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Volunteering With Scientists Changed How I Advocate for Clean Streams
Carol Armstrong shares how knowledge she gained from collecting high-quality data in streams empowered her as a clean-water advocate in her community ...
West Chester East High School Adds New Outdoor Classroom
Anthony Prinzo shares how outdoor learning spaces help students learn about conservation, stewardship, and their role in preserving freshwater ecosystems ...
Cultivating Stewardship of Our Shared Waters
Brian Preston shares how people in a popular local park are discovering how a streamside forest and pollinator garden can be beautiful and good for clean water ...
New Traveling Discovery Tanks Bring Stream Life to You!
Not everyone can access a stream to discover aquatic life, but now a Macroinvertebrate Discovery Tank can bring the stream to them ...
Will Removing Thousands of Old Milldams Across the Northeast Help or Hurt Streams?
Stroud Center scientists have been assessing how milldams affect the filtering capacity of streams and whether their removal affects water quality. ...
Learning Something New Never Gets Old
At ages 100 and 80, two retirees plant their first cover crop and build soil health in their retirement community garden ...
Matthew Ehrhart of the Stroud Center Testifies at Pa. House Committee Hearing on Streamside Forests Bill
Ehrhart’s testimony focused on what Stroud Center scientists have learned about the impact trees can have on water quality, wildlife habitat, and flood reduction ...
To Reduce Flooding and Water Pollution, Add Green Space
Every park, every garden, every green space, no matter how small, gives rainwater the time and space to slow down and spread out ...
Nurturing the Good Mind
Connecting to water as a source of ancestral significance has strengthened a throughline of cultural continuity for the Seneca Nation and the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware ...
PFAS Explained
Forever chemicals threaten drinking water and human health. Learn how scientists are investigating PFAS contamination in farming ...