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Long-Term Recovery of Stream Health Following Watershed-Scale Implementation of Agricultural Restoration Practices

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Across six agricultural watersheds draining to the Chesapeake Bay, scientists are measuring changes in stream temperature, water chemistry, and aquatic macroinvertebrates in response to forested buffer restoration and better barnyard…

Site Assessment and Measuring Environmental Change as Part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative

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This funding supports Stroud Water Research Center’s efforts to help Delaware River Watershed Initiative partners better understand their streams and watersheds and their progress toward conservation goals. This includes the…

Watershed Research for Buck and Doe Runs, Pa.

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These projects use water chemistry and aquatic macroinvertebrates such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies to provide assessments of current water quality in streams. Where long-term data are available, the most…

Mayflies, Stoneflies, and Caddisflies for Ecotoxicity Studies

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Aquatic insects have long been essential in assessing stream health and setting water quality standards based on aquatic ecotoxicity studies. This project uses field collections and laboratory rearing to provide…

Evaluating the Effects of Invasive Mud Snails on the Delaware River Basin

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Scientists are evaluating the negative effects of an invasive species, the New Zealand mud snail, on trout and shad populations in the Delaware River basin by combining laboratory tests and…

Revisiting Stream Health for Major Tributaries of the Schuylkill River, Pa.

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This project uses water chemistry and aquatic macroinvertebrates such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies to provide assessments of current water quality at 19 sites in the Schuylkill River. Scientists are…

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Assessment of Environmental Conditions in Bennett’s Run, Brandywine Creek

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Water chemistry, temperature, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and fish are being monitored in Bennett’s Run, a small tributary to Brandywine Creek in southern Chester County, Pa., to provide critical data in support…

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Brandywine Stream Stewards: Community Action in Support of Healthy Waters

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Engaging adults and youth from Wilmington, Del., the Stream Stewards Program monitors water resources in the 1,100 acres of open space in the First State National Historical Park. Stroud Water…

Knowledge and Stewardship of Freshwater Ecosystems in Costa Rica and Around the World

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This project contributes to ongoing operations, monitoring, and synthesis of long-term research at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica. Seed funding advances collaborations between the Stroud Center and the Smithsonian…

Land Protection Impact Assessment in Support of Delaware River Watershed Initiative

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This project evaluates the hypothesis that protection and/or maintenance of natural land maintains ecological stream quality by limiting, preventing, or redirecting changes to land cover and use away from headwaters,…