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Six Stroud Center staff members at a conference.

Sharing Our Science at the National Monitoring Conference

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Along with networking and learning state-of-the-art water quality monitoring techniques, we presented our research to hundreds of water quality specialists.

Elisabeth Ruschmann standing near a stream.

High School Student’s Research Shows Salt Pollution of Fresh Water Has Tripled in 20 Years

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Elisabeth Ruschmann monitored water quality in her community and made an “alarming” discovery. Now she’s focused on sustainable solutions.

People stand next to a vehicle on a dirt road to admire a tropical sunset.

Costa Rica Close-Up

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Take a virtual trip to Maritza Biological Station, which houses one of the world’s longest continuously running data collections from tropical freshwater ecosystems.

Five girls walking in a stream.

Scientists for a Day

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Students visiting the Stroud Center gather data to help answer a guiding question: “How healthy is the East Branch of White Clay Creek?”

Bern Sweeney, 2023 Society of Freshwater Science Fellow

Bern Sweeney of the Stroud Center Named Society for Freshwater Science Fellow

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Under his leadership, the Stroud Center became the only independent nonprofit, nonadvocacy research institution focused solely on the study of freshwater ecosystems.

A group of tree planting volunteers from Sycamore.

Volunteers Plant 600 Trees for Healthy Streams

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The trees were planted along a tributary of Brandywine Creek in Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania, in a project funded by American Water.

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Atlantic Coast rivers of the northeastern United States

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Jackson, J.K., S.A. Entrekin, H.S. Greig, A.H. Roy. 2023. Pages 21–67 in M. Delong, T. Jardine, A. Benke, C. Cushing (editors), Rivers of North America. 2nd Ed. Elsevier, New York.

David Arscott and Rafa Morales stand in a stream in Costa Rica.

Tropical Research Reveals Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality

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Stroud Center scientists continue to investigate how climate change influences tropical species and ecosystem dynamics.

A child in a wheelchair uses a net to capture creek critters.

Wild About Water

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Creek Critters, a book for kids created in partnership with Stroud Water Research Center, inspires scientific discovery in a Utah school.