Stroud Water Research Center
This project involved an experimental planting of 1,050 trees and shelters on 2.5 acres of riparian land along Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed to…
This project involved an experimental planting of 1,150 trees and shelters on 3.8 acres of riparian land along Red Clay Creek in East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed…
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.
The Stroud Center and the Brandywine Conservancy hosted a tree planting on a farm that was once the northern base of the historic King Ranch of Texas.
Research has shown that streamside forests minimize pollutants reaching the water and help streams cleanse themselves of pollutants that do reach the water.