Streamside Annual Report and Journal

The Institute’s newsletter, Streamside, has evolved into an annual report and journal.

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Previous issues available as downloadable PDF files—see images and archives below.

Streamside Winter 2019

Note: PDF file is 10 MB size. Highlights include 25th annual Pumpkin Fest, New Grade 6 programming, A Duo on Top of the Mushroom, Shakespeare Returns…and more!

Winter 2017–2018

Note: PDF file is 9 MB size. Highlights include 20th Annual Bay Supper Fundraiser; Meet the New Director; Citizen Science; Royer Family history article, and much more!

Streamside Winter 2016

Note: PDF file is 10 MB size. Highlights include the 25th annual Jazz Fest, guest article about Chesapeake Bay Foundation; our WaterStriders Science Champ & More!

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Spring 2015

Streamside is now in FULL COLOR!
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Highlights include guest article, Thinking Across Landscapes; Kids on the Move for Youth Fest; Garden Corner; lots of color photos; reviews of Recycle-Reuse Yard Sale, Salamander Scramble 5K, Pumpkin Fest; plus Members, Sponsors & More!
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Winter 2013-14

Highlights include report on Tree of Heaven: Wintercreeper Vine; Cultural Currents glances at the past and the future; PA Chesapeake Champions article; reviews of Recycle-Reuse Yard Sale, Salamander Scramble 5K, Pumpkin Fest; plus Members, Sponsors & More!
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Winter 2012-13

Highlights include article on Marcellus Shale; Cultural Currents talks all about apples; reviews of Recycle-Reuse Yard Sale, Salamander Scramble 5K, Pumpkin Fest; plus Members, Sponsors & More!
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Fall/Winter 2011-12

Cultural Currents: The Covered Bridge; George Buckey retires; Salamander Scramble; Summer Institute photos; intern projects: Geographic Information System and monitoring our streams; and more!
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Spring 2011

Downstream explores Dead Zones in Water; intern project on Antietam Creek; Grand Opening of new 4-Square Garden; Cultural Currents: Butter Stamps, From Everyday Use to Folk Art, and more!
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Fall/Winter 2010

Highlights include the progress of the four-square garden relocation; a welcome to new board members; Cultural Currents article, “Flax Hatchels: From Utilitarian to Folk Art”; members, sponsors, organization and volunteer lists; article on stream monitoring and leaf pack studies; an intern’s contributions to the institute; photos and update on Salamander Scramble 2010; professional development activities; sponsor spotlights, and more!
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Spring 2010

Highlights include: a Downstream article about the buzz surrounding native bees and the pollination crisis; photos and update on the four-square garden project; more information on those special gardens in a Cultural Currents column, “The Four-Square Garden: Tradition of Abundance”; Institute founders reflect on the early years; volunteer list; and sponsor thanks and spotlights.
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Fall 2009

A new record—Renfrew Institute celebrates its 20th Anniversary with 28 pages in this newsletter! Highlights include: indepth article on saving the American Chestnut tree; Cultural Currents column “The Barn: Heart of the Farmstead”; a story on the relocation of the Pennsylvania German Four-Square garden; introductions to five new board members; photos of Salamander Scramble runners; Members and Volunteers Lists; sponsor spotlights.
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Fall/Winter 2008-2009

Highlights include: announcement of the Institute’s website; Downstream column “Chesapeake Promises”; Cultural Currents column “The Royer Tannery”; an update on the EarthSeekers program; a story from a spider with a great recipe for granola bars; photos of Summer Institute; Volunteers List; and lots of sponsor spotlights and awards.
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Spring 2008

The newsletter hits 24 pages with this issue! Downstream column “For the Birds—Stop Mowing AND Feed Birds Next Winter”; Cultural Currents column “The Limekiln: From Rocks to Rich Resources”; Traveling Lantern Theatre Illuminates Youth Festival; Members and Sponsors List; WaterStriders Learn Where Old Leaves Go; Top of the Mushroom award goes to Allie and Jo Ann Kohler, Doris Goldman Published in American Chestnut Anthology; Logan Hough completes senior project on Renfrew Trees; and lots of sponsor spotlights.
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Fall 2007

Highlights include: Institute staff expands field knowledge; Top of the Mushroom award goes to “Jazz Man” Andrew Sussman; Downstream column “Renfrew’s New Pet Policy”; Cultural Currents column “The Smokehouse”; Summer Institute photos; Volunteers List; Membership Building Reception Big Success; awards and sponsor spotlights.