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Lenape Chief Dennis Coker discussing native mussels with Tara Muenz along Fork Branch in Delaware.

Lenape Community Scientists Restore Their Ancestral Watershed

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Watershed monitoring and stewardship activities will support the potential to reintroduce mussels — the most endangered and threatened freshwater faunal group in the United States.

Four golfers from Constellation at the hole the company sponsored.

Great Turnout “Fore” Fresh Water

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We are grateful to the record number of sponsors and golfers who helped to make this event so successful! Enjoy the photos, and we hope to see you next year.

Two scientists paddle on the Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania during an algae bloom.

New Way to Trace Algae Origins Could ID Sources of Water Pollution

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Real-time chlorophyll sensors can be used to determine the origins of algae in rivers and streams. 

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Protecting our WATERS: a 5E lesson sequence derived from a National Science Foundation- funded middle school watershed sustainability curriculum

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Krauss, Z., D. Kline, N.I. Marcum-Dietrich, C. Stunkard, S. Kerlin, and C. Staudt. 2022. Science Activities 59(2):97–105.

Algal bloom in Brandywine Creek where it flows under a railroad bridge.

Who’s Polluting Our Water? Scientists’ New Way to Trace Algae Origins Could Tell Us

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Not all algae are harmful but too much can be deadly. Why? Because when they die, the blooms feed bacteria that rob the water of oxygen. 

Introduction to the Lancaster County, Pa. Outdoor Leadership Network Initiative

Calling Lancaster County, Pa. Teachers: Join the Outdoor Leadership Network Initiative

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Gain experience from teachers who have been teaching and engaging students in environmental literacy and action for years!

River with riparian forest

Protecting Forests, Clean Water Amid Changing Remote-Work Landscape

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To make the case for preserving open space amid the demand for new development, it’s important to measure impact. Now scientists are doing just that.

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Deciphering the origin of riverine phytoplankton using in situ chlorophyll sensors

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Peipoch, M., and S. Ensign. 2022. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 7(2): 159–166.

Members of Mighty Writers—El Futuro look at aquatic insects next to the Watershed Education Mobile Lab.

Watershed on Wheels Makes a Splash at World Water Day Event

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Families, community members, and a group of Mighty Writers gathered to learn about the world’s most precious natural resource — clean fresh water — and how to protect it.