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SUMMARY:Train-the-Trainer Workshop: Salty Streams and Safer Streets
DESCRIPTION:Students discuss the effects of excessive road salt usage on freshwater systems.\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, November 4\, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA 19311\n\n\n\nAudience: Intermediate Unit consultants\, informal environmental education organizations\, and other professional development providers.\n\n\n\nCost: Free\, including lunch. Registration is required and limited to 20 participants.\n\n\n\nQuestions? Contact Kathryn Difo.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now\n\n\n\n\nIntroducing Salty Streams and Safer Streets\n\n\n\nA New Middle School MWEE Curriculum for Grades 6–9 From the Creators of Shared Waters\n\n\n\nBuilt on the same research-based\, phenomenon-driven approach as the nationally recognized Shared Waters curriculum\, Salty Streams and Safer Streets extends watershed education into grades 6–9 through a locally relevant investigation of one of today’s important environmental challenges: balancing winter road safety with the health of our freshwater ecosystems. \n\n\n\nDesigned specifically for Intermediate Unit consultants\, informal environmental education organizations\, and other professional development providers\, this full-day workshop prepares participants to confidently facilitate professional learning and support implementation of this new curriculum throughout their region. \n\n\n\nParticipants will: \n\n\n\n\nExperience key investigations from the free 11-lesson curriculum.\n\n\n\nExplore instructional resources and implementation strategies.\n\n\n\nLearn how the curriculum supports the Pennsylvania STEELS Standards\, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)\, and the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) framework.\n\n\n\nReceive the tools and resources needed to train and support classroom teachers.\n\n\n\n\nStudents investigate the driving question: How can we balance winter road safety with the health of our watershed? \n\n\n\nThrough hands-on investigations\, outdoor learning\, water quality monitoring\, geospatial technologies\, systems thinking\, and Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER)\, students gather and synthesize evidence before designing and implementing meaningful watershed action projects. \n\n\n\nWhether your region is already implementing Shared Waters or you are looking to expand watershed education opportunities for middle school educators\, this workshop will prepare you to bring Salty Streams and Safer Streets to teachers across your service area.
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/trainer-workshop-salty-streams-safer-streets-2/
LOCATION:Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA\, 19311\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Water’s Edge Gala and Presentation of the 2026 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence
DESCRIPTION:The Water’s Edge gala brings together business leaders in the community\, supporters of Stroud Water Research Center\, and experts in the world of fresh water.  \n\n\n\n\nDuring this event\, the Stroud Center recognizes an individual or organization that has made invaluable contributions to freshwater or environmental conservation and presents them with the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year’s award honors Amy Bowers Cordalis. Cordalis is a Yurok tribal member\, attorney\, environmental advocate\, fisherwoman\, author\, and cultural practitioner committed to restoring Indigenous rights and sovereignty and advancing environmental justice. She is the cofounder and executive director of the Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group. \n\n\n\n\nDate and time: Thursday\, November 5\, 2026.\n\n6 p.m. Registration and cocktails.\n\n\n\n7:15 p.m. Lecture and award presentation.\n\n\n\n8 p.m. Dinner.\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation: Willowdale\, 115 E. Street Road\, Kennett Square\, PA 19348. Willowdale\, a gorgeous reconstructed bank barn\, is Chester County’s newest event space.\n\n\n\n\nBusinesses can treat their clients to an unforgettable evening by purchasing a sponsorship. \n\n\n\nTicket sales are now closed; please contact Jessica Provinski if you are interested in attending. \n\n\n\nPrevious Water’s Edge speakers and SAFE Award winners include luminaries such as Jane Goodall\, Olivia Newton-John\, and John Easterling; American Rivers and its president\, Bob Irvin; His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco; Chad Pregracke; Alexandra Cousteau; Paul Greenberg; and Laura Turner Seydel. \n\n\n\nThanks to Our Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenting Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. Michael C. Bucklin | Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Dixon Stroud Jr.