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Stroud Center Is a Trusted Partner for Community Scientists

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Volunteers describe how Stroud Water Research Center’s experts have helped them participate in science and protect streams.

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Advancing freshwater science with sensor data collected by community scientists

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Oviedo-Vargas, D., M. Peipoch, S.H. Ensign, D. Bressler, D.B. Arscott, and J.K. Jackson. 2024. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22(6): e2748.

Water Quality Monitoring of Shipetaukin Creek

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Educators are partnering with The Lawrenceville School to create and implement opportunities for students to study water quality impacts on the school campus using EnviroDIY™ Monitoring Stations.Funded by: Fair Play…

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Unseen Intruders: Microplastics in Our Rivers

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If you are curious about plastics pollution, especially microplastics, this webinar provides a helpful overview.

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Empowering People: Trash Monitoring Along the Schuylkill River

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Did you hear about how the community along the Schuylkill River helped identify hotspots for trash in the river and along the banks?

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Volunteer-Led Tree Planting Engages Students in Stewardship

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How one community’s action project is teaching students about water, trees, and wildlife and how to care for them.

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Starting a Watershed Organization

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Learn how the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards started a watershed organization in their rapidly developing community and you can too.

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Volunteering With Scientists Changed How I Advocate for Clean Streams

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Carol Armstrong shares how knowledge she gained from collecting high-quality data in streams empowered her as a clean-water advocate in her community.

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To Reduce Flooding and Water Pollution, Add Green Space

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Every park, every garden, every green space, no matter how small, gives rainwater the time and space to slow down and spread out.

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Earning a “Master’s” in Watershed Stewardship

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How Penn State Extension launched one of the most successful volunteer training programs in the U.S. and revived struggling local watershed groups.