Mission: To foster through research and outreach a better understanding of the ecological systems of the St. Croix River basin and watersheds worldwide.
The St. Croix Watershed Research Station is the field research station of the Science Museum of Minnesota. Founded in 1989, the station conducts ongoing ecological research at the watershed scale. The research program of the SCWRS has two major facets: research by staff scientists and independent investigations by visiting scientists.
Staff research at the SCWRS focuses on scientifically and environmentally important questions on regional, national, and global scales. The research program emphasizes aquatic-based studies involving land-water interaction, biogeochemistry, hydrology, restoration ecology, and aquatic biology. Relevant issues include eutrophication, toxic pollutants, climate change, erosion and sedimentation, and biodiversity.
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