Stroud Water Research Center
Healthy soil is the foundation of a thriving ecosystem and clean surface water; yet it’s often an overlooked element in restoration work.
Discover what research in the canopy of Costa Rican cloud forests is revealing about the impact of climate change on these sensitive ecosystems.
As sea levels rise, the threat is not just the swelling sea, but the encroaching salt that kills forests and affects farmable land.
Halls, J.N., S.H. Ensign, and E.K. Peck. 2025. Remote Sensing 7(18): 3130.
From aquatic insects to microbial DNA, an intern explores how collaboration across disciplines advances stream and soil health research.
Help assess road salt pollution levels and patterns in streams and rivers to better understand how salt accumulates across different landscapes.
Price, J.R., D. Oviedo-Vargas, M. Peipoch, M.D. Daniels, and J. Kan. 2025. Ecosphere 16(8): e70375.
Taxonomic certification administered by the Stroud Center is the gold standard, with certifications in aquatic invertebrates, diatoms, and soon, fish.
Entomologist Dave Funk shares how his 2025 study named six new Ameletus mayflies — and what these parthenogenetic insects reveal about stream health.
River monitoring funding cuts are a problem not just for water scientists but for all Americans, because we all rely on and live near a river or stream.