Stroud Water Research Center
In the last six years, Stroud Water Research Center has planted nearly 50,000 trees for clean water and healthy streams.
Young seedlings face a variety of threats on floodplains that are also home to deer, rodents, invasive plants, and yes, flooding!
The Stroud Center celebrated National Volunteer Week by planting six acres adjacent to a tributary of White Clay Creek at the Brandywine Polo Club.
Did you know that planting trees along a stream can filter out pollutants and dramatically improve water quality? Episode 1 in the “Stories From the Streams” video series.
Stroud Water Research Center restored 2.75 acres along two swales that transport rain water into a major tributary of the Brandywine River, which eventually flows downstream to provide drinking water for the city of Wilmington.
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources organized the 2018 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit to provide conservation practitioners and decision makers with information and skills that they can use in their work.
Planting trees and shrubs on streamside crop land improves water quality. What if you could plant a buffer that would protect a stream and yield a crop?
Bud and Marilyn Miller see their newly planted streamside forest as a valuable investment for future generations.
Stroud™ Water Research Center’s Watershed Restoration Group was awarded $750,000 to install best management practices on 24 farms.
With the help of the USDA, a growing number of farmers are choosing to plant streamside forests to protect water quality for their downstream neighbors.