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Large wood provides multiple benefits in stream systems such as stabilized streambanks, improved floodplain connectivity, and more diverse aquatic habitat.

Explore the vital role of headwaters and discover how haiku can deepen observation, appreciation, and connection with the natural world.

These tiny organisms can be found in all types of water and give us clues about water quality.

Discover the Master Watershed Steward Program, empowering communities through conservation, environmental education, and community involvement. Join us today!

Explore an 11-mile bike tour with the Master Watershed Stewards and Swatara Watershed Association, learning about watershed features, trail history, and ways to improve Chesapeake Bay water quality.

Lead students through stream investigations with the help of this STEELS-aligned educator’s guide.

This article discusses things we can do to help mitigate dye pollution in our watersheds.

This article explores the lifecycle of textile dyes, from factory production to their entry into water resources, their associated ecological impacts, and actions we can take as consumers.

Learn how to manage your property to protect our waterways and how to apply to have your property officially certified!

Learn how legacy sediment and historic mill dams shape waterways and restoration efforts through science, history, and interactive discussion.

Explore the Lehigh River on a 22-mile guided bike tour featuring environmental and historical education, scenic views, and opportunities to discover the region's rich natural and cultural heritage.

This footprint calculator will educate users about their consumption of EDC-containing products and help them to identify ways to reduce their footprint.

High school students connect classroom learning to protecting their local waterways.

A comprehensive guide to key stream characteristics and how they can be used to assess stream health.

The origins of forest streams are often misunderstood. They involve subsurface conditions, slope, trees, precipitation, snow melt, runoff, and groundwater.

Dragonflies and Damselflies make up an important part of a backyard pond ecosystem.

Routine spraying of individual lawns with non-selective insecticides to reduce mosquito populations can easily enter waterways, harming non-target organisms.

Rivers and streams are vital, freshwater systems that should be celebrated.

Purchase signs for your restoration planting projects.

Growing Great Buffers is a series of short, helpful videos that describe step-by-step maintenance tasks needed for newly planted riparian buffers.

This video shows movements of water under the earth and how pollution might affect drinking water. (Modelo de Agua Subterranea)

This award by the York County Master Watershed Stewards highlights an educational partnership.

Due to strong public interest in the inaugural 2025 start and continued successful statewide collaboration, the PA Invasive Replace‑ive Program will return in 2026 with additional sites.

Tree shelters help newly planted trees survive to maturity.

Learn about these smallest beginnings of rivers and streams.