Stroud Water Research Center

Watershed Restoration Resources and Fact Sheets

Fact Sheets

A cross-section showing cover crop roots growing deeply into the soil.

Soil Carbon: Powering Cropping Systems

Pollinators on butterfly weed.

Neonicotinoids: From Your Fields to Your Streams

Raised beds in a healthy soil home garden.

Building Healthy Soils in Home Gardens

Flats of native tree and shrub seedlings ready for planting.

Native Trees and Shrubs of the Mid-Atlantic

A white-tailed deer buck in a meadow.

Stopping Buck Rub: Think Twice Before Removing Tree Shelters

A tree shelter with a circle of gravel at the base.

Using Stone Mulch to Protect Sheltered Trees From Rodents

Mile-a-minute vine overwhelming a tree shelter.

Controlling Weeds, Grasses, and Vines Inside Tree Shelters

Small flags marking where trees and shrubs will be planted to make a riparian forested buffer.

Growing Healthy Streamside Forests

A boy carries a tree tube used to shelter a native tree in a streamside forest planting.

Streamside Forests: The Natural, Cost-Effective Solution for Clean Water

Landowner Guide to Success

Landowner Guide to Buffer Success

How-To Videos

Helpful Websites

Helping landowners and tenants build agreements that enrich soil and protect natural resources.

Watershed Restoration Publications

Visit the Watershed Restoration Publications page to see frequently-requested publications by Stroud Water Research Center scientists and other organizations and individuals.

Additional Resources

A man and woman standing among rows of tree shelters in a newly planted riparian buffer.

Why Tree Shelters Are Important

Steve Groff in a field cover cropped with hairy vetch.

Tips for Cover Cropping Success

Bern Sweeney standing in a newly planted riparian forest buffer.

How Many Trees Does It Take to Protect a Stream?

In Support of Streamside Forests: Understanding the Challenges and Becoming Part of the Solution

Where Rivers Are Born: The Scientific Imperative for Defending Small Streams and Wetlands

Where Rivers are Born: The Scientific Imperative for Defending Small Streams and Wetlands