Informing Water Policy
Stroud Water Research Center investigates freshwater challenges and translates complex science into policy insights, grounding environmental decisions in evidence and helping policymakers and agencies reduce flooding, improve water quality, and protect wildlife and public health.
Freshwater Science That Informs Water Policy
Federal Rulemaking
Scientific commentary submitted to the EPA on the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA decision and the future of federal wetland protections.
Federal Legal Casework
Expert testimony in Federal Court as requested by the U.S. Department of Justice to explain the science behind wetland connectivity, hydrology, and land use.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Expert testimony on the role of riparian forest buffers in protecting stream and river health.
Philadelphia City Council
Testified on the impact of road salt on stream health and drinking water supplies.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Evidence-based testimony on how to accelerate stream health restoration.
Research Behind Riparian Buffer Standards
The Stroud Center helped shape widely used riparian buffer guidance across Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Findings showing that streamside forests are needed to protect stream health have been cited by the Chesapeake Bay Program, conservation planners, and state stream-protection guidance.
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