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Stroud Center Establishes Girls-in-STEM Fund for Education Programs
Stroud Center Establishes Girls-in-STEM Fund for Education Programs
UpStream 2020, Issue #1
The fund will support dedicated programming for an audience historically underserved in STEM and outdoor aquatic recreation: women and girls.
Years of Experience Make for a Seamless Transition
Years of Experience Make for a Seamless Transition
UpStream 2020, Issue #1
Kay Dixon retired after 18 years in the Development Department but folks can still find her in her former office for a little while longer.
Stroud Center Partner Wins Ag Leadership Award
Stroud Center Partner Wins Ag Leadership Award
UpStream 2020, Issue #1
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund is dedicated to helping local communities clean up and restore their polluted rivers and streams.
David Kline
Meet David Kline, Watershed Education Specialist
UpStream 2020, Issue #1
David Kline is the newest full-time member of our education department. Learn what led him to the Stroud Center and what he hopes to accomplish here.
STREAM Girls recorded real scientific data and reflected on their experiences in field notebooks.
STREAM Girls Program Empowers Today’s Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders
UpStream 2019, Issue #10
“It’s always fun to learn new things, but STREAM Girls was different because of how many new things we experienced that we never had before.”
Stroud Center to Be Featured in PBS Series
Stroud Center to Be Featured in PBS Series
UpStream 2019, Issue #10
Visionaries, Inc., a non-profit documentary film production company, will feature Stroud Water Research Center in its 24th season on PBS.
Catching Up With Our Farm Partners
Catching Up With Our Farm Partners
UpStream 2019, Issue #10
A couple of our cooperating landowners have been profiled recently by Lancaster Farming; take a few moments to learn how these partnerships are working for them.
Video still from Episode 5 of the WHYY "Stories From the Streams" video series
Stories From the Streams: Salty Streams
UpStream 2019, Issue #10
How salty is too salty? Road salt keeps travelers safe in winter but can pose a serious threat to nearby streams. Episode 5 in the “Stories from the Streams” series
Susan Fitzpatrick and family
Meet Susan Fitzpatrick
UpStream 2019, Issue #9
Fitzpatrick brings energy and enthusiasm, as well as years of experience providing support to administrators and executives, to the Stroud Center.
A Farmer Transforms a Stream
A Farmer Transforms a Stream
UpStream 2019, Issue #9
A Pennsylvania poultry and crops farmer shares his insights on creating rich habitat and cleaner water through riparian forested stream buffers.
Boots-in-the-Water STEM Programming Supported by Pennsylvania Tax Credits
Boots-in-the-Water STEM Programming Supported by Pennsylvania Tax Credits
UpStream 2019, Issue #9
Each year more than 3,000 K-12 public school students benefit from the generosity of businesses in the Education Improvement Tax Credit program.
Photo of microplastics on a black background
Consumer Choices Can Combat Microplastic Pollution
Upstream 2019, Issue #9
The message from Sherri Mason, Ph.D., to those who attended the "Perils of Plastics" lecture was, "Reduce or eliminate your use of single-use plastic."