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Watershed Restoration Group

400 265 Stroud Water Research Center

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

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Lisa Blazure

Soil Health Coordinator
Will Curley wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey.

Wills Curley

Watershed Restoration Project Coordinator
Headshot of Rebecca Duczkowski.

Rebecca Duczkowski

Assistant Director of Donor Relations
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Matthew Ehrhart

Director of Watershed Restoration
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Lamonte Garber

Watershed Restoration Coordinator
Amanda Garzio-Hadzick

Amanda Garzio-Hadzick

Watershed Restoration Specialist
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Heather Titanich

Watershed Restoration Coordinator
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David Wise

Watershed Restoration Manager
Calen Wylie

Calen Wylie

Watershed Restoration Program Assistant

Watershed Restoration News

A stream riffle in the Schuylkill Highlands with mature forest on both banks.
How Streamside Forests Make Us and Our Water More Climate Resilient
Whether it’s too much, too little, or too dirty, the primary way humans experience climate change is through water. Streamside forests can help.
A three-year-old forested buffer showing strong tree growth.
Using Herbicide: An Important Tool in Establishing Streamside Forests
To ensure our buffers are set up for success, we strategically use herbicides to control invasive plants for the first three years.
A woman and a man plant a tree in a new riparian buffer.
How Many Trees Does It Take to Protect a Stream?
Here's a hint: wider buffers are better. Narrower buffers help but don't function as well as pollutant barriers and enhancers of in-stream function.
A streamside forest and native plant garden take root at Overlook Community Campus.
Transforming Local Parks to Enhance Fresh Water
A streamside forest project in Lancaster, Pa., inspires sustainable initiatives for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay.
A graph of water temperatures in forested, reforested, and meadow reaches of White Clay Creek during a heat wave in 2024.
Heat Waves in the Water
Have you ever wondered about extreme weather's immediate and long-term effects on our streams and rivers and its impacts on aquatic life?
Native trees with tree shelters in a young streamside buffer with a barn in the distance.
Building Trust to Boost the Bay
Stroud Center’s watershed restoration team knows that gaining farmers’ trust and emphasizing improvements in their local streams is an important part of the work.