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2025 SAFE Award O'Callaghan and Board Members.

Paul O’Callaghan Receives 2025 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence

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The water scientist and documentary filmmaker inspired gala attendees with his hopeful message about the future of fresh water.

Dick Vermeil with a tree shelter.

Coach Dick Vermeil’s Legacy of Clean Water

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The legendary football coach knows victories — but his greatest win for Chester County may be restoring streams and protecting fresh water on his farm.

A penny shows the scale of seven-day-old New Zealand mud snails being reared in a laboratory.

Leaf Pack Monitoring Finds Invasive New Zealand Mud Snail in Ridley Creek

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A community creek monitoring event revealed one of the highest densities of invasive New Zealand mud snails ever observed in the region.

A streambank before riparian reforestation.

Digging Into Soil Health

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Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving ecosystem and clean surface water; yet it’s often an overlooked element in restoration work.

Dave Wise receives the Fran Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

Stroud Center’s David Wise Honored With Environmental Leadership Award

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The Fran Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award recognizes exceptional dedication to restoring cleaner rivers and streams across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Students engaging in watershed science using the Shared Waters curriculum.

Shared Waters Curriculum Brings the Leaf Pack Network to Elementary Students

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Designed for grades 3–6, the curriculum teaches how everyday choices affect stream health and empowers students to protect local waterways.

Abigail Duimering samples macroinvertebrates in White Clay Creek.

Wading Through Disciplines

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From aquatic insects to microbial DNA, an intern explores how collaboration across disciplines advances stream and soil health research.

A cross-section showing cover crop roots growing deeply into the soil.

Love Your (Gardening) Soils

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Skip the rototiller. Learn four soil-health principles, why worms matter, and steps to build water-wise, resilient home gardens.

Teachers collect macroinvertebrates from a stream.

Outdoor Learning Network Helps Teachers Grow and Students Thrive

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OLNI empowers teachers to bring real-world watershed science into classrooms, inspiring curiosity and student engagement.