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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…

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.

Demonstrating Low-Cost Methods for Reforestation (Farm Stewardship Program)

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Stroud Water Research Center’s Farm Stewardship Program provides technical and financial assistance to farmers and landowners to implement best management practices (BMPs) to protect water quality and improve stream health.…