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Watershed Restoration

Volunteer Tree Planting

 1024 576 Stroud Water Research Center

We will be planting approximately 2.75 acres with 675 trees on a primary tributary of Doe Run Creek. This planting will also serve as a research site as we will be collecting data on the growth rate of trees in two different types of tree tubes.

Photo of Martha Ressler's quilt honoring tree-planting volunteers.

700 Trees, Three Volunteers, and a Quilt

 800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Fiber artist Martha Ressler found a unique way to honor the volunteers who helped her and her husband Jay plant a “mini-forest” on their property: she immortalized them in a quilt.

Focusing on Farms to Safeguard the Delaware River

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An article in Edible Philly dives into the effort to protect and restore clean water in the Delaware River watershed by working with farmers.

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Stream restoration for legacy sediments at Gramies Run, Maryland: early lessons from implementation, water quality monitoring, and soil health

 350 210 Stroud Water Research Center

Mattern, K., A. Lutgen, N. Sienkiewicz, G. Jiang , J. Kan, M. Peipoch, and S. Inamdar. 2020. Water 12(8):2164.

Soil Health Movement Is Reducing Water Pollution and Farmers’ Costs

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“We really want to try to help the scientific community understand what the impact of healthier soils is on delivery of pollutants to waterways.”

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Talking Soil Health on Public Radio

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Healthy soils can reduce soil erosion and nutrient runoff, and increase stormwater infiltration, reduce stream flooding, and improve groundwater base flows.

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Smart Talk About Soil Health

 800 437 Stroud Water Research Center

Join the conversation as WITF “Smart Talk” host Scott LaMar talks with Lisa Blazure, Stroud Water Research Center soil health coordinator, and two Lancaster County farmers about the numerous benefits of improving agricultural soil health.

[WEBINAR SERIES] No-Till and Cover Crop Implementation Online Education Program

 800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

We are inviting public, private, and non-profit agricultural service providers to participate in a five-part, interactive, webinar training series emphasizing no-till and cover crop implementation that will train agricultural service providers to better support farmers who are preparing for and implementing in-field soil health practices.

Reducing Crop Loss, Saving Money and Time, and Stewarding Your Land

 640 360 Stroud Water Research Center

Farms that have whole-farm financial and yield analyses completed often find that cropping marginal land costs more money than it produces.

[WEBINAR SERIES] Your Land & the Long View: Working With Farmers to Protect Your Investment

 800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Join Steve Groff, the Cover Crop Coach, and Sarah Everhart, with the University of Maryland’s Agriculture Law Education Initiative, to learn how you and your tenant farmer can work together to improve the soil health on your farm.