Stroud Water Research Center
A partnership between the LaMotte Company and the Stroud Center has bridged a gap between scientific research and water sustainability through education.
If you’ve got the gardening bug, you can cultivate a beautiful landscape that also supports clean water and healthy streams.
Battle, J.M., B.W. Sweeney, B. Currinder, A. Aufdenkampe, B. Fisher, and N. Islam. 2024. Journal of Threatened Taxa 16(11): 26089–26103.
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.
As a student, colleague, and lifelong friend of Ruth Patrick, Sweeney sustained a career of scientific discovery leading to environmental solutions.
Stroud Water Research Center examines why freshwater ecosystem restoration often fails to meet water quality objectives.
This program coordinates and executes the taxonomic certification program for the Society for Freshwater Science, conducting family- and genus-level tests throughout the year. Funded by: Society for Freshwater Science Principal…
These projects use aquatic macroinvertebrates such as mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies to provide assessments of current water quality in these streams and rivers.
Stream restoration in the United States is a multibillion-dollar industry, yet long-term monitoring of its effectiveness is virtually nonexistent. To fill this gap, the Stroud Center restored a portion of…
This project investigates how different agricultural management practices influence water quality and soil health. Using Rodale Institute’s 37-year-old Farming Systems Trial and a recent transition to organic farming at the…