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.

What We Do

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.

Learn About Our Impact

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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At the Stroud Center, we are both practical and optimistic, and we have seen change for the good. Join us in pursuing positive outcomes for the environment and people.

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To discuss other ways in which you may support the Stroud Center, please email development@stroudcenter.org.

Latest Freshwater News

Celebrating Strong Partnerships for Healthy Waters With TNC

We’re proud to be featured in The Nature Conservancy’s Stream Stewards: A Guide to Watershed Stewardship Through Community Science and Youth Engagement.

John Jackson, Ph.D., accepts the 2025 York County Master Watershed Stewards Outstanding Partner Award on behalf of the Stroud Center.

Stroud Center Honored With 2025 Outstanding Partner Award

Partnerships are the keystone of a successful Master Watershed Steward program, and we are honored to have worked alongside the York County, Pa., group.

Stroud Center entomologists have been sampling macroinvertebrates in the Susquehanna River near Procter & Gamble’s Mehoopany plant since 1974.

Fund Long-Term Research Like Infrastructure

Long-term environmental research is how communities detect risks early. It is how we make smarter decisions, reduce costs, and protect public well-being.

Jackson testifies on stream impairment before PA House Environmental Resources & Natural Protection Committee.

Stroud Center Scientist Testifies About Stream Impairment

Why are we not measuring more improvements among our impaired streams or seeing more streams removed from our list of impaired waters?

Native shrubs planted by Scouts to improve wildlife habitat and protect a stream.

New Partnership Expands Watershed Education in the Brandywine

Stroud Water Research Center is advancing local drinking water protection through the Protect Your Drinking Water Grant Program funded by Aqua Pennsylvania.