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.

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Freshwater Research

Environmental Education

Watershed Restoration

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.

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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.

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Latest Freshwater News

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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.

Egg development, growth and metabolism of Sigara alternata (Say) (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in fluctuating thermal environments

Sweeney, B.W., and J.A. Schnack. 1977. Ecology 58(2):265–277.

Biological assessment of timber management activity impacts and buffer strip effectiveness on National Forest Streams of northern California

Roby, K.B., D.C. Erman, and J.D. Newbold. 1977. Earth Resources Monograph No. 1, USDA Forest Service, California Region.

A diurnally fluctuating thermal system for studying the effect of temperature on aquatic organisms

Sweeney, B.W. 1976. Limnology and Oceanography 21(5):758.

The productivity, mixing modes, and management of the world’s lakes

Horne, A.J., J.D. Newbold, and M.M. Tilzer. 1975. Limnology and Oceanography 20(4):663–666.

Oxygen depletion model for Cayuga Lake

Newbold, J.D., and J.A. Liggett. 1974. Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division 100(1):41–59.