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Native trees with tree shelters in a young streamside buffer with a barn in the distance.

Building Trust to Boost the Bay

UpStream 2024, Issue #6

Stroud Center’s watershed restoration team knows that gaining farmers’ trust and emphasizing improvements in their local streams is an important part of the work.

A teacher leads a group of small children along a woodland trail.

Reimagining Classrooms

UpStream 2024, Issue #5

Whether you call them outdoor classrooms, living schoolyards, or ecological schoolyards — we’ve got ideas for how to make the outdoors a place of discovery.

Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding speaks at a press event.

Pa. Ag Secretary Meets With Scientists and Farmer About New Research Funding

UpStream 2024, Issue #5

Stroud Water Research Center highlights research supporting the future of farming and clean water in Pennsylvania.

Four women smile while holding tree cages at a tree planting event.

Earth Week Volunteers Help Restore Red Clay Creek

UpStream 2024, Issue #5

Thanks to the volunteers from Constellation Energy, Dansko, LINKBANK, Resolution Life, Charter School of Wilmington, and the community who made the day a success!

Two kids hold hands while walking in a creek.

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.

A boy on a bike visits a rain garden outside his residence in Lancaster, Pa.

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.

A group of scientist set up the canopy and water supply for a rainfall simulation experiment.

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.

A woman sprinkles water from a watering can onto a watershed modeling table.

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 walks through a native meadow.

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.

Participants in the “Science of Fresh Water” course visit the Stroud Center.

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.

A map of southeastern Pennsylvania showing impacted streams and developed land use.

The Stream Restoration Puzzle

UpStream 2024, Issue #3

Stroud Water Research Center examines why freshwater ecosystem restoration often fails to meet water quality objectives.

A close-up photo of lawn grass with a house and tree in the background.

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.

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