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Watershed Restoration

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

899 605 Stroud Water Research Center

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

Young riparian buffer in Franklin Township, Pa.

Watershed Restoration Volunteer Day

640 480 Stroud Water Research Center

Volunteers will help measure trees and record data from an experiment this spring. This study is part of a federal grant that resulted from the devastation that followed Hurricane Sandy. Hurricanes and other extreme water events teach us that we need our headwaters and small first order streams to absorb water to reduce the force and rate of water discharge during storms.

A child planting a tree.

Fall Tree Planting II

668 376 Stroud Water Research Center

Help the Stroud Center restore our local streams by planting trees. Healthy forests are essential to the life-support systems of our streams. Trees filter contaminants before they reach the water, stabilize the stream bank, and provide food, shade, and habitat for fish and wildlife!

Cows fenced out of a stream.

Tour Highlights How Farm Practices Can Protect Drinking Water

1024 831 Stroud Water Research Center

Stroud Water Research Center’s Executive Director, David Arscott, Ph.D., recently spoke with members of the Christina River Basin Task Force on a tour of Hoopes’ farm. 

2016 volunteer tree planting

Fall Tree Planting I

1000 563 Stroud Water Research Center

Help the Stroud Center restore our local streams by planting trees. Healthy forests are essential to the life-support systems of our streams. Trees filter contaminants before they reach the water, stabilize the stream bank, and provide food, shade, and habitat for fish and wildlife!

A young streamside forest in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania.

Streamside Forest Buffers Preserving Water Quality

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Research has shown that streamside forests minimize pollutants reaching the water and help streams cleanse themselves of pollutants that do reach the water.

Planting a streamside forest on a farm.

Watershed Restoration: Linking Research, Education and Action

1000 662 Stroud Water Research Center

We engage the public in watershed restoration by helping landowners implement best management practices and plant streamside forest buffers.

Level-lip spreader at Stroud Preserve.

Science Seminar Series: Buffers, Wetlands, and Spreaders, Oh My!

1000 460 Stroud Water Research Center

Join us to learn about the extensive restoration efforts taking place throughout the White Clay Creek watershed.
Sponsored by: PECO and Octoraro Native Plant Nursery
Beverages donated by: Victory Brewing Company