Watershed Restoration

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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.

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

Lisa Blazure

Soil Health Coordinator

Wills Curley

Watershed Restoration Project Coordinator

Rebecca Duczkowski

Assistant Director of Donor Relations and Watershed Restoration Assistant

Matthew Ehrhart

Director of Watershed Restoration

Lamonte Garber

Watershed Restoration Coordinator

David Wise

Watershed Restoration Manager

Calen Wylie

Watershed Restoration Program Assistant

Watershed Restoration News

How to Plant a Small Containerized Seedling in a Riparian Forest Buffer

Watch step-by-step instructions on how to plant a tree in a riparian forest buffer and protect it from deer, rodents, and flood damage to increase survivability.

Stone Rivals Herbicides as New Method to Protect Baby Trees From Rodents

During the first five years of growth, young trees need to be protected from chewing — from deer above and rodents below.

Dirt Diaries: Soil Health Campaign Drives Underwear Digs Across Pennsylvania

For the past two months, the soil life — worms, small insects, bacteria, fungi — has been chomping away at the 100% cotton underwear.

Breaking the Fall

How the Clean Water Act changed the trajectory of America’s waterways and became a beacon for freshwater science.

Stroud Center Partners Named Mid-Atlantic Master Farmers

Jeff and Sue Frey received a lifetime achievement award that recognizes exemplary role models of outstanding management, land stewardship, and community leadership. 

Boxers or Briefs? As Long as They’re Cotton, They’ll Dish the Dirt on Soil

How does your garden grow? Anyone with a farm field, backyard garden, or lawn can find out by planting a pair of underwear!

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