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Streamside Forest Restoration to Improve Water Quality — Crum Creek

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project involved an experimental planting of 925 trees on 4.1 acres of riparian land for keeping pollutants out of two headwater tributaries of Crum Creek and learning new insights into how to properly install the bird netting, associated with protective shelters, placed on all seedlings to increase their survival and growth.

Nutrient Management Plan Verification and Agricultural Recognition Program

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project will demonstrate the feasibility and implementation of in-field monitoring equipment for manure applications and field-specific water quality impacts of farming practices.

A golden shiner from a tributary to the Brandywine Creek.

Sharing Our Science: Spring 2014

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Stroud Center Tackles Watershed Restoration; Getting to Know Rock Snot; Something Smells Fishy.

Dogwood trees blooming along the banks of White Clay Creek.

Trees Can Be a Stream’s Best Friend

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Tree-lined streams aren’t just pretty — healthy trees also make for healthier streams. How’s that, you ask?

Sialidae (alderflies)

$2 Million Kick-Starts Stroud Center’s Work in Delaware River

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46 environmental organizations will collaborate to monitor, protect, and restore critical freshwater sources for 15 million people from upstate New York to the mouth of the Delaware Bay.

A young streamside forest in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania.

Small Streams: The Heart and Soul of Waterways

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When it comes to water quality, size is definitely not everything. Listen up for the big impact of small streams

Barnyard runoff in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Scientist to Deliver Healthy Streams Program for Area Farmers

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Bernard Sweeney, Ph.D., director of Stroud Water Research Center, will present information about streams and how they can be improved.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Workshops: Farms for Food, Clean Water, and Healthy Streams

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An opportunity for farmers and rural landowners to learn how conservation projects and forested buffers can restore their streams to healthier conditions.

Bern Sweeney standing in a newly planted riparian forest buffer.

How Many Trees Does It Take to Protect a Stream?

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A literature review by the Stroud Center concluded that forest buffers should be at least 30 meters, or nearly 100 feet, wide to adequately protect streams.

The indoor stream exhibit, complete with live fish, built for the Pa. farm show. 

Sharing Our Science: Winter 2014

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Stroud Center Models Farm Stewardship at PA Farm Show; Wise Shares Importance of Trees to Streams; Sweeney Speaks In Support of Streamside Forests.