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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
Stroud Water Research Center educators proudly display their Outstanding Environmental Education Program Award.
Stroud Center Gets Award for Environmental Education Programs
UpStream 2015, Issue #2
The Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators gives Stroud Water Research Center the Outstanding Environmental Education Program Award.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
New Record Set for the Annual Fund
UpStream 2015, Issue #1
The 2014 annual fund reached a new level of support -- a total of 356 donors gave $452,809, setting records for the numbers of donors and contributions raised.
A group photo of Stroud Center educators.
Getting Our Boots Ready for Spring Stream Programs
UpStream 2015, Issue #1
Known for boots-in-the-water programs, our education department goes above and beyond to share the latest in freshwater knowledge with thousands of students each year.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Grant Supports Total Watershed Restoration to Reduce Flooding, Improve Habitat
UpStream 2015, Issue #1
The Stroud Center will restore Sharitz Run, a tributary to Doe Run in the headwaters of the Brandywine Creek near Coatesville and Unionville, Pennsylvania.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
2014 Publications from Stroud Center Staff and Collaborators
UpStream 2014, Issue #4
Peer-reviewed publication of our research, education, and restoration activities is a fundamental tool for all staff at Stroud Water Research Center. This process often represents years of hard work, collaboration,
Lindsey Albertson working with flumes in the stream house.
Lindsey Albertson Takes Over Stream House
UpStream 2014, Issue #4
Lindsey Albertson, who earned her Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of California in Santa Barbara last year, has been doing postdoctoral research at Stroud Center, investigating how animals influence
2014 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence sculpture for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Honored at Water’s Edge Gala
UpStream 2014, Issue #4
For his involvement in the Waterkeeper Alliance, his work as an environmental attorney, and for authoring books, articles, and lectures about the sources and impacts of stream and river pollution,
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Restoration News, Fall 2014
UpStream 2014, Issue #4
In between the flurry of watershed restoration planning and field work that the Stroud Restoration Team carries out, it organized several riparian forest buffer workshops through the region this fall.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Education News, Fall 2014
UpStream 2014, Issue #4
From New Jersey to Costa Rica to North Carolina and back home at the Stroud Center, our education staff was busy this fall!
Autumn stream by David H. Funk
Outreach For Healthy Streams
UpStream 2014, Issue #4
Here, in brief, is our approach to watershed restoration outreach to distant watersheds and new communities.