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To achieve the Clean Water Act’s goals, prioritize upstream ecology
Ensign, S.H., D.B. Arscott, M. Daniels, C. Dow, J.K. Jackson, D. Oviedo-Vargas, and M. Peipoch. 2024. Water Resources IMPACT 26(3): 19–21.
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The 2024 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence
The 2024 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence will be presented to Paul Greenberg, American fisherman and award-winning author.
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The Magic of Mayflies
If you’ve ever hiked along a woodland stream on a warm spring day, you may have seen these tiny creatures swarming together, fluttering in a midair dance.
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.
Educators explore the wetland wastewater treatment cells at the Stroud Center.
Enhancing Environmental Literacy With Watershed Education in Delaware Schools
Educator trainings and student programs are empowering school communities and families to take action to protect their local watersheds.
Teachers collecting aquatic macroinvertebrates at a workshop.
PA ELIT Network Launches Hubs for Educator Professional Development
Environmental educators have a new way to access professional development and resources to prepare them for the Pennsylvania STEELS Standards.
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Advancing freshwater science with sensor data collected by community scientists
Oviedo-Vargas, D., M. Peipoch, S.H. Ensign, D. Bressler, D.B. Arscott, and J.K. Jackson. 2024. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, early online access.
A teacher leads a group of small children along a woodland trail.
Reimagining Classrooms
Whether you call them outdoor classrooms, living schoolyards, or ecological schoolyards — we’ve got ideas for how to make the outdoors a place of discovery.
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Porewater microbiomes in buried wetland soils: Synergic effects of water chemistry and redox gradients associated with hydrological processes
Kan, J., O. Lazareva, D. Oviedo-Vargas, S.M. McAllister, and C.S. Chan. 2024. Freshwater Biology, early online access.
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Pa. Ag Secretary Meets With Scientists and Farmer About New Research Funding 
Stroud Water Research Center highlights research supporting the future of farming and clean water in Pennsylvania.
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Earth Week Volunteers Help Restore Red Clay Creek
Thanks to the volunteers from Constellation Energy, Dansko, LINKBANK, Resolution Life, Charter School of Wilmington, and the community who made the day a success!
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Restoring Our Watersheds: A Podcast Conversation
In the season six premiere of the Kindred Podcast, we talk about watersheds, their importance to humans and wildlife, and how people can both harm and restore them.