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Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality — Red Clay Creek

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project involved an experimental planting of 500 trees on 1.5 acres of riparian land as a best management practice for keeping pollutants out of a headwater tributary of Red Clay Creek as well as creating a research site for testing the effects of herbicide use on the survival and growth of seedlings.

Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality — Crum Creek

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project involved an experimental planting of 925 trees on 4.1 acres of riparian land for keeping pollutants out of two headwater tributaries of Crum Creek and learning new insights into how to properly install the bird netting, associated with protective shelters, placed on all seedlings to increase their survival and growth.

Dogwood trees blooming along the banks of White Clay Creek.

Trees Can Be a Stream’s Best Friend

 300 400 Stroud Water Research Center

Tree-lined streams aren’t just pretty — healthy trees also make for healthier streams. How’s that, you ask?

A young streamside forest in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania.

Small Streams: The Heart and Soul of Waterways

 300 225 Stroud Water Research Center

When it comes to water quality, size is definitely not everything. Listen up for the big impact of small streams

Brook trout.

Students Learn Fish Grow on Trees

 400 266 Stroud Water Research Center

Students raised trout from eggs, monitored tank water quality, recorded fish behavior, engaged in stream studies, and learned to appreciate water resources.

The indoor stream exhibit, complete with live fish, built for the Pa. farm show. 

Sharing Our Science: Winter 2014

 300 212 Stroud Water Research Center

Stroud Center Models Farm Stewardship at PA Farm Show; Wise Shares Importance of Trees to Streams; Sweeney Speaks In Support of Streamside Forests.

Excluding Deer Using Low-Cost Exclosures To Improve Water Quality in the Brandywine Creek Watershed

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Four large field experiments in both forested and deforested habitat were created to test the importance of fence height for protecting young seedlings (natural regeneration and/or nursery stock) from herbivory…

Restoration of Upland Forest Using Experimental Fencing Systems To Protect Seedlings From Deer Browse

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project involved creating a four-acre experimental area for testing the efficacy of short fences (arranged strategically around seedling planting areas) to improve seedling growth and survivorship. Funded by: Point…

Cows standing in a stream.

A Holistic Approach to Restoring Streams

 289 200 Stroud Water Research Center

The Watershed Restoration Group is building relationships with all of the farmers along two headwater tributaries to restore, protect, and monitor them.

The Importance of Streamside Reforestation for Reducing Nonpoint-Source Pollution in Small Streams

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This ongoing project to track water quality improvements provided by a riparian forest buffer in the Stroud Preserve, Chester County, Pennsylvania, indicates that 15 years after planting, the buffer reduced…