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Streamside Forests

Stroud Center–Alliance for Chesapeake Bay Partnership

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This project supports installation and care of about 25 acres of forested buffers after they are planted in the west branch of Red Clay Creek. Funded by: Alliance for the…

Stroud Center/Pa. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Forested Buffer Collaborative

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This project installs nearly 80 acres of streamside forests and demonstrates the income potential of those that grow fruits, nuts, and salable horticultural materials. (Project details may change over the…

Targeted Agricultural Best Management Practices and Forested Buffers for Chester County Focus Areas

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This project implements agricultural best management practices on farms, such as stormwater-runoff controls for barnyards and mushroom compost processing areas, new and seasonally earlier cover crops, improved no-till practices, and…

Volunteers plant New Bolton Center fodder shrubs.

New Bolton Center and Stroud Center Partner on Clean Water Projects

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The Penn Vet campus is a 700-acre living laboratory at the headwaters of White Clay Creek, protecting soil health, biodiversity, and water quality.

Jim Hershey by Jennifer Foster.

Jim Hershey Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award

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Jim and his family farm using no-till practices, cover crops, and riparian buffers that help keep soil and nutrients on the field and out of nearby streams.

A wooden sign marks the Miller Meadow Loop walking path through the riparian buffer.

A Family Forest: The Millers’ Riparian Legacy

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After nearly 10 years, Bud and Marilyn Miller’s 11-acre buffer is firmly established and is finally becoming a forest of its own.

A group of tree planting volunteers from Sycamore.

Volunteer Tree Planting

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Help us plant trees in Cochranville with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation!

Dick Vermeil with a tree shelter.

Coach Dick Vermeil’s Legacy of Clean Water

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The legendary football coach knows victories — but his greatest win for Chester County may be restoring streams and protecting fresh water on his farm.

Church members remove invasive vines to restore a forest.

Love Trees? Set Them Free!

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Community members clear invasives, replant trees, and celebrate with a rare Franklin tree to inspire youth-led forest stewardship.

A split image, above and below the water of a forested stream in the Schuylkill Highlands, Pennsylvania.

In the Shade of Trees, Streams Come Alive

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Forests near and far contribute to stream health. A tree planted miles away can still support water quality — if water flows from it to a stream.