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Large-scale protection and restoration programs aimed at protecting stream ecosystem integrity: the role of science-based goal-setting, monitoring, and data management

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Kroll, S.A., R.J. Horwitz, D.H. Keller, B.W. Sweeney, J.K. Jackson, and L.B. Perez. 2019. Freshwater Science 38(1): 23–29.

Bern Sweeney walks through a native meadow.

$1 Million Challenge Grant to Benefit the Bernard W. Sweeney, Ph.D., Executive Director’s Fund

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Honoring Bern’s long career at the Stroud Center while ensuring the legacy of his dedication to global research, education, and watershed restoration.

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Science Never Retires

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Tom Bott, Bern Sweeney, Lou Kaplan and Denis Newbold are using their retirement in order to continue to pursue their passions in freshwater science.

Graphic showing what percentage of nitrogen, sediments, and pesticides are kept out of a stream by a 100-foot tree buffer

The Restored Watershed: 50 Years of Solutions for Clean Fresh Water

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For the last 50 years scientists at Stroud Water Research Center have demonstrated the connection between good land-use practices and clean fresh water, between healthy soil and healthy water.

Experimental Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality – Dixon Property

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This project involved an experimental planting of 600 trees and shelters on 1.8 acres of riparian land along Buck Run in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed to…

Experimental Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality – Fortunato Property

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This project involved an experimental planting of 350 trees and shelters on one acre of riparian land along Brandywine Creek in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. The project was designed to test…

Experimental Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality – Elkins Property

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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…

Experimental Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality – Irwin Property

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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…

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Learning Leading to Action: Young Heroes Protecting Our Waterways

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Students are not only learning how to protect our waterways; they are also conducting their own scientific research or restoring healthy streams — or sometimes both.

Volunteers Plant Nearly 1,000 Trees for National Volunteer Week

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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.