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A Message From the Executive Director Regarding the Importance of Racial Equity and Justice
A Message From the Executive Director Regarding the Importance of Racial Equity and Justice
We need to embrace this moment of massive awareness as our window of opportunity to take genuine action and to work harder to advance human rights and equality for all.
Why I Give to the Future of Fresh Water Initiative: Nathan Hayward III
Why I Give to the Future of Fresh Water Initiative: Nathan Hayward III
“Life, as we know it, depends on water. The Stroud Center was founded to learn all we can about ways to preserve fresh water for health and sustenance as well
Monitor My Watershed map feature
Teach-the-Teacher Workshop Brings Real-Time Data to the Classroom
For teachers, access to real-time data on the Monitor My Watershed data portal can revolutionize the way students are taught about water.
Photo of Steve Kerlin helping teachers with a stream bioassessment
Stroud Center Director of Education Appointed to Academic Standards Committee
Kerlin will bring his expertise to the table as the state Department of Education prepares to update its 17-year-old science standards.
Reducing Crop Loss, Saving Money and Time, and Stewarding Your Land
Reducing Crop Loss, Saving Money and Time, and Stewarding Your Land
Farms that have whole-farm financial and yield analyses completed often find that cropping marginal land costs more money than it produces.
Where Are They Now: Jeff Fralick
Where Are They Now: Jeff Fralick
It was through a Stroud Center internship that Fralick discovered his passion for navigating the relationship between environmental science and policy.
Remembering Claire Birney
Remembering Claire Birney
Claire’s sense of humor, contagious laugh, and magnificent smile lit up every room she entered, and were just a few of the many gifts she brought to the Stroud Center.
Publication title with image of a mayfly
Streambank legacy sediment contributions to suspended sediment‐bound nutrient yields from a Mid‐Atlantic, Piedmont watershed
Jiang, G., A. Lutgen, K. Mattern, N. Sienkiewicz, J. Kan, and S. Inamdar. 2020. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 56(5):820–841.
Explore Your Backyard Watershed and Others Worldwide with the Leaf Pack Network!
Explore Your Backyard Watershed and Others Worldwide with the Leaf Pack Network!
How can homemade leaf packs and an online data portal help you study creeping, crawling aquatic macroinvertebrates?
Clean, Healthy Water and Air in Chester County
Clean, Healthy Water and Air in Chester County
Learn about the quality of our local streams, the water we drink, and the impact of climate change on our health.
Macroinvertebrates.org webinar video
Macroinvertebrates.org: A Virtual Resource for Teaching and Learning ID!
This webinar demonstrates site features and how this open educational resource can support macroinvertebrate identification training with volunteers and students.
Video still of a tapir enjoying the rain
Biodiversity at Our Costa Rica Field Station
Tapirs are "umbrella species" in tropical ecosystems. Watch one enjoy the rain while swimming in Río Tempisquito during a rare daytime visit to our field station.