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Rhamphomyia longicauda in copula

Sharing Our Science: Winter-Spring 2016

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For the long-tailed dance fly, every night is ladies’ night, Dave Funk explained in a lecture a University of Delaware insect ecology class.

Teachers from the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School learned about the Trout Grow on Trees program.

Sharing Our Science: Winter 2016

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We share our science to increase awareness and create a public dialogue centered on the protection, preservation, and restoration of watersheds everywhere.

Colorful trout drawings.

Families Learn and Play During Trout Grow on Trees® Day

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“The fish … eat the insects … on the leaves … that come from trees!” shouted children and their parents through the forest along White Clay Creek.

Experimental Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality: Buck Run

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This project involved an experimental planting of 900 trees and shelters on 2.2 acres of riparian land along Buck Run in East Fallowfield, Pa. The project was designed to test…

Experimental Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality: Buck Run

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This project involved an experimental planting of 300 trees and shelters on 0.7 acres of riparian land along Buck Run in East Fallowfield, Pa. The project was designed to test…

Matt Ehrhart with Penn State’s Dean of College of Agriculture Richard Roush and Sen. Elder Vogel Jr.

Ehrhart Re-Elected as Penn State Agricultural Council President

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Matt Ehrhart took on a new and substantial responsibility last year when his peers elected him president of the Penn State Agricultural Council.

White Clay Creek behind the Stroud Center in 2013, showing the progress of restoration.

Mapping a Stream’s Recovery

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Jennifer Matkov (foreground) and Laura Borecki survey the stream morphology of White Clay Creek. Photo: Kay Dixon On a clear, bright day, Jennifer Matkov wades calf-deep in cool stream water.…

Aerial view of Chesapeake Bay by Stuart Rankin.

Court Ruling a Victory for Chesapeake Bay

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Cleaning up the bay and its tributaries will improve the lives of 17 million people who live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Spotlight on Stephanie Eisenbise

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Eisenbise joined the watershed restoration team in February. Photo: Kay Dixon With interests ranging from agriculture to white water kayaking to planting trees along streams, Stephanie Eisenbise, Stroud Center’s new…