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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Honored at Water’s Edge Gala
For his involvement in the Waterkeeper Alliance, his work as an environmental attorney, and for authoring books, articles, and lectures about the sources and impacts of stream and river pollution,

NOAA Leaders Sullivan, Lubchenco Honored for Freshwater Stewardship
Jane Lubchenco, former Under Secretary of Commerce for the National Oceans and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), and Kathryn Sullivan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator received

UpStream Newsletter, February 2013
Meet Jen Mosher, Post-Doctoral Associate: As one of the Stroud Center’s post-doctoral researchers, exploring the outdoors is in Mosher's job description, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2012
Talking About Rafa --Maritza’s Manager In Words and Pictures: Rafa Morales was hired to collect macroinvertebrates at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica. A year later, he was in charge

UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2012
The Moorhead Environmental Complex -- Sharing Stroud Science Starts Here: The board of directors cut the ribbon on a new building for environmental education and public outreach that models sustainable

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2012
A Seeker of the Truth: Denis Newbold, Ph.D., holds both strong political beliefs and an absolute commitment to scientific rigor, not an easy place to be when science is under