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Restoring Our Watersheds: A Podcast Conversation
UpStream 2024, Issue #5
In the season six premiere of the Kindred Podcast, we talk about watersheds, their importance to humans and wildlife, and how people can both harm and restore them.
Don’t Let the Rain Run Away
UpStream 2024, Issue #4
Polluted runoff is a threat to clean water. Learn how rain gardens can protect clean fresh water by reducing flooding and water use.
Make It Rain, Make It Rain
UpStream 2024, Issue #4
Why do scientists simulate rainfall for stormwater sampling? Find out from Senior Research Scientist Melinda Daniels, Ph.D.
New Teaching Tool Shows How Land Use Alters Rain’s Path
UpStream 2024, Issue #4
Watershed modeling tables and companion lessons from the Stroud Center help people learn how actions on land impact streams and rivers.
Bern Sweeney Recognized With Prestigious Ruth Patrick Award
UpStream 2024, Issue #4
As a student, colleague, and lifelong friend of Ruth Patrick, Sweeney sustained a career of scientific discovery leading to environmental solutions.
New Class Introduces Adult Learners to “Science of Fresh Water”
UpStream 2024, Issue #4
Participants got a crash course on what watersheds are and how their streams and rivers work and support wildlife.
The Stream Restoration Puzzle
UpStream 2024, Issue #3
A new Stroud Water Research Center presentation examines why investment projects often fail to meet water quality standards.
Green Lawns Don’t Have to Lead to Green Water
UpStream 2024, Issue #3
Learn how to care for your landscape and prevent potentially harmful algae from growing in the waters where you live.
Revolutionizing Environmental Data Collection
UpStream 2024, Issue #3
Open source technology is helping federal agencies collect high-quality environmental data without the hassle and high costs of proprietary options.
Volunteer-Led Tree Planting Engages Students in Stewardship
UpStream 2024, Issue #3
How one community’s action project is teaching students about water, trees, and wildlife and how to care for them.
Starting a Watershed Organization
UpStream 2024, Issue #3
Learn how the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards started a watershed organization in their rapidly developing community and you can too.
Lessons From the World Environmental Education Congress 2024
UpStream 2024, Issue #3
What Stroud Center educators learned and shared at an international gathering to address environmental and sustainable development.