Stroud Water Research Center
Whether it’s too much, too little, or too dirty, the primary way humans experience climate change is through water. Streamside forests can help.
To ensure our buffers are set up for success, we strategically use herbicides to control invasive plants for the first three years.
Here’s a hint: wider buffers are better. Narrower buffers help but don’t function as well as pollutant barriers and enhancers of in-stream function.
A streamside forest project in Lancaster, Pa., inspires sustainable initiatives for a cleaner Chesapeake Bay.
Stroud Water Research Center examines why freshwater ecosystem restoration often fails to meet water quality objectives.
How one community’s action project is teaching students about water, trees, and wildlife and how to care for them.
Learn how the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards started a watershed organization in their rapidly developing community and you can too.
Dive into the fascinating world of stream ecology and learn about the importance of riparian forest buffers.
Ehrhart’s testimony focused on what Stroud Center scientists have learned about the impact trees can have on water quality, wildlife habitat, and flood reduction.
Tom Best doesn’t own the young streamside forest he maintains each day. It’s an act of service motivated by a parental feeling toward the woods.