First Group of Certified Watershed Volunteer Program Stewards Celebrating the Watershed Stewardship Center Opening. June 2013.

[Photo credit: Cleveland Metroparks]

National Volunteer Recognition Week

Greetings Watershed Stewards,

April 16th-22nd is National Volunteer Recognition Week. This year's theme "Volunteering Weaves Us Together" celebrates our interconnection. It is with this spirit of interrelationship and gratitude that I'd like to take the opportunity to introduce myself as your new Watershed Volunteer Program Coordinator. My name is Sara Corrigan. I started volunteering with WVP in July of last year and am newly certified. I come from a background of Nonprofit Management and Environmental Studies with extensive work with volunteers in my professional life. I've spent time at ideastream, our local NPR and PBS affiliates and as the General Manager of WCSB. I am an advocate of diversity and equity in the outdoors and a Master Rain Gardener in training. I feel so fortunate to be a part of such a vibrant program and I look forward to serving all of you in your Watershed journeys.

April has many opportunities to celebrate nature from Earth Day to Arbor Day to Ohio Native Plant Month. We look forward to seeing you at an event soon! See event details here and below and sign up in Volgistics! Note new April and May events have been added!

Gratefully,

Sara Corrigan

Happenings

WVP Hosted Opportunities

City Nature Challenge Monitoring. April 2022.

[Photo credit: Cleveland Metroparks]

(R) Work Session: Tree Planting

Thu, Apr 20, 4 - 6:30 p.m. @ Washington Reservation

NEW EVENT (R) Work Session: Bioretention Garden Party**

Mon, Apr 24, 6 - 7:30 p.m. @ Huntington Reservation

(M) Workshop: Water Chemistry Training with Tinkers Creek

Wed, Apr 26, 6 - 8 p.m. @ Bedford Reservation

(R) Work Session: Tree Planting & Protection

Thu, Apr 27, 10 a.m. - noon @ Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation

(M) Work Session: City Nature Challenge

Sat, Apr 29, 10 a.m. - noon @ Brecksville Reservation

(R) Work Session: Tree Planting

Tue, May 2, Two Shifts: 8:45 - 11 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Washington Reservation

(R) Work Session: Tree Planting

Thu, May 4, 9 a.m. - Noon @ Washington Reservation

(R) Work Session: Tree Planting*

Fri, May 5, Noon - 4 p.m. @ Euclid Creek Reservation

(L) Monday MeetUp: West Creek Conservancy

Mon, May 8, 3 - 5 p.m. @ West Creek Nursery

WVP volunteers, please log into Volgistics to register for primary events.

*Open to the public. Email us for the registration link.

**Open to Master Rain Gardeners. Email us for the registration link.

View Event Details

Opportunities With Our Partners

Cleveland's Ecology and the Community Garden Impact*

Wed, Apr 19, 6:30 - 8 p.m. @ Stonebrook-White Montessori Campus

Join Morning Robinson and Britiny Hubbard from the Ohio State University Extension to explore Cleveland’s ecology and the impact community gardens are having on both the city’s ecosystems and the health and well-being of the gardeners. People and place come together in this presentation celebrating how community action can create positive change. Register with our partners here.

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH OUR PARTNERS:

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Party for the Planet*

Sat, April 22, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. @ Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Click here for more details.

City of Euclid and Collinwood: The Big Clean*

Sat, April 22, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Multiple Locations

Click here to register with our partners.

Cleveland Metroparks: Acacia Stream Cleanup*

Sat, April 22, 1 - 4 p.m. @ Acacia Reservation

Click here to register with our partners.

Doan Brook Watershed Partners: Dugway Brook Stream Sweep*

Sat, April 22, 10 a.m. - noon @ Forest Hills Blvd

Click here to register with our partners.

Cleveland Metroparks Rain Barrel Workshops*

Sun, Apr 23, Noon - 1:30 p.m. @ Ohio Erie & Canal Reservations

Join naturalist Peter Frank and learn about the importance of slowing down and capturing runoff while putting together your own 55-gallon rain barrel to take home. Register here for Apr 23. Cost $65

Living on Earth: Microplastics - "A Poison Like No Other"*

Airdate: Mar 31, 2023

Listen in as Living on Earth host Bobby Bascomb talks with author Matt Simon about the dangers and options to address microplastics. Click here to listen.

Cleveland Metroparks | Digital Emerald Necklace*

Read and Watch here

More partner events can be found on our website here.

*WVP volunteers can submit supplemental hours in Volgistics under (S) Watershed Partner Event by April 30th. Contact us if you need assistance reporting any hours.