Speaker Janet Popielski of Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD),

gives a talk to Watershed Stewards about NEORSD's regional

stormwater management and the West Creek Flume project

Watershed Stewardship Center, October 2022

[Photo credit: Cleveland Metroparks]

WVP Gratitude and Reflections

Hi Watershed Stewards,

In the spirit of the season, we want to take this time to thank everyone who makes WVP possible, starting with you!

I can't emphasize enough how much of a difference your efforts make, not only to your own community but to communities you may have never met! The work you do here in Northeast Ohio to protect our water has a domino effect that ripples across the state, the country, and beyond. We all benefit from having a positive relationship with water!

From restoration to monitoring to learning and so much more, we're so incredibly grateful to be able to work with you toward our shared goal of creating a world where we all have a better relationship with our local waterways. We sincerely appreciate all of the hard work you've committed to improving the health of your watersheds and your community.

We would also like to thank our funders and partners for enabling us to do the work we do.

A huge shoutout to NEORSD (Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District) for its incredible devotion to giving our communities clean water, educating the public about watershed issues, and the wonderful ongoing support they've given to WVP throughout the life of the program.

To West Creek Conservancy, thank you so much for supporting WVP and for continually fulfilling your mission to reclaim, restore, and protect natural areas and waterways in Ohio.

Thank you to the Watershed Stewardship Center for giving our program, and our Watershed Stewards, a "home-base" in order to learn about watershed science, work directly with experts in the field to collect and analyze data, and so much more.

Also, we'd like to thank our local watershed partners for their assistance and friendship. If you'd like to learn more about our program partners, click here!

Thank you again for all that you do. We wish you all a wonderful holiday season full of love and gratitude.

Best,

Taelor Benoit (he/they)

Watershed Volunteer Program Coordinator

Screenshot from video of the Chagrin River at Jackson Field during a rain event, Nov 11, 2022

[Photo credit: Vicki Straus, WVP Steward]

Restoration and WVP Stewards at Work

Watershed Volunteer Vicki Straus reached out to the WVP team on November 10th to ask what locations a new WVP volunteer might enjoy tracking during the predicted rain events on November 11th. Stream Restoration Ecologist Elizabeth Hiser has quite the list of sites throughout the park that she would like to observe during significant rain events and shared her wish list with Vicki who decided to check out two sites in South Chagrin along the Chagrin River on November 11th during the rain.

Vicki donned her rain jacket, rain boots, and headed to the field with her phone in hand to record and share observations around lunch time once a significant amount of rain had fell...

(L) Monday Meetup: WVP 10 Year Anniversary + End of the Year Wrap-Up

Mon, Dec 12, 6 - 8 p.m. @ Watershed Stewardship Center

RSVP Today for our WVP 10 Year Anniversary and End of the Year Wrap-Up!

Join your fellow Watershed Stewards as well as current and former WVP Staff for a fun evening of reflections and highlights, socializing, and honoring the accomplishments of Watershed Stewards in 2022.

Thank you for an incredible year!

Stay tuned for more opportunities in 2023.

Environmental Protection Agency | Water Research Webinar Series: Real Time Risk Characterization Tool for Harmful Algal Blooms*

TODAY, Nov 16, 2 - 3 p.m. (Optional Q&A from 3 - 3:15 p.m.) Join this webinar to hear an overview of the science of large river HABs (Harmful Algal Blooms) and the historical data that helped determine a way to assess the risk of and predict HABs at 20 locations spanning the length of the Ohio River. Afterwards, there will be an overview of the web-based app and how to use this tool to monitor the river's water quality and potential for HAB sampling at a site. | Register here

• Check out the web-based app here!

Doan Brook Watershed Partnership | Drinking Water, Doan Brook, and Great Lakes Microplastic Pollution

TOMORROW, Nov 17, 7 p.m. Join Dr. Sherri "Sam" Mason, whose research formed the basis for the Microbeads-Free Water Act which was signed into law in 2015, in a virtual talk about the impacts of microplastics on aquatic life and human health. | Register here

Doan Brook Watershed Partnership | Nine Mile Creek Stream Sweep

Nov 19, 10 a.m. - noon. Join Doan Brook Watershed Partners, Bluestone, and Cleveland Heights Green Team for a season-ending stream cleanup in Denison Park. | Register here

Cleveland Metroparks | Digital Emerald Necklace*

Read and Watch here

*WVP volunteers can submit supplemental hours in Volgistics under (S) Watershed Partner Event by Nov 30.

A pile of fallen leaves caught in a stream are now stacked on top of each other

with water rushing around them.

[Photo Credit: Stroud Water Research Center]

"Streamed Vegetables"

Delicious wet, rotting leaves in waterways provide a cornucopia of food for their aquatic denizens during the fall period. The article directly below shares some details of this seasonal process.

November: What’s for Thanksgiving dinner? Stream life will be feasting on wet, rotting leaves! | Read on

Conservation-Minded Kids Create a Rain Garden at Berea's Grindstone Elementary School | Read on

The Demolition of Cuyahoga Falls' Gorge Dam Takes One Step Closer to Reality | Read on

A Fisherman Caught a Piranha in a North Carolina Lake | Read on

Before and After: See How the Mississippi River and its Tributaries Have Dropped to Record Lows | Read on



This coral reef resurrected itself — and showed scientists how to replicate it. | Read on

Multiple Internships Available

NEORSD – Cleveland and Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio | Apply Here 

Ohio Partner Biologist (Closes 11/29)

Pollinator Partnership – Eastern Ohio | Apply Here (Scroll down)

Urban Technician I, II, III (Closes 11/16)

Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District – Cleveland, OH | Apply Here 

Summer Internships in Engineer/Surveyor, Science, Art, Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice

Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources – Columbus, OH | Apply Here 

Water Resources Engineer/Environmental Designer

Wildlands Engineering – Charleston, SC | Apply Here 

Project Manager/Water Resources Engineer

Wildlands Engineering – Charleston, SC | Apply Here 

Research Engineer Scientist

Stream Institute, University of Louisville – Louisville, KY | Apply Here 

Hydrogeologist 4

WA Department of Ecology – Lacey, WA | Apply here

Multiple Positions

Biohabitats – Flexible, SC, NM | Apply here

General Construction Stormwater Inspector

WA Dept. of Ecology – Lacey, WA | Apply here

Outreach Educator/Watershed Coordinator  

Tinkers Creek Watershed Partners – Twinsburg, OH | Apply here