Setting & Research

As part of the Stroud Preserve Reforested Riparian Buffer Project, alll but a few hectares of the Morris Run watershed were maintained in contoured strips under a crop rotation program established by the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service. The primary crops were maize, soybeans, and hay (alfalfa). Records were kept of all fertilizer applications, and of crop yields.
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Data

Christina River Basin - Stream Water Temperatures (2007-2014)
8 components • Christina River Basin, Halfway Run, Mine Hill Run, Morris Run, White Clay Creek @ SWRC, Forest Endmember: Spring Brook, Riparian Buffer Experiment @ Stroud Preserve/Georgia Farm • Water Chemistry • Sweeney, B.; Funk, D.; Newbold, J. D.; Kaplan, L. A.; Damiano, S. G.; Kline, F.; West, H.
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Associated Files

Mitigation of Nonpoint Pollution by a Riparian Forest Buffer in an Agricultural Watershed of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont
(2 MB pdf)
Stroud Preserve Watersheds National Monitoring Project Final Report