Stroud Water Research Center
Stroud Water Research Center
Even forested or remote streams aren’t free from plastic pollution, according to research in the Schuylkill River watershed.
Community scientists contribute time and energy to help assess the severity of road salt pollution across multiple states.
What happens to decades of sediment trapped behind a dam? How quickly can a river recover? And what does recovery even look like?
Meet Mark Whelan, whose lifelong love of fishing and freshwater science has taken him from Ireland to Alaska and now Pennsylvania.
Batista-Andrade, J.A., M.D. Daniels, and J.S. Hall. 2027. Earth-Science Reviews, early online access.
Stroud Center research shows that a variety of PFAS compounds may be found in some soil and water samples from Pennsylvania farm fields treated with biosolids.
Peipoch, M., M. Daniels, and S.H. Ensign. 2026. Ecosphere 17(9): e70741.
Take a deeper dive into advanced concepts in watershed restoration, including stream stressors and restoration strategies, and hear about current research.
Riparian buffer practitioners are invited to learn more about the important role that riparian forest buffers play in stream health.
Moore, E.R., M.M. Rahman, M. Sena, J.G. Galella, B. Joshi, A.Yaculak, M. Peipoch, J. Kan, and S. Inamdar. 2026. Earth’s Future 14(9): e2025EF006892.