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 Bern Sweeney presents Alexandra Cousteau with the 2015 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence.

Alexandra Cousteau: Freshwater Issues the Greatest Crisis of Our Time

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“When we ask, do we have enough water when we need it and where we need it, and is the water quality good enough for our children to swim in, drink from and fish in, too often that answer is no,” says Alexandra Cousteau.

Bhutan Tiger’s Nest Monastery by Timothy Neesam

Pouring Water Quality into Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index

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“Holy cow, how do people get up to that place? I might need a helicopter to lower me down on a cable.” Bernard W. Sweeney, Ph.D., director of Stroud Water…

Punakha Dzong Marina in Bhutan.

Clean, Fresh Water Essential to Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness

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Stroud Water Research Center and Waterkeeper Alliance will help the tiny Himalayan nation test and monitor its freshwater resources.

International visitors at the Stroud Center.

Stroud Center Connects International Leaders with Freshwater Solutions

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Stroud Water Research Center rolled out the red carpet for water systems experts from 23 countries who gathered to learn how to best protect their home countries’ water resources.

2015 Society for Freshwater Science conference logo.

Sharing Our Science: Summer 2015

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In May, Stroud Water Research Center scientists attended the weeklong annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Tree planting volunteers.

Volunteers Protect White Clay Creek Headwaters By Planting 500 Trees

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Volunteers planted, staked and installed tree shelters on 500 trees. The work was completed within two hours — a new record for the Stroud Center.

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Fish growth, physiological stress, and tissue condition in response to rate or temperature change during cool or warm diel thermal cycles

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Eldridge, W.H., B.W. Sweeney, and J.M.Law. 2015. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 72(10):1527-1537.

Children walking across a field and preparing to plant trees.

Stroud Center Honored with Two Conservation Awards

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Berks County Conservation District gave Sweeney its Conservation Individual of the Year Award and Lancaster County Conservation District gave Stroud Center its Cooperating Agency Award.

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Re-Wilding Tropical Ecosystems Starts With Clean Fresh Water

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Bern Sweeney, Ph.D., traveled to Costa Rica in late January to discuss innovative practices in re-wilding tropical ecosystems including rainforests, mangrove forests, streams and wetlands.

Stroud Water Research Center educators proudly display their Outstanding Environmental Education Program Award.

Stroud Center Gets Award for Environmental Education Programs

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The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators gives Stroud Water Research Center the Outstanding Environmental Education Program Award.