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Restoring Flood Attenuation and Ecological Resiliency in the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont

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For this project, scientists and watershed restoration professionals restore one headwater basin to reduce flooding downstream, improve water quality, and increase stream-ecosystem resilience so that it will once again support…

Parthenogenesis (Virgin Reproduction), Hybridization, and Life History Plasticity in Mayflies

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Scientists are studying a number of mayfly species in White Clay Creek as well as in streams throughout eastern North America to better understand virgin reproduction and hybridization in mayflies,…

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Evaluating Potential Impacts on Groundwater of Passive Composting of Spent Mushroom Substrate According to Best Practices Guidelines

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By installing monitoring wells for groundwater, soil-water samplers, and probes to measure the conductivity in soil and groundwater, researchers are testing whether Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection guidelines for passive…

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Sediment Stabilization by Animals in Stream Ecosystems: Consequences for Erosion, Ecosystem Processes, and Biodiversity

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Like underwater engineers, caddisflies and other net-spinning macroinvertebrates attach gravels to one another on the bottom of streams in a way that stabilizes the stream bed and reduces erosion. Using…

Improving Stream Water Quality and Reducing Runoff by Improving Farm Soil Health Through Permanent Cover Cropping

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Scientists are studying how soil structure and soil ecosystem health improve farm fields over a three-year period after shifting from conventional tillage practices to cover cropping. They are also measuring…

Thomas P. Bentley Muddy Boots Fund for Chester County Council, BSA Programs

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The establishment of the Muddy Boots fund has made Stroud Water Research Center education programs free for youth in Chester County Council, Boy Scouts of America. Programs have expanded to…

Teaching Environmental Sustainability — Model My Watershed

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Stroud Water Research Center educators and scientists continued to enhance the Model My Watershed application and refined the model curriculum for middle and high school students. This project is completed…

Brandywine River Trek

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The Coatesville Youth Initiative Brandywine Trek is a youth leadership and environmental awareness program that combines outdoor learning over five days along the Brandywine River. Trek activities build leadership skills,…

Greening STEM Technologies: A Model for Advancing Do-It- Yourself (DIY) Environmental Sensing Networks to Support Citizen Science and Primary and Secondary Education

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Stroud Water Research Center education and technical staff created STEM technologies to enhance public capabilities in citizen science. Partnerships with schools will lead to curricula and tools and the installation…

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Contact Point, Program, and Training Initiative

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As a partner in this cooperative agreement with the National Park Service and Sultana Education Foundation, Stroud Center educators continue to expand teacher professional development and school programs in Pennsylvania’s…