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Over-Seasoned: Our Taste for Salt is Killing Our Freshwater Ecosystems

The intense use of salt is now threatening our streams and rivers, marshes and ponds, and even groundwater — freshwater resources that were never meant to be so salty ...

Mayfly Cheese Is Back!

Miguel Vivanco, new head cheesemaker at The Farm at Doe Run, visited our campus to talk about life, the Stroud Center, and of course, great cheese ...

Between Two Worlds, Betsy Kerlin Shares Her Dual Perspective as a Suburbanite and Nature Lover

Growing up with one foot in the natural world and another in one constructed by humans, Kerlin learned the importance of having access to protected forests, wetlands, and streams ...

Follow the Martin! Migration Sensor Network Tracks Bird From Our Backyard to Central America

When wildlife-tracking telemetry towers were installed in Pennsylvania and Costa Rica, a purple martin reminded us of the connections between the temperate and tropical watersheds we study ...

STREAM Girls Leader Honored by Trout Unlimited Chapter

Mandy Nix received an award for outstanding work leading the STREAM Girls program at the Stroud Center since 2019.  ...

Stroud Center Partner Opens New Water Quality Education Center

West Chester Area School District’s three outdoor learning classrooms and interpretative signage will engage students, teachers, and the greater community for generations to come ...

The Trouble With Road Salt

Take a look at the effects of road salt on our streams and rivers and learn how volunteers and organizations are working to monitor what’s happening to their freshwater resources ...

On the Screen and in the Stream: Expanding Support of Adult Audiences

In addition to virtual programming, our education department offers open enrollment professional development workshops and partners closely with local school districts ...

Give the Best Gift on Earth: Fresh Water

Clean drinking water, good health, plentiful trout, productive soil, the simple joys of swimming, boating, fishing — our healthy freshwater ecosystems make these and so many other things possible.  ...

Watershed Restoration Welcomes Wills Curley to the Team

After volunteering and then moving into a part-time role, Curley says he is ecstatic to join the Stroud Center full-time as the watershed restoration project coordinator.  ...