Landmark Studies
Stroud™ Water Research Center has helped lay the foundation for the basic scientific assumptions of stream research. From the Rockefeller Studies in 1969, to the River Continuum Concept, to our studies of the benefits of streamside reforestation, the knowledge acquired over many decades has become internationally known.
Other Notable Projects
![Map of the Delaware River basin.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/delaware-river-watershed.jpg)
Delaware River Watershed Initiative
![Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology: White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/baseflow.jpg)
Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology: White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania
![Map of the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in Costa Rica](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/acg_costarica_pop-up-e1524586762701.gif)
Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology: Costa Rica
![A tree growing on the banks of White Clay Creek above the remains of a stone dam.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/christina-czo.jpg)
Critical Zone Observatory
![White Clay Creek Stream Watch volunteers.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/volunteers_w_suburban.jpg)
White Clay Creek Stream Watch Project
![A map showing the Schuylkill River basin.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/whole_basin.gif)
Schuylkill River Project
![Stroud Preserve riparian buffer study site map.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gafarm06_map_75dpi.gif)
Stroud Preserve Reforested Riparian Buffer Project
![Two women and a man identifying aquatic insects at a workshop in Peru.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/workshop_edu2.jpg)
The Peru Project
![City of New York water supply sign.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NYC_SIGN_01.jpg)
The New York Project
Learn More About Our History
The Beginning | The Watershed | Landmark Research | Art and Science | Road to Independence | Building Blocks
Celebrate Stroud Water Research Center’s history — from its humble beginning in Joan and Dick Stroud’s garage to a world-renowned freshwater research institution — with our anniversary book, The First Fifty Years.