Stroud Water Research Center
Wise connects the dots between partners, funders, and landowners to increase the implementation of best practices in land management.
Growing up in Lancaster County and playing in its creeks, Wise had an up-close view of some of the water-quality issues he is now working to correct.
Understanding how streams work and the importance of trees to streams is fundamental to engaging landowners and decision makers.
In the last six years, Stroud Water Research Center has planted nearly 50,000 trees for clean water and healthy streams.
For the last 50 years scientists at Stroud Water Research Center have demonstrated the connection between good land-use practices and clean fresh water, between healthy soil and healthy water.
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources organized the 2018 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit to provide conservation practitioners and decision makers with information and skills that they can use in their work.
Four sites in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland will demonstrate options for improving the cost-effectiveness of reforestation methods, including direct seeding, innovative fencing in lieu of tree shelters, live stakes, improved methods for managing herbivore competition, and more.
For the long-tailed dance fly, every night is ladies’ night, Dave Funk explained in a lecture a University of Delaware insect ecology class.
We share our science to increase awareness and create a public dialogue centered on the protection, preservation, and restoration of watersheds everywhere.
In May, Stroud Water Research Center scientists attended the weeklong annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.