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Aerial view of Chesapeake Bay by Stuart Rankin.
Court Ruling a Victory for Chesapeake Bay
UpStream 2015, Issue #4
Cleaning up the bay and its tributaries will improve the lives of 17 million people who live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Alexandra Cousteau holding a camera and standing in water next to a kayak.
Alexandra Cousteau to Receive Stroud Award For Freshwater Excellence
UpStream 2015, Issue #4
Stroud Water Research Center will confer the 2015 Freshwater Excellence Award to Cousteau on November 19 during its annual Water's Edge Gala at Longwood Gardens.
2015 Society for Freshwater Science conference logo.
Sharing Our Science: Summer 2015
UpStream 2015, Issue #3
In May, Stroud Water Research Center scientists attended the weeklong annual meeting of the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Spotlight on Stephanie Eisenbise
UpStream 2015, Issue #3
With interests ranging from agriculture to white water kayaking to planting trees along streams, Stephanie Eisenbise, Stroud Center’s new watershed restoration coordinator, is passionate about freshwater ecosystems and finding ways
Tree planting volunteers.
Volunteers Protect White Clay Creek Headwaters By Planting 500 Trees
UpStream 2015, Issue #3
Volunteers planted, staked and installed tree shelters on 500 trees. The work was completed within two hours — a new record for the Stroud Center.
Teens walking barefoot in a stream.
Headwaters, Small Streams Now Better Protected Under Clean Water Act
UpStream 2015, Issue #3
The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule that clarifies what “waters of the United States” are covered under the Clean Water Act.
Alexandra Cousteau.
Alexandra Cousteau to Receive SAFE Award
The Stroud Center will confer the 2015 Freshwater Excellence Award to Cousteau on November 19 during its annual Water's Edge Gala at Longwood Gardens.
Children walking across a field and preparing to plant trees.
Stroud Center Honored with Two Conservation Awards
UpStream 2015, Issue #3
Berks County Conservation District gave Sweeney its Conservation Individual of the Year Award and Lancaster County Conservation District gave Stroud Center its Cooperating Agency Award.
Stroud Center entomologists.
Two Hellos and a Goodbye in Entomology Group
UpStream 2015, Issue #2
Hello, Sherman Roberts Our 2015 entomology staff scientists get pretty excited about field work. Here Sherman Roberts (far left) and Dave Funk (far right) point to a map marked by
Peter Kjellerup, Bern Sweeney, and Mandy Cabot.
Dansko Co-Founders Honored for Their Support
UpStream 2015, Issue #2
The Stroud Center dedicated the Public Outreach Wing of its Moorhead Environmental Complex in honor of Dansko co-founders Mandy Cabot and Peter Kjellerup.
Chestnut mandibled toucan
Re-Wilding Tropical Ecosystems Starts With Clean Fresh Water
UpStream 2015, Issue #2
Bern Sweeney, Ph.D., traveled to Costa Rica in late January to discuss innovative practices in re-wilding tropical ecosystems including rainforests, mangrove forests, streams and wetlands.
Headshot of John H. Taylor Jr.
Remembering John Taylor
UpStream 2015, Issue #2
John H. Taylor Jr., a career journalist who served on Stroud™ Water Research Center’s board of directors since June 2009, died April 4 after a tough battle with cancer. He