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Learn about the ecosystem benefits of net-spinning caddisflies, as well as how they interact with their environment, from Ben Tumolo, ... Read More

The Water SCIENCE curriculum has middle school students complete hands-on science and engineering activities, receive guidance and instruction from undergraduate ... Read More

The Stroud Center’s Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and ... Read More

38 Master of Landscape Architecture students from the University of Pennsylvania visited Stroud Water Research Center to learn about protecting ... Read More

Sovana Bistro’s “Dine and Donate” night to benefit the Stroud Center was a huge success! On Sunday, April 23, diners ... Read More

Totora brings more than 15 years of combined environmental education and field work experience. A self-proclaimed “STEMinist,” she has a ... Read More

This spring, more than 130 students helped Stroud Center educators and watershed restoration staff monitor streamside forests in the Middle-Schuylkill ... Read More

After decades of exceptional leadership, Bern Sweeney, Ph.D., is ready to focus on his primary passion at the Stroud Center, ... Read More

The Stroud Center celebrated National Volunteer Week with help from Exelon Generation, BB&T, Cheshire Hunt Conservancy, Colonial Pipeline, Dansko, Hugh ... Read More

Stroud Center education staff continued their international impact at the recent North American Association for Environmental Education conference ... Read More

"I think science can be a little intimidating," Bressler says. "Through citizen science, I hope we can make environmental science ... Read More

Stroud Center scientists are using DNA to identify the likely sources of fecal bacteria in streams, a potential human health ... Read More

David Reinfeld brings with him more than 15 years of arts, culture, and social service fundraising in the nonprofit sector ... Read More

Stroud Water Research Center honored the National Park Service and its director Jonathan Jarvis at the Water’s Edge gala at ... Read More

Water treatment facilities have procedures in place to make water safe for drinking. But the dirtier the water, the greater ... Read More

We’re expanding our professional development programs for educators to include the WikiWatershed webinar series, more workshops at the Stroud Center, ... Read More

When mayfly populations decline, it's a warning that something has gone wrong. But what? Stroud Center scientists and their colleagues ... Read More

The staff and board of directors of Stroud Water Research Center are pleased to welcome Robert DiFilippo, Holly Michael, Josh ... Read More

Whether you are a teacher, parent, or citizen scientist, here are a few ideas worth considering to make the most ... Read More

Students from Serviam Girls Academy spent a day learning about water-quality indicators as part of the Stroud Center’s award-winning stream ... Read More

Riparian buffers, cover crops, even rain gutters on the barn can make a big difference to water quality. U.S. Sen ... Read More

Ecological information specialist Rich Shockey is one of our most effective partners helping to spread the word about how streamside ... Read More

There's just something about going outside. It's fun. It lowers stress. It helps students focus. And it's a great way ... Read More

On the centennial anniversary of one of America’s greatest treasures, the SAFE Water Award will be presented to the National ... Read More

Stroud Center Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Boost Citizen-Science Water-Quality Monitoring in Delaware River Basin ... Read More

Despite the ominous weather forecast, the Stroud Center’s Blues, Brews, and BBQ event was held among blue skies and sunshine ... Read More

National Volunteer Week and Corporate Days of Service gave Stroud™ Water Research Center a helping hand throughout April and May ... Read More

Stroud Center entomologists, interns, and educators joined citizen scientists and others for the National Park Service Centennial BioBlitz ... Read More

To cultivate the next generation of scientists and watershed stewards, Stroud Center and partners are taking Model My Watershed to ... Read More

Held in drought-stricken southern California, the focus was on the consequences of depleting freshwater resources and potential solutions ... Read More

Stroud Center's internship program, now in its 44th year, has ushered through hundreds of interns who have come in search ... Read More

While an intern at the Stroud Center, Kristen Jellison, Ph.D., got her first taste of investigative scientific research, and she ... Read More

Stroud Center scientists are studying how well best management practices on farms protect drinking-water sources from pollution ... Read More

For the long-tailed dance fly, every night is ladies’ night, Dave Funk explained in a lecture a University of Delaware ... Read More

We share our science to increase awareness and create a public dialogue centered on the protection, preservation, and restoration of ... Read More

Emily Scott’s background is unique. Our interns are often students of environmental science, she majored in anthropology and religious studies ... Read More

"The fish ... eat the insects ... on the leaves ... that come from trees!" shouted children and their parents ... Read More

Our boots-in-the-water education programs were featured in the November issue of County Lines Magazine. Other mentions: Students use leaf packs ... Read More

Stroud Center scientists have authored or co-authored more than two dozen scientific papers this year, exhibiting the range of our ... Read More

Matt Ehrhart took on a new and substantial responsibility last year when his peers elected him president of the Penn ... Read More

Stroud Center announces the retirement of Susan Gill, the appointment of new education director Steven Kerlin and the promotion of ... Read More

