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Mandy Nix sorting specimens while sitting on a rock in a stream

Meet Mandy Nix: New Watershed Education Specialist

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Her personal mission is to foster hands-on freshwater science education that teaches us about ourselves as well as our backyard water resources.

Cows fenced out of a stream.

Good Fences Make Good Water

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Cows wading in a stream might make a pretty picture but the reality is a lot less pleasant. Find out why in this 1-minute podcast featuring Jinjun Kan, Ph.D.

Teachers using the Water Quality mobile app

Training the Teachers of Today to Educate the Stewards of Tomorrow

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The outdoors were the setting for a boots-in-the-water workshop to advance professional development for non-formal educators and classroom teachers alike.

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Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit

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Hall E.K., E.S. Bernhardt, R.L. Bier, M.A. Bradford, C.M. Boot, J.B. Cotner, P.A. del Giorgio, S.E. Evans, E.B. Graham, S.E. Jones, J.T. Lennon, K. Locey, D.R. Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, J.D. Rocca, J.P. Schimel, M.P. Waldrop, M.D. Wallenstein. 2018. Nature Microbiology 3:977–982.

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Joseph George

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Staff Scientist

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Topographic variation in soil erosion and accumulation determined with meteoric 10Be

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Marquard, J., R.E. Aalto, T.T. Barrows, B.A. Fisher, A.A. Aufdenkampe, and J.O. Stone. 2018. Earth Surfaces Processes and Landforms 44(1):98–111.

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Seasonal trends in surface pCO2 and air‐sea CO2 fluxes in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, from VIIRS ocean color

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Joshi, I. D., N.D. Ward, E.J. D’Sa, C.L. Osburn, T.S. Bianchi, and D. Oviedo‐Vargas. 2018. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123:2466–2484.

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Mandy Nix

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Watershed Education Specialist

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Sharing Our Science at Rodale Institute’s Field Day

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Visitors learned the importance of integrating knowledge about farming practices and water quality and assessing the influence that farming decisions have on soils and streams.

Photo of three kayakers on the Schuylkill River.

Expedition Inspires Students to Act and Impact Local Watershed

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The students expressed interest in the story water-quality testing told as they traveled down the river from the mines, through the farms, and into Philadelphia.