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Oviedo Vargas

Four scientists collect simulated rainfall from soil in a cornfield in White Clay Creek watershed.

Saving Streams With Good Science

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Building trust in the scientific process starts with communicating our research to non-scientists. To that end, our scientists share snapshots of three long-term experiments.

PFAS movement from points of use to farms and water.

Treated Sewage Sludge May Be a Pathway for PFAS Contamination of Soil, Water, and Ultimately, Our Food

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To help understand the extent of this problem in Pennsylvania, scientists are looking at the occurrence and migration of biosolid-derived PFASs into soil and water on agricultural fields.

Diana Oviedo-Vargas downloading data from a sensor located in White Clay Creek to a field laptop.

Oviedo Vargas Shares Her STEM Career Journey

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The Stroud Center biogeochemist was featured in a women-in-STEM webinar series hosted by EarthEcho International.

Photo of a farm with a large muddy area with cattle.

A Small Farm Offers Big Opportunities for Measuring Watershed Restoration Success

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Stream restorations rarely get monitored rigorously enough to determine if the “patient” has fully recovered.

Aerial photographs of a recovering forest along White Clay Creek in Pennsylvania.

Patience is the Mother of Science: Long-Term Responses of a Stream to Reforestation

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We’re studying how White Clay Creek can recover from deforestation and agricultural expansion and to what extent restoration practices can acclerate that recovery.

Diana Oviedo Vargas and Melinda Daniels in a Costa Rican forest.

Stream Reach: Building Communities from White Clay Creek to the Yangtze Basin

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To truly make a difference requires, not only understanding freshwater systems, but working with all kinds of communities to protect them.

Don’t Stop Me Now! Studying the Effects of Milldam Removal

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Stroud Water Research Center scientists are investigating how milldam removal might affect groundwater and surface water quality.

David Bressler providing C-SAW technical assistance to volunteers of the Silver Lake Nature Center.

A Watershed of Curiosity

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Not everyone has the opportunity to become a professional scientist, but a great scientist can come from anywhere. Anyone can be a part of science.

Transforming Water Quality in the Sharitz Run Headwaters of Brandywine Creek

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This Watershed Renaissance Initiative grant will enable Stroud Water Research Center to implement extensive watershed restoration projects designed to capture and control excess water and sediment production from agricultural hillslopes.…

Mimicking Mother Nature to Protect Clean Water

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Stroud Center scientists are pioneering a scientifically valid way to simulate rain to study the links between farming practices and healthy streams.