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
Delaware River Watershed Initiative
A multiyear project to monitor, protect, and restore critical freshwater sources for 15 million people from New York to the ...
Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology: White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania
A study of a third order drainage basin in Pennsylvania, examining stream and watershed characteristics associated with riparian zone restoration ...
Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology: Costa Rica
A study of small to intermediate size streams in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste in Costa Rica, with the backdrop ...
Critical Zone Observatory
A study of how soil erosion and sediment transport through rivers impacts the exchange of carbon between the land and ...
White Clay Creek Stream Watch Project
The project evaluated water quality in White Clay Creek and its tributaries and encouraged efforts to assess, improve, and protect ...
Schuylkill River Project
This project is an effort to assess stream water quality throughout the 1,900-square mile Schuylkill River basin in southeastern Pennsylvania ...
Stroud Preserve Reforested Riparian Buffer Project
The Stroud Preserve riparian reforestation project is a demonstration of the three-zone Riparian Forest Buffer System developed by the USDA ...
The Peru Project
Stroud Water Research Center applied its decades of experience to an integrated research and education project in headwaters of the ...
The New York Project
In 2000 Stroud Water Research Center was awarded a grant to conduct a six-year study to monitor and evaluate water ...
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.