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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…

Focus on Lancaster County

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In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, watershed restoration projects spearheaded by the Stroud Center address water quality issues on about 1,400 acres of farmland in the Chesapeake Bay region each year. The…

Gordonville farm buffer installed fall 2023.

Connecting People, Restoring Streams in Lancaster County

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Lancaster Clean Water Partners brings people together to tackle the county’s water quality challenge. The approach is already producing tangible results.

Church members remove invasive vines to restore a forest.

Love Trees? Set Them Free!

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Community members clear invasives, replant trees, and celebrate with a rare Franklin tree to inspire youth-led forest stewardship.

An American Kestrel lands on a tree branch.

Save Farm-Friendly Raptors

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If you own, manage, or farm a property with a stream, you can help save farmland raptors while enhancing the value and enjoyment of your land.

A streamside forest and native plant garden take root at Overlook Community Campus.

Transforming Local Parks to Enhance Fresh Water

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A streamside forest project in Lancaster, Pa., inspires sustainable initiatives for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay.

Native trees with tree shelters in a young streamside buffer with a barn in the distance.

Building Trust to Boost the Bay

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Stroud Center’s watershed restoration team knows that gaining farmers’ trust and emphasizing improvements in their local streams is an important part of the work.

Volunteers staking native trees in Overlook Park

Cultivating Stewardship of Our Shared Waters

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Brian Preston shares how people in a popular local park are discovering how a streamside forest and pollinator garden can be beautiful and good for clean water.

Evaluating the Effects of Watershed-Scale Agricultural Best Management Practices on Water Quality

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In early 2020, stream bank fencing, forested buffers, and barnyard improvements were installed on Amish farms in Lancaster County, Pa. The farms are nested in a small watershed drained by…

Volunteers planting native plants at Overlook Park.

Sustainable Landscaping at Overlook Park: Presentation and Tour

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Learn about the purpose, planning, and plantings in the natural area across from the Historic Stoner House and the Stoner Grille in Overlook Park.