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New Teaching Tool Shows How Land Use Alters Rain’s Path

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Watershed modeling tables and companion lessons from the Stroud Center help people learn how actions on land impact streams and rivers.

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Bern Sweeney Recognized With Prestigious Ruth Patrick Award

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As a student, colleague, and lifelong friend of Ruth Patrick, Sweeney sustained a career of scientific discovery leading to environmental solutions.

Participants in the “Science of Fresh Water” course visit the Stroud Center.

New Class Introduces Adult Learners to “Science of Fresh Water”

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Participants got a crash course on what watersheds are and how their streams and rivers work and support wildlife.

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Variation in freshwater insect osmoregulatory traits: A comparative approach

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Cochran, J.K., S.E. Orr, D.H. Funk, A.C. Figurskey, M.H. Reiskind, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2024. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, early online access.

A map of southeastern Pennsylvania showing impacted streams and developed land use.

The Stream Restoration Puzzle

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Stroud Water Research Center examines why freshwater ecosystem restoration often fails to meet water quality objectives.

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Green Lawns Don’t Have to Lead to Green Water

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Learn how to care for your landscape and prevent potentially harmful algae from growing in the waters where you live.

Three scientists stand next to a rooftop rainwater monitoring station in Georgia.

Revolutionizing Environmental Data Collection

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Open source technology is helping federal agencies collect high-quality environmental data without the hassle and high costs of proprietary options.

A group of students installs a tree shelter in the streamside buffer at their school.

Volunteer-Led Tree Planting Engages Students in Stewardship

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How one community’s action project is teaching students about water, trees, and wildlife and how to care for them.

Eight watershed stewards stand behind a large pile of garbage they have removed from a stream.

Starting a Watershed Organization

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Learn how the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards started a watershed organization in their rapidly developing community and you can too.

Two women gear up for kayaking on a waterway in Dubai.

Lessons From the World Environmental Education Congress 2024

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What Stroud Center educators learned and shared at an international gathering to address environmental and sustainable development.