WVP Enews: Watershed Wisdom

Hello, watershed friends!

What are you learning and exploring these days? I hope you are filling yourself with watershed wisdom this winter. I am enjoying the opportunity to connect with many of you and expand our learning virtually this year. Please note that many of our sessions are now recorded and available for replay on our past events page and WVP playlist on YouTube.

One event that you won't want to miss live is our upcoming Safety & Sustainability training on Wednesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. We will be exploring various topics with the whole group and then in breakout rooms with several Cleveland Metroparks Natural Resources team members. Details and registration link here.

See you online or in-person soon.

Be well,

Lisa Meranti

WVP Coordinator

Frozen over Cuyahoga River as seen in Eldon Russell Park, Burton.

Getting Started with WVP

Orientation: LinkUp with Watershed Volunteer Program
Wed, Feb 17 at 6:30 p.m.

This virtual orientation to the Watershed Volunteer Program (WVP) is for new or potential stewards. After attending, you will receive additional information on how to become a Cleveland Metroparks WVP volunteer, if you are not already. If you are unable to attend one of these LinkUp sessions, the next sessions will be held in summer 2021. | WVP volunteers register here.

Not a WVP volunteer yet? Register here.

WVP Happenings

Opportunities @ Home

❄️❄️❄️ Winter Watershed Wisdom ❄️❄️❄️

Click here to learn some tips on good stewardship during the

winter months from Chagrin River Watershed Partners.

Watershed Volunteer Program

Safety & Sustainability Training on Wed, Mar 10 at 6:30 p.m.| View details and register here; open to anyone that plans to volunteer with us this year
Past Event Recordings | Watch the recording here*
In Our Own Words | Watch this new WVP release here

Cleveland Metroparks Education/Publications

Digital Emerald Necklace | Read and now watch here
Skills &Thrills Virtual: Paddling the Allegheny River & Lake Erie Water Trail on Thu, Feb 25 | Details and registration link here*

Biohabitats: Restoring Nature's Green Infrastructure -- Streams, Wetlands, and Floodplains | Register here for this webinar on Wed, Mar 3*

Friends of Euclid Creek: The Watershed Podcast | Listen here

OSU: Living Landscape Speaker Series | Watch the recordings here*

Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist Spring Course | View information and registration specifics here*

Ohio Wetlands Association: Vernal Poolooza 2021 | Satisfy your curiosity by investigating here*

*WVP volunteers can submit supplemental hours in Volgistics under (S:L) Conference/Symposium/Workshop/Webinar/Tour.

Outdoor Opportunities

When we work together, we adhere to social distancing guidelines and best safety practices.

PRACTICE GOOD HYGIENE
RESPECT SOCIAL DISTANCING
WEAR PPE

Woody Invasive Removal

Thu, Feb 25, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. @ Big Creek Reservation

Live Stake Installation

Thu, Mar 4, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. @ Mill Stream Run Reservation

Interested, but can't this day/time? Let us know and we will put you on a short-notice list if we need to do another install session this winter.

~Details on WVP Events webpage~

In the News

Demolition Has Begun for the Irishtown Bend Stabilization and Park Project in Ohio City | Read on

Akron Abandons Fracking Deal on 475 Acres of Watershed Land | Read on

Ohio Gardeners Go Native | Read on

Indiana Moves Toward Ending Protection for Isolated Wetlands | Read on

Sanctuary Containing 'Healthiest Coral Reefs in the World' Just Tripled in Size Thanks to U.S. Government Protection | Read on

The Mystery of Harriet Tubman's Family Cabin: Archaeologists Are Racing Rising Waters to Find Traces of the Past | Read on

Tubman, photographed here in the late 1860s (left), knew the land well and used that knowledge to help guide dozens of people out of slavery through the Eastern Shore (right). COURTESY JULIE SCHABLITSKY

Scholarships

Friends of Euclid Creek Scholarships | | Details and to apply here

Ohio EPA Environmental Science and Engineering Scholarships | Details and to apply here

Jobs

Invasive Plant Management Technician (#21010)

Cleveland Metroparks - Parma, OH | Apply here

Field Botanist Technician (#21012)

Cleveland Metroparks - Parma, OH | Apply here

Aquatic Invasive Species Project Crew (#21014)

Cleveland Metroparks - Rocky River, OH | Apply here

Student Environmental Worker - Water Quality Program

Cuyahoga County Board of Health - Parma, OH | Apply here