The Watershed Restoration Group engages the public in freshwater stewardship and watershed restoration by helping landowners implement best management practices and plant streamside forest buffers. We link research, education, and action on the ground to manage our most precious resource — fresh water.
Watershed Restoration Staff
Watershed Restoration News

The Economic Case for Watershed Restoration
Restoration can fuel economic growth, cut costs, create jobs, and provide opportunities for businesses, all while supporting freshwater ecosystems.

Let Your Garden Grow Clean Water
If you’ve got the gardening bug, you can cultivate a beautiful landscape that also supports clean water and healthy streams.

Reasons for Hope
Sometimes it can feel like disagreement is the only thing that is pervasive in today’s world. That’s simply not true. Not when it comes to water.

Study Points to Farmland as Possible Source of PFAS in Fish
The Stroud Center and the Center for PFAS Solutions have been studying how much biosolids are contaminating farmland and adjacent waters since 2021.

Wild World Water Day!
The Stroud Center welcomed 160+ visitors for hands-on science, stream fun, and more. Join us on March 21, 2026, for another exciting event!

The Other Half of Forested Buffers: Stream Ecology and the Role of Forests
Forested buffers have long been valued as barriers or filters that keep pollutants from reaching streams, but that’s only half the picture.