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Ruth Patrick in a stream holding clumps of aquatic plants.

UpStream Newsletter, October 2013

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Remembering Ruth Patrick: Ruth Patrick, Ph.D., a pioneer in environmental science and aquatic ecology and co-founder of the Stroud Center, died September 23, 2013 at 105 years old.

Two students perform a leaf pack experiment in Oregon.

Leaf Pack Connects Students with Nature

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Stroud Water Research Center partners with National Wildlife Federation to provide classrooms with powerful stream and water testing tool.

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Global learning communities: a comparison of online domestic and international science class partnerships

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Kerlin, S., W. Carlsen, G. Kelly, and E. Goehring. Online 2012, print 2013. Journal of Science Education and Technology 22(4):475–487.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Using slimy leaves for stream water quality assessment: the leaf pack experiment

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Medved, C. 2013. Water Resources IMPACT, 15(4):17-20.

Watershed education for Plain Sect Communities

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In collaboration with Penn State Cooperative Extension and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Center and Extension educators taught students in four Mennonite schoolhouses in Lancaster County. The lessons specifically focused on…

Vivian Williams combines science and art in many of her workshops.

The Science of Water Through the World of Art

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This program at Point Lookout Preserve gives students and teachers new ways of thinking about stream ecosystems and stewardship through the creative processes of art and science.

Jen Mosher sampling a tributary of Biscuit Brook, Neversink Watershed, New York.

UpStream Newsletter, February 2013

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Meet Jen Mosher, Post-Doctoral Associate: As one of the Stroud Center’s post-doctoral researchers, exploring the outdoors is in Mosher’s job description, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Trekkers resting in rowboat

Mountaintop to Tap Five Years Out: In Their Own Words

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A look at the impact of the trek that followed the route of New York City’s water from its sources in the Catskill Mountains to the center of Manhattan.

Rafa Morales, station manager at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica, with Jamie Blaine, author.

UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2012

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Talking About Rafa –Maritza’s Manager In Words and Pictures: Rafa Morales was hired to collect macroinvertebrates at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica. A year later, he was in charge of the station itself.

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Slimy leaves for clean streams: the leaf pack experiment

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Medved, C., B.W. Sweeney, J.G. Blaine. 2012. Pages 56–57 in Interpretive Sourcebook: 2012 NAI National Workshop, Hampton, Virginia.