As a Smithsonian Fellow, he developed a nitrogen budget for the Rhode River basin (MD), validating demographic and agricultural census data. For EPA's Office of Water, he contributed to policies on watershed management and storm water pollution control. Dr. Sklarew has investigated various ways to help diverse partnerships address common ecological problems, including producing and writing a video documentary, Turning the Tide: Sustaining Earth's Large Marine Ecosystems; directing the UN-sponsored IW:LEARN project, and participating in a collaboration of international experts examining Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Tigris-Euphrates river valley.