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Flyer for the Sportsmen's Forum.

Sportsmen’s Forum

1000 750 Stroud Water Research Center

Conservation organizations, watershed groups, hunting and fishing groups, and other sportsmen groups are coming together for a day of collaboration with the common goal of healthy lands, habitats, and waters.

Leveraging Farm Bill Funds for Water Quality in the Brandywine-Christina and Middle Schuylkill Clusters (NFWF); Delivering the Berks-Chester RCPP (DEP)

800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Stroud Water Research Center secured more than $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program and is ensuring full delivery of best management practices…

Level-lip spreader at Stroud Preserve.

Postponed! Environmental Stewardship on the Farm Workshop

1000 460 Stroud Water Research Center

Postponed until February 2018! Stewardship that makes “cents.” This free workshop is for all farmers and landowners interested in profitable practices that improve streams, create wildlife habitat, and reduce regulatory concerns.

Funds for Improved Farming Practices to Help the Chesapeake Bay

1000 750 Stroud Water Research Center

Stroud Water Research Center’s Watershed Restoration Group was awarded $750,000 to install best management practices on 24 farms.

Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance Winter Meeting

600 399 Stroud Water Research Center

Healthy Soils: Building a Strong Foundation, featuring Gail Fuller. Mr. Fuller farms 1,700–1,800 acres plus 300 acres of custom work in Emporia, Kansas. On those acres he no-tills up to 13 crops including corn, grain sorghum, triticale, winter barley, soybeans, and winter wheat. He has used 60–70 different mixes of cover crops, utilizing sunflowers, radishes, turnips, and clovers most often. He was the recipient of the 2013 American Soybean Association® Conservation Legacy Award.

Two farmers walk across a field in winter.

USDA Programs Put Stroud Center Science on the Ground

989 550 Stroud Water Research Center

With the help of the USDA, a growing number of farmers are choosing to plant streamside forests to protect water quality for their downstream neighbors.

Tree tubes in a new riparian buffer

Volunteers Plant 1,000 Trees in Coatesville

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The Stroud Center and the Brandywine Conservancy hosted a tree planting on a farm that was once the northern base of the historic King Ranch of Texas.

A goldfinch perched on seed heads.

Lancaster Farming Highlights Farmer’s Efforts to Help Environment

800 525 Stroud Water Research Center

The Stoltzfus farm is a great example of how the Stroud Center can help landowners tap a range of public and private funds to help them afford projects.

Linford Weber and Deanne Boyer of Willow Run Farm

Berks Farmers Connect With Land, Water, and Customers

800 600 Stroud Water Research Center

Willow Run Farm has a sustainable philosophy that includes grass-fed cattle, free-range chickens, and restoring a stream with the help of the Stroud Center.

Stroud Water Research Center: The First Fifty Years

Stroud Water Research Center: The First Fifty Years

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Anniversary book celebrating 50 years of the Stroud Center’s history. Published by Stroud Water Research Center.