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An Eastern bluebird in a flower garden.

Let Your Garden Grow Clean Water

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If you’ve got the gardening bug, you can cultivate a beautiful landscape that also supports clean water and healthy streams.

Newly installed solar panels at Stroud Water Research Center

We Flipped the Switch!

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A new solar array will produce enough electricity to reduce the Stroud Center’s energy costs by $5,000 to $6,000 per year.

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High fecal indicator bacteria in temperate headwater streams at baseflow: implications for management and public health

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D.T. Myers, L. Zgleszewski, R. Bier, J.R. Price, S. Morgan, J.K. Jackson, D. Oviedo-Vargas, M. Daniels, D.B. Arscott, J. Kan. 2025. Water Research X 29: 100347.

Large Atlantic sturgeon swims in deep blue salty water, close-up photo.

Reasons for Hope

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Sometimes it can feel like disagreement is the only thing that is pervasive in today’s world. That’s simply not true. Not when it comes to water.

New Croton Reservoir from Gate House Bridge

Salt Rising in N.Y.C. Source Water, New Report Echoes Stroud Center Study

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Twenty-five years after Stroud Center scientists found high salt levels, a new report shows N.Y.C. water sources are trending toward undrinkable.

A biologist samples a fish for PFAS contamination.

Study Points to Farmland as Possible Source of PFAS in Fish

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The Stroud Center and the Center for PFAS Solutions have been studying how much biosolids are contaminating farmland and adjacent waters since 2021.

The audience watches as films begin at the 2025 Wild & Scenic Film Festival.

That’s a Wrap: Film Fest Draws Enthusiastic Support

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As we reflect on the success of Trail Creek Outfitters’ 18th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, we are grateful to everyone who made it a memorable night.

A scientist shows a small live eel to children at World Water Day.

Wild World Water Day!

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The Stroud Center welcomed 160+ visitors for hands-on science, stream fun, and more. Join us on March 21, 2026, for another exciting event!

An aerial view of a forested stream in the Schuylkill Highlands.

The Other Half of Forested Buffers: Stream Ecology and the Role of Forests

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Forested buffers have long been valued as barriers or filters that keep pollutants from reaching streams, but that’s only half the picture.