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Aerial view of dairy farm before restoration.
Stream Cleanup Project Wins Award from Lancaster County Planning
UpStream 2023, Issue #6
The project is part of a larger goal to fast-track the restoration of 350 miles of impaired streams in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by 2030.
A panel of local experts onstage at a Lancaster Water Week event.
Whether You Say Crick or Creek, We All Celebrate Lancaster Water Week!
UpStream 2023, Issue #6
From the first Friday kickoff to the last Saturday volunteer effort, it was a wonderful week as Lancaster Conservancy celebrated clean fresh water for all.
Melinda Daniels with experimental stream flumes.
Stroud Center’s Melinda Daniels Advances to Senior Research Scientist
UpStream 2023, Issue #6
Daniels’ fluvial geomorphology research has yielded meaningful discoveries across diverse human–environment interactions.
Three brook trout in a stream.
Bringing Eastern Brook Trout Back to Red Clay Creek
UpStream 2023, Issue #5
In Pennsylvania, property owners and farmers are transforming their lands to restore a stream’s health and its native fish.
Six Stroud Center staff members at a conference.
Sharing Our Science at the National Monitoring Conference
UpStream 2023, Issue #5
Along with networking and learning state-of-the-art water quality monitoring techniques, we presented our research to hundreds of water quality specialists.
Elisabeth Ruschmann standing near a stream.
High School Student’s Research Shows Salt Pollution of Fresh Water Has Tripled in 20 Years
UpSream 2023, Issue #5
Elisabeth Ruschmann monitored water quality in her community and made an “alarming” discovery. Now she’s focused on sustainable solutions.
People stand next to a vehicle on a dirt road to admire a tropical sunset.
Costa Rica Close-Up
UpStream 2023, Issue #5
Take a virtual trip to Maritza Biological Station, which houses one of the world's longest continuously running data collections from tropical freshwater ecosystems.
Five girls walking in a stream.
Scientists for a Day
UpStream 2023, Issue #5
Students visiting the Stroud Center gather data to help answer a guiding question: “How healthy is the East Branch of White Clay Creek?”
Bern Sweeney, 2023 Society of Freshwater Science Fellow
Bern Sweeney of the Stroud Center Named Society for Freshwater Science Fellow
UpStream 2023, Issue #5
Under his leadership, the Stroud Center became the only independent nonprofit, nonadvocacy research institution focused solely on the study of freshwater ecosystems.
A group of tree planting volunteers from Sycamore.
Volunteers Plant 600 Trees for Healthy Streams
UpStream 2023, Issue #5
The trees were planted along a tributary of Brandywine Creek in Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania, in a project funded by American Water.
David Arscott and Rafa Morales stand in a stream in Costa Rica.
Tropical Research Reveals Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality
UpStream 2023, Issue #4
Stroud Center scientists continue to investigate how climate change influences tropical species and ecosystem dynamics.
A child in a wheelchair uses a net to capture creek critters.
Wild About Water
UpStream 2023, Issue #4
Creek Critters, a book for kids created in partnership with Stroud Water Research Center, inspires scientific discovery in a Utah school.