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Streamkeepers

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In partnership with Hudson Basin River Watch and Riverkeeper, Stroud Center educators trained teachers in the New York City watershed in stream ecology and the Leaf Pack Experiment through a series of two-day workshops.

Leaf Pack As a Water Quality Monitoring Tool

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Stroud Center educators and entomologists joined together to test the effectiveness of leaf packs as easy-to-use monitoring devices for citizen groups.

Water Quality and Stream Health in Eastern Pennsylvania

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Stroud Center educators, along with the Central Bucks School District, the Heritage Conservancy and the Peace Valley Nature Center, provided programming to 250 people to show the impact of almost four decades of suburban expansion, rural development, dam construction, and environmental regulations on the region’s freshwater sources.

Leaf Pack Network — Engaging and Linking Students in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

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The goal of this project is to provide meaningful watershed experiences to underserved teachers and students in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Schuylkill Buffer Strategies

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This project combines sound science, public policy, and open dialogue in an effort to help municipalities in the Schuylkill River Basin of Pennsylvania protect their freshwater resources by creating riparian overlay ordinances and providing public education on the benefits of streamside forests.

Following New York City’s Drinking Water from Source to Tap

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High school students from the New York Harbor School in Brooklyn and Sidney High School in Delaware County embarked on a “Mountaintop to Tap” trek.

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From local to extreme environments (FLEXE) pilot activity guide: energy unit

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Goehring, E., W. Carlsen, C. Fisher, S. Kerlin, M. Smith, E. Simms, D. Blackman, and C. Williams. 2008. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program.

First National Bank of Chester County Contributes $5,000 for Educational Programs

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The funding helps provide teacher workshops and student programs to regional school districts who might not otherwise be able to offer them.

Peru Project Site Map

Journey to Peru

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An account of three weeks in the Amazon headwaters, studying the Madre de Dios River and its tributaries under a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

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UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2007

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Last summer, Stroud Center scientists and educators traveled to Peru and sampled 31 stream and river sites that ranged from pristine to severely polluted.