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 7 - November 19, 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
Model My Watershed Webinar
This webinar will show water resource managers, conservation practitioners, and municipal decision-makers how to use the Model My Watershed web app to analyze real land use, soil, and other data, and to model stormwater runoff and water-quality impacts.
Free!
November Education Open House
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesGather in our Moorhead Environmental Complex to meet our educators, see sample activities in our state-of-the-art indoor classroom, 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: What’s Lurking in Your Watershed?
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesLearn the good, bad, and ugly about the microorganisms that may be found in your watershed. This eye-opening lecture will serve to help you better understand your watershed and how we can ensure clean, fresh water for our watershed.
Free!
Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association Conference
Join us at the PSTA annual conference at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College for fantastic professional development, networking, and more. The Stroud Center will be presenting on Friday, December 1.
Model My Watershed Webinar for Delaware River Watershed Initiative Groups
OnlineThe Stroud Center’s WikiWatershed website offers teachers, citizens, and professionals a suite of useful online and hands-on tools to promote freshwater stewardship. This webinar will introduce WikiWatershed and then focus on the Model My Watershed web app, which demonstrates the effects of land use and best management practices on your local streams and watersheds.
Free!
Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance Winter Meeting
Healthy Soils: Building a Strong Foundation, featuring Gail Fuller. Mr. Fuller farms 1,700–1,800 acres plus 300 acres of custom work in Emporia, Kansas. On those acres he no-tills up to 13 crops including corn, grain sorghum, triticale, winter barley, soybeans, and winter wheat. He has used 60–70 different mixes of cover crops, utilizing sunflowers, radishes, turnips, and clovers most often. He was the recipient of the 2013 American Soybean Association® Conservation Legacy Award.
Sportsmen’s Forum
Conservation organizations, watershed groups, hunting and fishing groups, and other sportsmen groups are coming together for a day of collaboration with the common goal of healthy lands, habitats, and waters.
Postponed! Environmental Stewardship on the Farm Workshop
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesPostponed until February 2018! Stewardship that makes "cents." This free workshop is for all farmers and landowners interested in profitable practices that improve streams, create wildlife habitat, and reduce regulatory concerns.
EnviroDIY Webinar
OnlineIntroducing resources and tools you can use to build data loggers that can form the core of your DIY freshwater or terrestrial monitoring system.
Free Webinars: Introduction to the Leaf Pack Network
OnlineWhether you’re a seasoned Leaf Packer or new to the Leaf Pack Network, join Tara Muenz, Leaf Pack Administrator, for a 30-minute walkthrough as she covers all the basics of how to get started and answers those questions you've always wanted to ask. Hosted by Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators.
Stroud Center Educators on ChalkTalk Radio Show
WCHE 1520AMLive from West Chester on WCHE 1520AM
Tune in on Thursday, February 8 from 3 to 4 p.m. to hear what’s new in our education department.
21st Century Tools Workshop: Model My Watershed
Professional Development Workshop. Participants will explore new technological tools to support student learning about watersheds, stream health, and water quality. Resources featured in this workshop include the WikiWatershed.org toolkit and the web-based Model My Watershed GIS.
21st Century Tools Workshop: Water Quality Mobile App
Professional Development Workshop. Participants will explore new technological tools to support student learning about watersheds, stream health, and water quality. Resources featured in this workshop include the WikiWatershed.org toolkit and the Water Quality mobile app.
School’s Out Winter Stream Camp
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesCome to Stroud Water Research Center to enjoy the magic of the stream and forest in winter; though the trees are lying dormant, there is still a lot to explore! At Winter Stream Camp, campers will investigate the stream in its icy state and discover what critters might be hiding inside, look for birds that have stayed for the winter, and hunt for animal tracks along the streamside habitat.
Presentation at the Philadelphia Water Summit
Forty-six years years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, the speakers will discuss why we still have clean water crises in the United States, how to forge meaningful connections to the natural world among young urbanites, how floating wetlands in urban rivers can reduce water pollution, and so much more.
Free Farmer Workshop at Fleetwood Grange
Fleetwood Grange 2864 Moselem Spring Road, Fleetwood, PA, United StatesLearn how you can improve your farming operation while protecting clean water! Topics will include conservation practices, technical assistance, and funding opportunities. Free lunch is included!
Farm Profitability and Stewardship Workshop
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesThis free workshop is for all producers interested in profitable practices that improve streams, create wildlife habitat, and reduce regulatory concerns. Optional pesticide credits, lunch included.
Slimy Leaves for Healthy Streams: A Training in the Leaf Pack Network
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesParticipants will receive an overview of stream ecology and watershed concepts based on research done at the Stroud Center. Taking our boots to the stream, we’ll experience hands-on examination of leaf packs with live aquatic macroinvertebrates, including their identification, and take a look at the Leaf Pack Network® website.
Free Farmer Workshop at Bernville Grange
Bernville Grange 37 Shartlesville Road, Bernville, PA, United StatesLearn how you can improve your farming operation while protecting clean water! Topics will include conservation practices, technical assistance, and funding opportunities. Free lunch is included!
