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Watershed Restoration: A Shared Public and Private Investment
Stroud Water Research Center works hand in hand with landowners, helping them use their land more effectively through whole-farm planning and watershed stewardship.
Our expert team sets up the collaborations and partnerships necessary to achieve the highest level of freshwater conservation. The Stroud Center and many partner groups and agencies have secured over $20 million dollars through USDA’s Resource Conservation Partnership Program to support agriculture conservation and restoration projects on farms in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay watersheds.
![Archival photo of Robin L. Vannote, Ph.D., working at an indoor stream flume.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/robin-vannote-indoor-stream-square-150x150.jpg)
The Robin L. Vannote Watershed Restoration Program is named for Robin Vannote, Ph.D., a research scientist and the Stroud Center’s first director. Under Vannote’s leadership, the Stroud Center evolved from a dream to an institution at the forefront of freshwater research. The Stroud Center has benefited enormously from Vannote’s hard work, keen insight, and long-term scientific vision since 1966, and the naming of the Watershed Restoration Program is a fitting tribute.
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Watershed Restoration Staff
Watershed Restoration News
![Farmer showing health soil in a field](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/steve-groff-no-till-soil.jpg)
Employment Opportunity: Soil Health Project Coordinator
![A graph of water temperatures in forested, reforested, and meadow reaches of White Clay Creek during a heat wave in 2024.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/heat-wave-wcc-temp-2.png)
Heat Waves in the Water
![Native trees with tree shelters in a young streamside buffer with a barn in the distance.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/frey-buffer-with-barn.jpg)
Building Trust to Boost the Bay
![Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding speaks at a press event.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024-agInnovation_10.jpg)
Pa. Ag Secretary Meets With Scientists and Farmer About New Research Funding
![Four women smile while holding tree cages at a tree planting event.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/four-women-planting-trees.jpg)
Earth Week Volunteers Help Restore Red Clay Creek
![A boy on a bike visits a rain garden outside his residence in Lancaster, Pa.](https://stroudcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/rain-garden-lancaster-pa.jpg)