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Agricultural Best Management Practices and Forested Buffers in Brandywine-Christina Focus Areas

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Farmers receive assistance to plan and implement at least 80 agricultural best management practices on the condition that they also install forested buffers on their streams.Funded by: National Fish and…

Agricultural Best Management Practices and Buffers for Middle Schuylkill Focus Area

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Farmers receive assistance to plan and implement at least 80 agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on the condition that they also install forested buffers on their streams.Funded by: National Fish…

Agricultural Best Management Practices and Forested Buffers for Lancaster Focus Areas

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project implements whole-farm conservation on all four farms in the catchment of a very small unnamed tributary to Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pa. The farmers are undertaking comprehensive…

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

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project implements agricultural conservation practices on three Plain sect farms in the Honey Brook, Pa., area.Funded by: Pa. Department of Environmental ProtectionProject Lead: Matthew J. EhrhartCollaborators: Brandywine Conservancy; Brandywine…

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

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a group of thousands of chemicals that are used in a wide range of industrial applications and represent a risk to human health. They…

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…

DRWI Phase II+ Monitoring, Evaluation, and Scientific Support for Protecting and Restoring Places of Ecological Significance (Brandywine-Christina, Middle Schuylkill, Schuylkill Highlands Clusters) as Part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This funding supports the Stroud Center’s research and restoration teams to participate in the Delaware River Watershed Initiative’s focus areas within the Brandywine-Christina, Middle Schuylkill, and Schuylkill Highlands watersheds where…

DRWI Phase II+ Monitoring, Evaluation, Scientific Support, and Capacity Building for Watershed Protection and Restoration Projects

 800 532 Stroud Water Research Center

This project, part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, provides technical background and assistance to grantees of the William Penn Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to develop,…

Volunteers planting native plants at Overlook Park.

Sustainable Landscaping at Overlook Park: Presentation and Tour

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Learn about the purpose, planning, and plantings in the natural area across from the Historic Stoner House and the Stoner Grille in Overlook Park.

A streamside buffer after seven years of growth.

Chesapeake Bay Program Tours Denlinger Farm

 800 600 Stroud Water Research Center

Stewardship projects on the farm are helping to restore water quality in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the Chesapeake Bay.