips for protecting aquatic organisms

Erman, D.C., J.D. Newbold, and K.B. Roby. 1977. Contribution No. 165, September 1977. California Water Resources Center, University of California, Davis.

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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.