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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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Seasonal variation in land cover estimates reveals sensitivities and opportunities for environmental models

Myers, D.T., D. Jones, D. Oviedo-Vargas, J.P. Schmit, D.L. Ficklin, and X. Zhang. 2024. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 28(23): 5295–5310.
A community science volunteers stands next to an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station on the banks of a small stream.

Study: Community Science Can Aid Water Resource Monitoring

After examining water quality data from community scientists, researchers say it has value, but volunteers need support.
An EnviroDIY monitoring station next to a USGS gaging station on White Clay Creek near Avondale.

Is EnviroDIY Water Quality Data as Good as USGS?

Researchers compared sensor accuracy, precision, and response under controlled conditions. Learn what the data shows.
A crew of four men work on a newly planted riparian buffer.

Cutting Waste in the Reforestation of Riparian Zones

An update on research seeks to reduce plastic waste, maintenance costs, and the mortality of planted trees and shrubs.
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Watershed survey of streams in western Bhutan with macroinvertebrates, water chemistry, bacteria and DNA barcodes

Battle, J.M., B.W. Sweeney, B. Currinder, A. Aufdenkampe, B. Fisher, and N. Islam. 2024. Journal of Threatened Taxa 16(11): 26089–26103.
Boulder Bridge in the fall at Rock Creek National Park.

Conserving National Park Streams

The Stroud Center has been collaborating in the National Capital Region to support monitoring and analysis of park stream ecosystems.

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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.

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