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Improving Schoolyards and the Stroud Center for Outdoor Environmental Education and Stewardship Across Southeast Pa.

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Dockstader Foundation Educators collaborated with local schools and school districts to design and construct outdoor learning spaces on school grounds. Educators are working with teachers to create lessons tailored to…

Stream School participants collecting leaf packs.

Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds (C-SAW)

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Education, research, and watershed restoration staff provided technical assistance to statewide conservation groups in effective watershed assessment, monitoring, and restoration. To find out more, visit the C-SAW website.(Project details may change…

Tidal Rivers Biofingerprinting Sediment: Resolving Sediment Connectivity Between Rivers and Estuaries by Tracking Particles With Their Microbial Genetic Signature

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Sediment flowing from rivers to estuaries is a double-edged sword: too much sediment can harm oyster beds but not enough sediment can starve tidal marshes. Measuring whether a river is…

Monitoring Fish Populations and Stream Habitat Quality for the National Park Service

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This project monitors biological conditions, water quality, habitat integrity, and fish at 37 sites in 10 national parks in the National Capital Region Network around Washington, D.C. The findings of…

Evaluating and Updating Data Collection Protocols in National Parks of the National Capital Region

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The National Park Service has monitored stream water quality and quantity for more than 15 years in shallow streams located in 10 parks of the National Capital Region Network. This…

Dynamics of Phytoplankton Growth and Transport in River Networks From Local to Continental Scales

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The project proposes a transformative approach using real-time monitoring of algae concentrations during storm events to evaluate the effects of excessive nutrients on entire watersheds. The project includes a regional…

Six Stroud Center staff members at a conference.

Sharing Our Science at the National Monitoring Conference

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Along with networking and learning state-of-the-art water quality monitoring techniques, we presented our research to hundreds of water quality specialists.

Closterium algae magnified 20x under a microscope.

A Fresh Look at River Algae in the Delaware River Basin

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A novel method to evaluate how algal concentration changes during river floods may be key to more accurately predicting how to keep algae under control. 

Rachel Johnson and Dave Arscott at the Watershed Heroes event.

Stronger Together: A Nonprofit Partnership Raises Road Salt Awareness

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Stroud Water Research Center is honored to have received the Watershed Heroes Nonprofit Steward award from Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership.

Phytoplankton Dynamics at the Brandywine River

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High-frequency temperature, oxygen, and chlorophyll sensors, canoe float trips, and nutrient monitoring are the tools being used to study how much and how fast algae grow while they travel down…