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White Clay Creek: A Pennsylvania Stream Responds to Reforestation

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The East Branch of White Clay Creek is the subject of a restoration study on a time scale rarely applied to streams or rivers anywhere in the world.

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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.

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Transcriptomic and life history responses of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer to chronic diel thermal challenge

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Hsuan C., D.D. Jima, D.H. Funk, J.K. Jackson, B.W. Sweeney, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2020. Nature Scientific Reports 10:19119.

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Distinct distribution of Archaea from soil to freshwater to estuary: implications of archaeal composition and function in different environments

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Wang, H., R.L. Bier, L. Zgleszewski, M. Peipoch, E. Omondi, A. Mukherjee, F. Chen, C. Zhang, and J. Kan. 2020. Frontier in Microbiology 11:576661.

Schuylkill River Community Scientist Monitoring Project to Kick Off on World Habitat Day

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The project aims to document the current ecological status and health of the river and seeks to engage and educate a diverse set of river users and residents.

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What Do Hemp Fiber, Soil Health, and Water Quality Have in Common?

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Stroud Water Research Center has launched a collaborative project to study the cultivation, soil health and environmental impact, and manufacturing of industrial hemp fiber.

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.

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The Hidden World of Stream Insects

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Entomologist David Funk presents an hour-long dive into the natural histories of some of the most fascinating stream insects he has photographed.