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Water Quality and Stream Health in Eastern Pennsylvania

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Stroud Center educators, along with the Central Bucks School District, the Heritage Conservancy and the Peace Valley Nature Center, provided programming to 250 people to show the impact of almost four decades of suburban expansion, rural development, dam construction, and environmental regulations on the region’s freshwater sources.

Leaf Pack Network — Engaging and Linking Students in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

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The goal of this project is to provide meaningful watershed experiences to underserved teachers and students in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Schuylkill Buffer Strategies

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This project combines sound science, public policy, and open dialogue in an effort to help municipalities in the Schuylkill River Basin of Pennsylvania protect their freshwater resources by creating riparian overlay ordinances and providing public education on the benefits of streamside forests.

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Untangling the complex issue of dissolved organic carbon uptake: a stable isotope approach

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Kaplan, L.A., T.N. Wiegner, J.D. Newbold, P.H. Ostrom, and H. Gandhi. 2008. Freshwater Biology 53:855–864.

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Novel estuarine bacterioplankton in rRNA operon libraries from the Chesapeake Bay

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Kan, J., S.E. Evans, F. Chen, and M.T. Suzuki. 2008. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 51:55–66.

Trail Creek Outfitters to Sponsor Acclaimed Film Festival

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The evening of short, independent films will cover the gamut of environmental issues and include several films based on the theme of fresh water.

Stroud Center and Community Members to Plant 500 Trees

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Tree planting is part of ongoing research to understand how to maximize the survivorship and growth of small seedlings used to reforest local streams.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Methods for evaluating the geomorphological performance of naturalized rivers: examples from the Chicago metropolitan area

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Rhoads, B.L., M.H. Garcia, J. Rodriguez, F. Bombardelli, J. Abad, and M. Daniels. 2008. Pages 209–228 in D. Sears and S. Darby (editors). River restoration: managing the uncertainty in restoring physical habitat. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom.

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Biome-level biogeography in streambed microbiota

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Findlay, R.H., C. Yeates, M.A.J. Hullar, D.A. Stahl, and L.A. Kaplan. 2008. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:3014–3021.

Liz Walker to Speak at Joan and Dick Stroud Memorial Lecture

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Ms. Walker’s lecture is entitled “EcoVillages: Pioneering a Sustainable Future by Conserving Land, Water, and Fossil Fuels.”