STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER INC
Our Focus is Fresh Water
Mission
To advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and restoration
Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has been focused on one thing — fresh water. We are dedicated to understanding the ecology of streams, rivers, and their watersheds — both pristine and polluted. The health of freshwater ecosystems is our first line of defense in preserving clean water — and clean water is essential to all life. Our freshwater research, environmental education, and watershed restoration and stewardship programs enable businesses, policymakers, landowners, and individuals to make informed decisions that affect water quality and availability around the world.
Ruling year
1999
President, Executive Director, Research Scientist
David B. Arscott Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Vice President, Research Scientist
Scott H. Ensign Ph.D.
Main address
970 Spencer Rd
Avondale, PA 19311 USA
EIN
52-2081073
NTEE code
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (C05)
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management (C32)
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (U05)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
There is no issue more urgent, fundamental, and interconnected than water. Limited access to abundant, clean water threatens local, regional, and global socioeconomic stability and long-term success. Understanding the science of fresh water is fundamental to our ability to protect this finite and vital resource.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Environmental and watershed research
Our efforts at Stroud™ Water Research Center require intellectual curiosity, a systematic and rigorous approach to scientific research, and the drive to answer a series of challenging questions about freshwater ecosystems. The answers to these questions may take decades to fully understand, but it is critical that we persist, as they have the power to influence others in ways that positively affect the world’s finite supply of fresh water.
Environmental Education
The Stroud Center’s education department interprets the research on freshwater systems. Our programs are multidisciplinary and oriented to a wide audience that includes primary, secondary, tertiary, graduate, and adult continuing education. We hope that through exposure to our programs and information, people will be motivated to become responsible stewards of freshwater resources.
Stroud Center’s educators have developed extensive resources for educating adults and students grades 4 and up about watersheds and their importance. On-site visits to the Stroud Center, off-site programs at schools, educator workshops, and programs for community and conservation groups are just some of the available options.
Watershed Restoration
The Watershed Restoration Group at Stroud Water Research Center aims to develop and implement watershed restoration programs that connect landowners, stakeholders, and the general public with best management practices for conserving, restoring, and protecting watersheds; and help provide the infrastructure on the ground for sustaining sources of clean fresh water at a local, regional, and global scale.
The Watershed Restoration Group works closely with the Center’s scientists and educators to interpret and use research findings and the findings of other scientists to develop and implement these programs.
Where we work
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Annual number of research sites visited at least once
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Environmental and watershed research
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Total annual number of research sites visited by our Watershed Biogeochemistry, Ecosystem Ecology, Entomology, Fish Ecology, Fluvial Geomorphology, and Microbiology Groups.
Number of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Environmental Education
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Total annual number of people impacted by our Education Department’s programs, conferences, and trainings.
Number of research or policy analysis products developed, e.g., reports, briefs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Annual total of peer-reviewed articles, books, and scientific reports published by our research groups, education department, and watershed restoration program.
Acres of land that have been reforested by the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Watershed Restoration
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of acres of forested streamside buffers established by our Watershed Restoration Program.
Number of conservation actions at site(s)
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Watershed Restoration
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of best management practices funded or created by the Watershed Restoration Program.
Number of people trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Watershed Restoration
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of people impacted by Watershed Restoration Programs workshops, trainings, webinars, and events.
Acres of new or improved soil health practices installed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Watershed Restoration
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of acres of new or improved soil health practices installed by our Watershed Restoration Program.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
For more than 50 years, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing: fresh water.
The Stroud Center’s overarching goal: advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater ecosystems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.
Understanding what makes streams and rivers healthy is the key to ensuring the availability of safe, fresh water for the future.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water requires new, science-driven insights, scalable solutions, and technologies that empower all stakeholders to take informed action.
Key strategies in advancing the Stroud Center’s mission to preserve the future of fresh water include:
-- Conducting scientific research and catalyzing science-based insights.
-- Implementing scalable watershed restoration solutions.
-- Empowering stakeholders with knowledge and technology.
-- Publishing and disseminating research learnings.
-- Cultivating a diverse and inclusive scientific community.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Stroud Water Research Center’s staff are world-renowned scientists, educators, and watershed restoration professionals.
Its scientific disciplines include entomology, ecosystems ecology, fluvial geomorphology, microbiology, fish ecology, and watershed biochemistry.
The Stroud Center’s combination of interdisciplinary scientific research, watershed restoration, and education makes possible an integrated approach and feedback loop that is unique in the nonprofit world.
Its singular focus on fresh water and long-term studies over the past half-century provides an unparalleled opportunity for understanding freshwater ecosystems.
As a non-advocacy organization, its research products are unbiased and adhere to the nature of the scientific process and its outcomes.
The Stroud Center is based in Avondale, Pennsylvania, with a research station in Costa Rica. Its research and collaborations take place across the globe.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since its establishment in 1967, the Stroud Center has influenced the focus and direction of freshwater science, education, and watershed restoration.
The Stroud Center’s rigorous, cornerstone science and nonpartisan, non-advocacy commitment underpins the high level of public trust and respect it has held over the decades, as well as the influence of its findings. Today, it serves as the world’s foremost trusted resource on the natural functions of streams and rivers.
Science has taken the Stroud Center to rivers around the world toward new discoveries and global research partnerships. Synthesis and collaboration have led to seminal contributions such as the River Continuum Concept and Thermal Equilibrium Concept, early ideas that have shaped decades of advancement in freshwater science. The continual growth and development of research at the Stroud Center has enabled its scientists and restoration leaders to influence decisions at the highest levels of local, state, federal, and international environmental management. Its educators reach students around the globe with knowledge that makes an impact for our planet’s freshwater resources.
Learn more about the impact of the Stroud Center:
Research: https://stroudcenter.org/research
Education: https://stroudcenter.org/education
Watershed restoration: https://stroudcenter.org/restoration
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER INC
Board of directorsas of 01/25/2024
Mr. Charles Porter Schutt III
Brown Advisory, Inc.
David B. Arscott
Stroud Water Research Center
Josh Auld
Margaretta Brokaw
Michael Bucklin
Lee Clark
Seetha Coleman-Kammula
Bryan Colket
Robert DiFilippo
Richard A. Hayne
Robert F. Johnston
Bert Kerstetter
Holly Michael
Tracey B. Nguyen
W.B. Dixon Stroud Jr.
Lan Chi Vo
Peter Welling
Robert W. Whetzel
Rodman Moorhead IV
Susan Packard LeGros
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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