Stroud Water Research Center
Hydropsychid caddisflies spin silk mesh nets that they use to filter feed. These nets are important ecosystem engineering structures in flowing waters.
As part of the Milton Hershey School’s Agriculture and Environmental Education pathway, the students are taking the computer science skills they learn in the classroom and applying them to real-world problems in the field.
Fisher, B.A., A.K. Aufdenkampe, K. Yoo, R. Aalto, and J. Marquard. 2018. Geoderma 319:142–155.
Because of flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation provided Stroud Water Research Center with a $3 million grant to reduce flooding across the 1,800-acre White Clay Creek watershed by 40 percent.
This project involved an experimental planting of 600 trees and shelters on 1.8 acres of riparian land along Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed to…
This project involved an experimental planting of 350 trees and shelters on one acre of riparian land along Brandywine Creek in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed to test…
This project involved an experimental planting of 1,050 trees and shelters on 2.5 acres of riparian land along Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed to…
This project involved an experimental planting of 1,150 trees and shelters on 3.8 acres of riparian land along Red Clay Creek in East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed…
Grudzinski, B., C.M. Ruffing, M.D. Daniels, and M. Rawitch. 2018. Annals of the American Association of Geographers.
Stroud Water Research Center’s third annual golf outing was a huge success! Sunday’s downpour led to a delayed start for the course to dry out, but 96 golfers enjoyed a sunny Monday at Bidermann Golf Course.