"When we ask, do we have enough water when we need it and where we need it, and is the ... Read More

An acoustic Doppler current profiler lets our scientists stay safe and dry while taking crucial streamflow measurements during flood conditions ... Read More

“Holy cow, how do people get up to that place? I might need a helicopter to lower me down on ... Read More

Creating watershed ambassadors, The Exchange, Millersville University Nature Abounds working with Carnegie Mellon University on citizen science grant, Gant Daily, ... Read More

MOONLIT STREAM STROLL Stroud Center kicked off the busy fall season with a Moonlit Stream Stroll on Friday, September 25 ... Read More

Working in aquatic science is a dream come true for Matthew Wilson, the Entomology Group’s new research technician. Growing up, ... Read More

Stroud Water Research Center rolled out the red carpet for water systems experts from 23 countries who gathered to learn ... Read More

Louis A. Kaplan, Ph.D., accepted a one-year appointment as a visiting scientist at the federal agency that funds innovative scientific ... Read More

Residents have their say at Artesian Water meeting, Daily Local News Stroud expands environmental awareness with its intern program, Daily ... Read More

Having grown up in the scenic village of Padoue in eastern Québec, Valérie Ouellet, Ph.D., was surprised to hear people ... Read More

Abigail Thayer, a Research Experience for Undergraduates participant at the Stroud Center, learned about researching Earth’s Critical Zone ... Read More

“Hydrosphere! Lithosphere! Atmosphere! Biosphere!” students and teachers shouted during orientation for this summer’s Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) Research Experience for ... Read More

Big storm events deliver huge amounts of particulate materials, which contributes significantly to the total amount of nutrients in freshwater ... Read More

On a clear, bright day, Jennifer Matkov wades calf-deep in cool stream water. “These are the beautiful fieldwork days we ... Read More

Cleaning up the bay and its tributaries will improve the lives of 17 million people who live in the Chesapeake ... Read More

Stroud Water Research Center will confer the 2015 Freshwater Excellence Award to Cousteau on November 19 during its annual Water's ... Read More

SCIENTISTS ORGANIZE SPECIAL SESSION AT SOCIETY FOR FRESHWATER SCIENCE ANNUAL MEETING In May, Stroud™ Water Research Center scientists attended the ... Read More

With interests ranging from agriculture to white water kayaking to planting trees along streams, Stephanie Eisenbise, Stroud Center’s new watershed ... Read More

Volunteers planted, staked and installed tree shelters on 500 trees. The work was completed within two hours — a new ... Read More

The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule that clarifies what “waters of the United States” are covered ... Read More

Berks County Conservation District gave Sweeney its Conservation Individual of the Year Award and Lancaster County Conservation District gave Stroud ... Read More

HELLO, SHERMAN ROBERTS More than 40 years ago, when Sherman Roberts was scarcely out of high school and unsure of ... Read More

The Stroud Center dedicated the Public Outreach Wing of its Moorhead Environmental Complex in honor of Dansko co-founders Mandy Cabot and Peter ... Read More

Bern Sweeney, Ph.D., traveled to Costa Rica in late January to discuss innovative practices in re-wilding tropical ecosystems including rainforests, ... Read More

John H. Taylor Jr., a career journalist who served on Stroud™ Water Research Center’s board of directors since June 2009, ... Read More

The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators gives Stroud Water Research Center the Outstanding Environmental Education Program Award ... Read More

The 2014 annual fund reached a new level of support -- a total of 356 donors gave $452,809, setting records ... Read More

Known for boots-in-the-water programs, our education department goes above and beyond to share the latest in freshwater knowledge with thousands ... Read More

Peer-reviewed publication of our research, education, and restoration activities is a fundamental tool for all staff at Stroud Water Research ... Read More

Lindsey Albertson, who earned her Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of California in Santa Barbara last year, has been ... Read More

For his involvement in the Waterkeeper Alliance, his work as an environmental attorney, and for authoring books, articles, and lectures ... Read More

In between the flurry of watershed restoration planning and field work that the Stroud Restoration Team carries out, it organized ... Read More

From New Jersey to Costa Rica to North Carolina and back home at the Stroud Center, our education staff was ... Read More

Here, in brief, is our approach to watershed restoration outreach to distant watersheds and new communities ... Read More

The Moorhead Environmental Complex lobby was named for Sandy in recognition of his many years of help and assistance to ... Read More

Stroud Center Scientists Attend International Conferences; Leaf Pack Network Science Hits the Road; 24 Hours, 55 Volunteers, 807 Species; Walking ... Read More

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

Muenz describes herself as an “earth steward” who enjoys pursuing a “mindful and simple lifestyle.” She plans to share her ... Read More

Fresh groundwater, where some drinking water comes from, recharges streams. Scientists are concerned about early signs that groundwater sources are ... Read More