Penn State Water Insights Seminar
Attend in person or online! Stroud Center associate scientist, Melinda Daniels, Ph.D., will showcase a demonstration watershed restoration effort funded following Hurricane Sandy.
Free Farmer Workshop at Oley Fairgrounds
Oley Fairgrounds Building 26 Jefferson Street, Oley, PA, United StatesLearn how you can improve your farming operation while protecting clean water! Topics will include conservation practices, technical assistance, and funding opportunities. Free lunch is included!
Tip Your Hat to Bern
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesBern officially hung up his hat as the executive director and president of Stroud Water Research Center, so we’re tipping our hats to wish him a successful retirement. Tickets can be purchased by making a gift to the Bernard W. Sweeney, Ph.D., Executive Director’s Fund at any level you wish.
April Education Open House
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesGather in our Moorhead Environmental Complex to meet our educators, see sample activities in our state-of-the-art indoor classroom, learn about our boots-in-the water approach to environmental education, programs for K-12 schools and youth groups, training events for educators and other professionals, community events, and watershed resources.
Science Seminar: Climate Change and Our Watershed
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesSponsored by Citadel Federal Credit Union
Join Diana Oviedo-Vargas, Ph.D., as she explores the role of streams and rivers in the global carbon cycle. Learn about greenhouse gas emissions from our waters, their feedbacks on climate, and how the work of Stroud Center’s scientists can help us understand and mitigate some of the consequences of the changing climate on aquatic ecosystems.
Citizen Science Volunteer Training Workshop
Pool Wildlife Sanctuary 3701 Orchid Place, Emmaus, PA, United StatesAre you interested in making a difference in your community by volunteering to assist with real research projects? Join Wildlands Conservancy and Stroud Water Research Center for a day of hands-on in-stream training in Emmaus!
Clean Water Conference
Mendenhall Inn 323 Kennett Pike, Mendenhall, PAThe Brandywine-Christina watershed supplies drinking water to over a half million people in Delaware and Pennsylvania and supports $1.6 billion in annual economic activity and over 100,000 jobs. This conference will include highlights from the newly released Brandywine-Christina State of the Watershed Report and showcase projects implemented by partners throughout the watershed.
Leaf Pack Coming to Michigan!
Spend the day with us at Tonquish Creek, a small tributary of the Rouge River Watershed. You’ll touch slimy leaves and rocks, learning about Leaf Pack methods and how aquatic macroinvertebrates tell us the story about stream health.
Turning Your Grounds Into a Classroom!
Longwood Gardens 1001 Longwood Rd, Kennett Square, PA, United StatesPresented in Partnership with Longwood Gardens
Learn how you can turn your school grounds or your classroom into an environmentally-based STEM learning spot.
FREE 2-Day Training in DIY Environmental Sensing Networks for Streams and Rivers
Presented in Partnership With the Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring at Dickinson College
Sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
A two-day training session on building and deploying do-it-yourself wireless stream sensor stations using the Mayfly Data Logger to collect real-time data.
Eco Teachers: What’s in Your Watershed?
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesPresented in Partnership with Longwood Gardens
Learn about watersheds, how to complete a habitat survey, and create catchment systems in this STEM-based teacher professional development workshop.
Canceled! Family Movie Night: Christmas in July
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesSorry, this event has been canceled due to the forecast of stormy weather.
Creek Explorers Camp
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesSorry, this camp has been canceled.
Putting the “S” in STEM – Bioassessments and Water Chemistry to Determine Stream Health
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesPresented in Partnership with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Chester County Intermediate Unit. Are you looking for new resources to engage 21st century learners? This workshop is for you! This workshop is the first in a two-part series.
Rock Pack Workshop
Montana State University, Bozeman Bozeman, MT, United StatesThe Rock Pack Experiment is a fun, hands-on research tool for all students and citizens of all ages, demonstrating the interconnectedness between our actions on land and life in streams.
Brands That Give Back Month
Trail Creek Outfitters has raised $12,000 to invest in three local non-profits: Natural Lands, Brandywine Conservancy, and Stroud Water Research Center. They will all receive a donation, but YOU get to decide how much! For the month of September, each purchase from a participating Brand that Gives Back will earn you a token to vote. A vote for the Stroud Center is a vote for clean water!
River Days
Join the Alliance for Watershed Education for events that encourage visitors to engage with their watershed and learn about the natural world around them.
World Water Monitoring Day Celebration
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesWorld Water Monitoring Day aims to build public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by empowering citizens to carry out basic monitoring of their local water bodies. Come learn about the Stroud Center’s water monitoring work and find out how you can get involved!
Celebrating the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: 2018 Joan and Dick Stroud Memorial Lecture
Stroud Water Research Center 970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA, United StatesSponsored by Calico
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, enjoy an evening with author, conservationist, and photographer Tim Palmer as he talks about his newest book, Wild and Scenic Rivers: An American Legacy.
Dive Deeper Water Educators Summit
Hosted by Penn State Extension
This all-day event is for anyone who teaches youth about water or anyone interested in educational tools and resources for teaching about water.