Watershed Restoration Workshop
June 12, 8:45 AM - 3:00 PM EDT Free
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Watershed Restoration Workshop
June 12 , 8:45 AM – 3:00 PM EDT
- When: Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Where: Stroud Water Research Center, 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311.
- Audience: Conservation professionals and decision-makers involved in forested buffers and/or watershed restoration.
- Cost: Free, including lunch.
- Registration: Contact Rebecca at 610-883-0355 or rduczkowski@stroudcenter.org and indicate any dietary preferences for lunch.
Discover science-backed strategies that help stream ecosystems recover from degradation. Please dress for the weather, as there may be a creekside walk.
Agenda
| 8:45 a.m. | Refreshments and welcome. |
| 9 a.m. | “Streams, Stressors, and Strategies for Recovery,” Stroud Center Director of Watershed Restoration Matt Ehrhart. |
| 10 a.m. | “Aggregating Farm Conservation for Watershed Scale Restoration,” Stroud Center Watershed Restoration Coordinator Lamonte Garber. |
| 11 a.m. | Break/refreshments. |
| 11:15 a.m. | “Long-Term Research on Environmental Biology of White Clay Creek,” Stroud Center Senior Research Scientist John Jackson, Ph.D. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch provided by the Stroud Center. |
| 1 p.m. | “Monitoring Stream Response in a Headwaters Catchment Following Whole-Farm Conservation System Implementation on All Farms,” Stroud Center Assistant Research Scientist Diana Oviedo-Vargas, Ph.D., and Stroud Center Watershed Restoration Coordinator Lamonte Garber. |
| 2 p.m. | “Road Salt Usage as a Threat to Built Infrastructure and Water Resources,” John Jackson, Ph.D. |
| 3 p.m. | Adjourn. An optional tour of the 80-year-old forested reach on White Clay Creek may be offered. Approximately 45 minutes. |
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