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Peter Gleick photo and quote.
Dr. Peter Gleick to Speak at The Water’s Edge Gala
Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute which is dedicated to fostering environmental protection, economic development, and social equity.
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2010
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2010
The Stroud Center has been recording daily, monthly, seasonal, annual — and even multiyear data — in Costa Rica to gain insights on climate change.
Maritza Biological Station dormitory with Orosi volcano in the background.
Studying Tropical Waters To Understand the Impacts of Climate Change
Naturally occurring differences in temperature, rainfall, and hydrological characteristics of tropical landscapes will yield useful information about how climate variation and change may impact the diverse species that populate our
Publication title with image of a mayfly
The Crabby Creek initiative: building and sustaining an interdisciplinary community partnership
Terlecki, M., D. Dunbar, C. Nielsen, C. McGauley, L. Ratmansky, N.L. Watterson, J. Hannum, K. Seidler, E. Bongiorno, O. Owens, P. Goodman, C. Marshall, S. Gill, K. Travers, J. Jackson.
Sweeney Receives Distinguished Service Award
Sweeney Receives Distinguished Service Award
The North American Benthological Society awarded the director of the Stroud Center its Distinguished Service Award at its Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM.
Sweeney Accepts Honorary Garden Club of America Membership
Sweeney Accepts Honorary Garden Club of America Membership
GCA honored Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney for his outstanding and continuing research on streamside forest and river ecosystems.
Stroud Center to Host a Sustainable Feast on June 18, 2010
Stroud Center to Host a Sustainable Feast on June 18, 2010
Diners will be treated to a sumptuous, multi-course meal created from the bounty of our local Chester County farmers and producers.
Monitors Find Healthy Signs in Hay Creek Near Birdsboro
Monitors Find Healthy Signs in Hay Creek Near Birdsboro
April 21, 2010. bctv.org: Stroud Water Research Center employees were interviewed while monitoring Hay Creek during their annual Schuylkill River Watershed monitoring.
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A preliminary water quality study of the Rio Sierpe and its tributaries (Costa Rica)
Arscott, D.B., W. Eldridge, and B.W. Sweeney. 2010. Prepared for the Blue Moon Foundation. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania. 
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
A framework for analyzing longitudinal and temporal variation in river flow and developing flow-ecology relationships
Larned, S.T., D.B. Arscott, J. Schmidt, and J.C. Diett. 2010. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 46(3):541–553.
Wade Davis photo and quote.
National Geographic Explorer in Residence to Speak
Wade Davis has been described as “a rare combination of scientist, scholar, poet and passionate defender of all of life’s diversity.”