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Watershed Restoration

Support for a Coalition on Soil Health in Pennsylvania

800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project establishes the Pennsylvania Soil Health Coalition to improve communication and coordination among numerous organizations involved with soil health education, implementation, and research. Coalition member organizations will conduct educational…

Targeted Agricultural Best Management Practices and Forested Buffers for Chester County Focus Areas

800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project implements agricultural best management practices on farms, such as stormwater-runoff controls for barnyards and mushroom compost processing areas, new and seasonally earlier cover crops, improved no-till practices, and…

Evaluating How Conventional, Conservation, and Organic Farming Management Practices Enhance Soil Health and Improve Water Quality

800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project investigates how different agricultural management practices influence water quality and soil health. Using Rodale Institute’s 37-year-old Farming Systems Trial and a recent transition to organic farming at the…

Diana Oviedo Vargas, Ph.D., collects biosolid samples to test for PFAS.

Evaluating the Risk for PFAS Contamination of Surface and Groundwater Through Application of Biosolids in Agroecosystems

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Scientists are investigating whether biosolid application on Pennsylvania farms represents a significant source of PFAS in soils and water. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly called PFAS, are a group of…

Volunteers plant New Bolton Center fodder shrubs.

New Bolton Center and Stroud Center Partner on Clean Water Projects

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

The Penn Vet campus is a 700-acre living laboratory at the headwaters of White Clay Creek, protecting soil health, biodiversity, and water quality.

New Additions Strengthen Watershed Restoration Efforts

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

We’re pleased to welcome two long-time interns as our newest team members supporting our watershed restoration work: Abby Horst and Charlotte Horn.

Gordonville farm buffer installed fall 2023.

Connecting People, Restoring Streams in Lancaster County

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Lancaster Clean Water Partners brings people together to tackle the county’s water quality challenge. The approach is already producing tangible results.

Jackson testifies on stream impairment before PA House Environmental Resources & Natural Protection Committee.

Stroud Center Scientist Testifies About Stream Impairment

800 449 Stroud Water Research Center

Why are we not measuring more improvements among our impaired streams or seeing more streams removed from our list of impaired waters?

An American Kestrel lands on a tree branch.

Farm and Stream Restoration for Hunting, Wildlife, and Bird Watching

1000 563 Stroud Water Research Center

Join the Stroud Center, a local farmer and hunter, and a raptor expert to learn how you can attract wildlife to your property while benefiting our streams.

Jim Hershey by Jennifer Foster.

Jim Hershey Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Jim and his family farm using no-till practices, cover crops, and riparian buffers that help keep soil and nutrients on the field and out of nearby streams.