Stroud Water Research Center
The Stroud Center has been collaborating in the National Capital Region to support monitoring and analysis of park stream ecosystems.
Whether it’s too much, too little, or too dirty, the primary way humans experience climate change is through water. Streamside forests can help.
Here’s a hint: wider buffers are better. Narrower buffers help but don’t function as well as pollutant barriers and enhancers of in-stream function.
A streamside forest project in Lancaster, Pa., inspires sustainable initiatives for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay.
If you’ve ever hiked along a woodland stream on a warm spring day, you may have seen these tiny creatures swarming together, fluttering in a midair dance.
Whether you call them outdoor classrooms, living schoolyards, or ecological schoolyards — we’ve got ideas for how to make the outdoors a place of discovery.
At ages 100 and 80, two retirees plant their first cover crop and build soil health in their retirement community garden.
Forever chemicals threaten drinking water and human health. Learn how scientists are investigating PFAS contamination in farming.
The award recognizes innovative efforts to reduce environmental impacts, promote better health, and ensure effective environmental education.
Tom Best doesn’t own the young streamside forest he maintains each day. It’s an act of service motivated by a parental feeling toward the woods.