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Promoting Soil Health and Riparian Buffers to Support Aquatic Diversity in Northwest Pennsylvania

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project restores stream health by addressing excessive sedimentation in the French Creek and Shenango River waterways that threatens freshwater species. Project creates a multi-county no-till drill rental program to…

Meeting Lancaster County’s Clean Water Goals through Riparian Forest Buffers

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

The project increases capacity for and accelerates the rate of installing state-of-the-art forested buffers towards locally led clean water plans for Lancaster and Chester County. The project will result in…

Improving Success and Cutting Costs on Riparian Buffers

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership contracts with the Stroud Center to test tree planting and maintenance-related materials. The goal is to demonstrate methods that maintain high levels…

Forested Buffers for Farms in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project provides funding for five farms in Lancaster and Chester counties in Pennsylvania to install forested buffers and any needed infrastructure to protect streams from livestock. Funded by: Pa.…

Collaboration With Pa. DCNR for Riparian Forest Buffers

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project installs riparian forested buffers for water quality and stream health improvements. Locations include but are not limited to target areas in Chester and Lancaster Counties. Funded by: Pennsylvania…

Agricultural Best Management Practices and Forested Buffers in Brandywine-Christina Focus Areas

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Farmers receive assistance to plan and implement at least 80 agricultural best management practices on the condition that they also install forested buffers on their streams. Funded by: National Fish…

Agricultural Best Management Practices and Buffers for Middle Schuylkill Focus Area

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Farmers receive assistance to plan and implement at least 80 agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on the condition that they also install forested buffers on their streams. Funded by: National…

Agricultural Best Management Practices and Forested Buffers for Lancaster Focus Areas

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project implements whole-farm conservation on all four farms in the catchment of a very small unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pa. The farmers are undertaking comprehensive…

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

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project implements agricultural conservation practices on three Plain sect farms in the Honey Brook, Pa., area. Funded by: Pa. Department of Environmental Protection Project Lead: Matthew J. Ehrhart Collaborators:…

A streamside buffer after seven years of growth.

Chesapeake Bay Program Tours Denlinger Farm

 800 600 Stroud Water Research Center

Stewardship projects on the farm are helping to restore water quality in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Chesapeake Bay.