A literature review by the Stroud Center concluded that forest buffers should be at least 30 meters, or nearly 100 ... Read More

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

Garber will serve as the watershed restoration coordinator, working with landowners and partnering agencies on restoration and conservation projects throughout ... Read More

Low Levels of Fracking Wastewater Highly Toxic to Mayflies: Stroud Center scientists find mayflies, whose presence indicates good water quality, ... Read More

Remembering Ruth Patrick: Ruth Patrick, Ph.D., a pioneer in environmental science and aquatic ecology and co-founder of the Stroud Center, ... Read More

Where the Wells Run Dry: To predict the potential impact of climate variability, climate change, land use, and human activity ... Read More

A Holistic Approach to Restoring Streams: Our Watershed Restoration Group has an ambitious goal -- add forested buffers along the ... Read More

Building New Ideas on Old Foundations: “The River Continuum Concept” remains the most-often cited paper in its field. So, when ... Read More

The Watershed Restoration Group is building relationships with all of the farmers along two headwater tributaries to restore, protect, and monitor ... Read More

Meet Jen Mosher, Post-Doctoral Associate: As one of the Stroud Center’s post-doctoral researchers, exploring the outdoors is in Mosher's job ... Read More

Talking About Rafa --Maritza’s Manager In Words and Pictures: Rafa Morales was hired to collect macroinvertebrates at Maritza Biological Station ... Read More

The Moorhead Environmental Complex -- Sharing Stroud Science Starts Here: The board of directors cut the ribbon on a new ... Read More

A Seeker of the Truth: Denis Newbold, Ph.D., holds both strong political beliefs and an absolute commitment to scientific rigor, ... Read More

Olivia Newton-John and John Easterling received the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence for their commitment to rainforest conservation in the ... Read More

Gone Fishin’ -- Evaluating the Threat of Agricultural Contaminants in the Río Sierpe: Stroud Center scientists worked in Costa Rican ... Read More

The web app has a dynamic, videogame-like interface that lets students see how modifying land use in their own neighborhoods ... Read More

The difference between the organic materials that enter and leave a river system tells us how the river affects greenhouse ... Read More

Two weeks into their work in Papua New Guinea, Dr. Anthony Aufdenkampe and his colleagues had already surveyed more than ... Read More

Stroud Center scientists think Papua New Guinea might be more important in terms of carbon and sediment discharge than the ... Read More

The Stroud Center has been recording daily, monthly, seasonal, annual — and even multiyear data — in Costa Rica to ... Read More

Yellowstone Lake is the subject of exciting research by Jinjun Kan, the microbial ecologist who will join the Stroud Water ... Read More

The Stroud Center and the University of Delaware will study whether human-induced erosion modifies greenhouse gas emissions from the landscape ... Read More

The International Bar Code of Life project has the potential to revolutionize research, pest and disease control, food safety, and ... Read More

After almost three years at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, Dave Arscott will return ... Read More

Each of us affects the quality of our drinking water — and there’s a lot we can do as individuals ... Read More

Willy Eldridge recently joined the Stroud™ Water Research Center to launch its Fish Molecular Ecology Department ... Read More

A documentary film chronicles how students rowed, paddled, and across the watersheds that provide nine million New Yorkers with drinking ... Read More

Last summer, Stroud Center scientists and educators traveled to Peru and sampled 31 stream and river sites that ranged from ... Read More

10 scientists and two educators are braving the wild tributaries of the Amazon to study over 20 research sites in ... Read More

The rivers of South America’s Amazon basin are “breathing” far harder — cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide more quickly ... Read More

W. B. Dixon Stroud has left a remarkable impact on southern Chester County, his home for the past 50 years, ... Read More

A National Science Foundation grant for a study in the Amazon could help unravel the mystery of the missing carbon ... Read More

As the second stage of the New York Project begins, “nutrient spiraling” and “rates of production” are the talk of ... Read More

The United Nations has declared 2003 the International Year of Fresh Water to galvanize action on one of the world’s ... Read More

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai is using the Leaf Pack Experiment Kit home to educate young Kenyans about the ... Read More

Stroud scientists are studying how organic molecules support stream microorganisms and how far the molecules travel downstream before they are ... Read More

The Stroud Center’s federally funded study of riparian forest buffers in West and East Bradford townships in Chester County, turns ... Read More

The Stroud Center has completed analysis and comparison of 16 paired woodland and meadow streams that strongly supports restoration of ... Read More

Stroud Center scientists are racing to finish their first season of sampling the streams and reservoirs that give clean water ... Read More

The Stroud Center, internationally-known for its knowledge of small streams, is now doing a research project on the nation’s largest ... Read More

The Stroud Center has become an independent organization with its own financial structure, administration, Board of Directors and even a ... Read More