Dine Out For Fresh Water
Take a bucolic tour through the Chester and Lancaster County countryside, crossing watersheds and farms, while answering fun questions along the way.
$90 – $150
Events for March 28, 2023 - November 9, 2022
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Engage Students in Stream Monitoring
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesThis professional development workshop is for formal and nonformal K-12 and college educators interested in learning stream monitoring techniques and how to engage their students in monitoring activities. It is also open to teachers who have already registered or plan to register their classes for Stroud Center field trips in the 2017-2018 school year.
$10
The Water’s Edge Gala and Presentation of the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence
Join us at Winterthur Museum as we honor H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco for his outstanding commitment to the environment and our natural resources, including the availability of clean fresh water.
Presenting Sponsor: Wilmington Trust
Premiere Sponsor: Alice and Rod Moorhead
Lead Sponsors: Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation ~ Blue Yak Foundation ~ Cabot-Kjellerup Foundation ~ The Curran Foundation ~ Bernard and Lisa David ~ Fresh Start Development Company ~ Dick and Meg Hayne ~ Bob and Jennifer McNeil ~ Régis and Tenley de Ramel ~ Rental City ~ Carol Ware
Introduction to the Rock Pack Experiment
Join Tara Muenz, Assistant Director of Education, and Lindsey Albertson, Ph.D., Montana State University researcher and Stroud Center alumna, for a free hands-on workshop, complete with materials for you to take home.
Free!
Watershed Restoration Volunteer Day
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesVolunteers will help measure trees and record data from an experiment this spring. This study is part of a federal grant that resulted from the devastation that followed Hurricane Sandy. Hurricanes and other extreme water events teach us that we need our headwaters and small first order streams to absorb water to reduce the force and rate of water discharge during storms.
Patch Design Contest
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesStroud Water Research Center’s Education Department is developing an activity patch for use in its Boy Scout, Girl Scout, and other youth programs, and invites YOU to submit a design!
Fall Tree Planting I
Help the Stroud Center restore our local streams by planting trees. Healthy forests are essential to the life-support systems of our streams. Trees filter contaminants before they reach the water, stabilize the stream bank, and provide food, shade, and habitat for fish and wildlife!
Free!
Fall Tree Planting II
Help the Stroud Center restore our local streams by planting trees. Healthy forests are essential to the life-support systems of our streams. Trees filter contaminants before they reach the water, stabilize the stream bank, and provide food, shade, and habitat for fish and wildlife!
October Education Open House
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesGather in our Moorhead Environmental Complex to meet our educators and learn about our boots-in-the water approach to environmental education. Teachers, students, scout leaders, parents, water professionals, and the general public are welcome!
Free!
Science Seminar Series: Buffers, Wetlands, and Spreaders, Oh My!
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesJoin us to learn about the extensive restoration efforts taking place throughout the White Clay Creek watershed.
Sponsored by: PECO and Octoraro Native Plant Nursery
Beverages donated by: Victory Brewing Company
Free!
50 & Fabulous Party
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesThe Stroud Center is celebrating fifty years of freshwater research, education, and restoration while throwing it back to the year we were founded. Join us for a fun party highlighting the Beatles, the Mod era, and all things 1967 as we take a look at our work over the past 50 years.
“Brown Eyed Girl” Sponsor: Employee Benefit Specialist, Inc.
“I’m a Believer” Sponsors: Amy Ruth Borun ~ Gunnip and Company ~ Robert F. Johnston and S. Francesca Orsini ~ Peter Kjellerup and Mandy Cabot ~ Philadelphia Distilling ~ Victory Brewing Company
$50