Annual Reports
Read in-depth stories about Stroud Water Research Center’s work in our year-in-review publications. Friends of the Stroud Center receive a print copy of the annual report each year.


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2020 Annual Report
Doing Good Better: Refining Buffer Restoration Methods
The goal of improving the survival and growth of trees has persisted through decades of research. Yet, with every new advance, new questions arise.
2020 Annual Report
Saving Streams With Good Science
Building trust in the scientific process starts with communicating our research to non-scientists. To that end, our scientists share snapshots of three long-term experiments.
2020 Annual Report
Expanding Global Learning Opportunities
We've synthesized digital, remote, and in-person teaching methods, developed remote learning kits, and tailored programming for local high-needs audiences and learners of all abilities.
2019 Annual Report
Restoring the River Continuum Community
We're working with partners and land users to implement natural solutions to regenerate soils and safeguard fresh water, solutions that benefit both human communities and the entire ecosystem.
2019 Annual Report
Meaningful Watershed Education: A Lasting and Expanding Partnership With a Local School District
The partnership has become a model for building formal and non-formal education partnerships in systemic watershed education.
2019 Annual Report
Stream Reach: Building Communities from White Clay Creek to the Yangtze Basin
To truly make a difference requires, not only understanding freshwater systems, but working with all kinds of communities to protect them.
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- 2024: Science Today for Water Tomorrow
- 2023: Enhancing Nature in Public Spaces
- 2022: Profiles in Stewardship
- 2021: The Journey Toward Hope
- 2020: Challenging Times, Changing Solutions
- 2019: Growing Community Outreach
- 2018: Preparing for Extremes
- 2017: Keeping Water Fresh for Fifty Years
- 2016: Through a Scientist’s Lens
- 2015: From Our Backyard to Bhutan
- 2014: The Future of Fresh Water Starts Here
- 2013: To the Streams We Go
- 2012: First Fall: Moorhead Environmental Complex
- 2011: From the Ground Up
- 2010: Connecting the Dots
- 2009: Moving Freshwater Science Forward
- 2008: Building a Library of Life
- 2007: Protecting the Water Supply of 9 Million People
- 2005–2006: Notes from the Field: Journey to Peru
- 2004: W.B. Dixon Stroud: A Life Celebrated
- 2003: A Time of Impact and Recognition
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