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Max Stoner and Don Ace in the community garden at their retirement community.

Learning Something New Never Gets Old

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At ages 100 and 80, two retirees plant their first cover crop and build soil health in their retirement community garden.

Young riparian buffer in Franklin Township, Pa.

Matthew Ehrhart of the Stroud Center Testifies at Pa. House Committee Hearing on Streamside Forests Bill

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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.

Rocky Run meanders through a forest near Wilmington, Delaware.

To Reduce Flooding and Water Pollution, Add Green Space

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Every park, every garden, every green space, no matter how small, gives rainwater the time and space to slow down and spread out.

Three children and a man collect stream insects at a Seneca Nation summer camp.

Nurturing the Good Mind

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Connecting to water as a source of ancestral significance has strengthened a throughline of cultural continuity for the Seneca Nation and the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware.

How Much PFAS Is Too Much? PFAS Levels in Drinking Water

PFAS Explained

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Forever chemicals threaten drinking water and human health. Learn how scientists are investigating PFAS contamination in farming.

Three children hold Hillendale Elementary School's 2023 Green Ribbon Schools flag.

Hillendale Elementary School Awarded Green Ribbon for Environmental Education and Sustainability

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The award recognizes innovative efforts to reduce environmental impacts, promote better health, and ensure effective environmental education.

A drone spreading soybean seeds that will grow into a cover crop.

Farming With Drones?

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Farmers joined us for a demonstration of a drone spreading soybean seeds for a cover crop that builds soil health and protects water quality.

Tom Best smiles as he stands in a young riparian buffer.

Caring for Trees

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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.

Three people identifying live aquatic macroinvertebrates.

Earning a “Master’s” in Watershed Stewardship

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How Penn State Extension launched one of the most successful volunteer training programs in the U.S. and revived struggling local watershed groups.

Three people next to a replica of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

Looking Back at Earth and Its Fresh Water From Space

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All-star community science volunteers visit Goddard Space Flight Center and learn what NASA satellite data reveals about threats to streams.