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A penny shows the scale of seven-day-old New Zealand mud snails being reared in a laboratory.
Leaf Pack Monitoring Finds Invasive New Zealand Mud Snail in Ridley Creek
A community creek monitoring event revealed one of the highest densities of invasive New Zealand mud snails ever observed in the region.
A streambank before riparian reforestation.
Digging Into Soil Health
Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving ecosystem and clean surface water; yet it’s often an overlooked element in restoration work.
Dave Wise receives the Fran Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
Stroud Center’s David Wise Honored With Environmental Leadership Award
The Fran Flanigan Environmental Leadership Award recognizes exceptional dedication to restoring cleaner rivers and streams across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Students engaging in watershed science using the Shared Waters curriculum.
Shared Waters Curriculum Brings the Leaf Pack Network to Elementary Students
Designed for grades 3–6, the curriculum teaches how everyday choices affect stream health and empowers students to protect local waterways.
Publication title with image of a mayfly
A decision-support framework for evaluating riverine sediment influence on U.S. tidal wetlands
Halls, J.N., S.H. Ensign, and E.K. Peck. 2025. Remote Sensing 7(18): 3130.
Abigail Duimering samples macroinvertebrates in White Clay Creek.
Wading Through Disciplines
From aquatic insects to microbial DNA, an intern explores how collaboration across disciplines advances stream and soil health research.
A cross-section showing cover crop roots growing deeply into the soil.
Love Your (Gardening) Soils
Skip the rototiller. Learn four soil-health principles, why worms matter, and steps to build water-wise, resilient home gardens.
Teachers collect macroinvertebrates from a stream.
Outdoor Learning Network Helps Teachers Grow and Students Thrive
OLNI empowers teachers to bring real-world watershed science into classrooms, inspiring curiosity and student engagement.
Church members remove invasive vines to restore a forest.
Love Trees? Set Them Free!
Community members clear invasives, replant trees, and celebrate with a rare Franklin tree to inspire youth-led forest stewardship.