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLead Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\nBlue Yak Foundation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFresh Start Development Company\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey Sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\nFranny and Franny Abbott\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan and Jayme Colket\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoebe Driscoll\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFoxwynd Foundation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. Richie Jones\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Johnston and Francesca Orsini\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. Michael Matz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrooke and Rodman Moorhead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. Michael Moran\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nW.A. Speakman Family Foundation\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. and Mrs. D. Scott Wisman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2026 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence Recipient: Amy Bowers Cordalis\n\n\n\nAdvocate for the Klamath River and Indigenous People\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough her recent book\, The Water Remembers\, Cordalis highlights the Indigenous values and lessons from the Klamath River\, showcasing nature-based solutions that heal the land\, waters\, and people while benefiting the economy.  \n\n\n\nHer goal is to restore the river as a living relative\, ensuring its health for generations. The Klamath’s renewal is not just history — it’s a path forward for all. \n\n\n\n\nLearn More
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/waters-edge-2026/
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SUMMARY:Singing From Tree Tubes: Birds\, Buffers\, and Habitats
DESCRIPTION:Juvenile Eastern bluebird on native pokeweed. Photo: Joshua J. Cotten\, Unsplash\n\n\n\n\nWhen: Tuesday\, November 17\, 2026. Doors open at 6 p.m. Talk begins at 6:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA 19311.\n\n\n\nCost: Free to attend\, thanks to Meridian Bank. Please RSVP.\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Now\n\n\n\n\n2026 Stroud Science Seminar IV\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn how we’re working with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and Franklin & Marshall University to improve bird habitat across our landscape. \n\n\n\nQuestions? Please contact Jess Provinski. \n\n\n\nThank You to Our 2026 Science Seminar Series Presenting Sponsor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn partnership with Stroud Water Research Center\, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is extending its Pennsylvania Farmland Raptor Project into the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Through the partnership\, qualifying landowners can receive free nest boxes for barn owls and kestrels\, which are in decline because of habitat loss and changes in land use. Read more \n\n\n\n\nAmerican kestrel nestlings after receiving their color bands. Photo: Brandon Brogle
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/birds-buffers-and-habitats/
LOCATION:Stroud Water Research Center\, 970 Spencer Road\, Avondale\, PA\, 19311\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:ExtraGive Celebration
DESCRIPTION:When: Friday\, November 20\, 2026\, from 6 to 9 p.m.\n\n\n\nWhere: Art Bar at West Art\, 816 Buchanan Avenue\, Lancaster\, PA\, 17603.\n\n\n\nWhat: Meet your neighbors and friends from the Stroud Center! Live music by Mark and Jordan Rast\, free raffles\, and light hors d’oeuvres. Cocktails\, beer\, wine\, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. \n\n\n\n\n\nRSVPs Appreciated\n\n\n\n\nA Little Extra Gratitude\n\n\n\nExtraGive is a day to celebrate generosity\, and we’d love to celebrate with you! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin friends and staff of Stroud Water Research Center for a relaxed evening of music\, conversation\, and community at West Art’s Art Bar in Lancaster. \n\n\n\nWe’re delighted to welcome back Mark and Jordan Rast\, who have helped make our past ExtraGive gatherings such memorable evenings. Mark and Jordan are a father-son duo from Lancaster\, Pa.\, specializing in Appalachian and bluegrass music. With years of experience between them\, they offer a fresh take on traditional music through innovative songwriting. \n\n\n\n\nWhether you’ve supported our work for years or are just getting to know us\, we’d love to see you. Stop by\, enjoy the music\, say hello\, and help us celebrate the people who make freshwater science\, education\, and watershed restoration possible. \n\n\n\n\nWest Art’s Art Bar will be open to the public\, so everyone is welcome. No tickets are needed. RSVPs are optional but appreciated! \n\n\n\nCan’t join us? You can celebrate ExtraGive by supporting the Stroud Center. \n\n\n\nPhoto courtesy of West Art\n\n\n\nAbout West ArtWest Art is a multi-purpose\, ever-evolving community and cultural space housed within a historic church in Lancaster\, Pennsylvania. Born from a fence-line conversation between two neighbors\, Rufus and Josh\, the project began with a simple idea: what if the building that once brought people together on Sundays could bring them together every day? Today\, West Art houses an expanding constellation of creative and social experiences — part coffee bar\, part concert hall\, part community experiment. Programming spans live music\, workshops\, exhibitions\, film screenings\, kids’ clubs\, talks\, yoga\, and more. The space is animated by a network of artists\, baristas\, musicians\, parents\, designers\, and neighbors who together bring this world to life.
URL:https://stroudcenter.org/event/extragive/
LOCATION:West Art\, 816 Buchanan Avenue\, Lancaster\, PA\, 17603\, United States
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