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Hello Watershed Volunteers,

We hope that you are enjoying this fall season, especially now that the trees are finally showing us their true colors. Thank you for showing up and being safe in the rain, sun, cold, and heat. It has been fun to work on many restoration projects with many of you.

We have a few more outdoor sessions planned for this year [including this Friday for tree planting], but we are also beginning to offer more virtual learning events so that you can stay engaged with watershed work in NEO. If there is something you would like to learn, please send us your ideas.

Thanks,

Lisa Meranti

Watershed Volunteer Program Coordinator

P.S. To see reflections and data from the first half of this year, check out the WVP 2021 Q1 and Q2 report here. The report can also be found on the About Us page of the WVP website.

Watershed stewards exploring a forested wetland with Meg Hennessey of CSWCD at Dusty Goldenrod Preserve | October 2021

[Image credit: Cleveland Metroparks staff]

WVP Happenings

Outdoor Opportunities

WVP stewards staking trees with Natural Resources Manager Erik Shaffer at Hinckley | October 2021

[Image credit: Cleveland Metroparks staff]

Work Session: Tree Planting

Fri, Oct 29, 9:30a.m - noon and/or 11:00a.m. - 1:30p.m. @ Bedford Reservation

Special Project: Forest Health Management

Mon, Nov 1, 4, and 9, various times @ West Creek Reservation

Work Session: Woody Invasive Removal

Wed, Nov 10, 1- 4 p.m. @ Bradley Woods Reservation

Monday MeetUp: Brandywine Creek Stream Restoration*

Mon, Nov 15, 3 - 4:30 p.m. @ Hudson

*Open to the public

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Opportunities @ Home

Cleveland Metroparks: Digital Emerald Necklace | Read and watch here

Interagency Ecological Restoration Quality Committee: Webinar Series | Watch recording here** titled A Synthesis of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Perceived Benefits for People and Nature

TREE Fund: Webinar Series | Watch recordings here** about the "Science of Tree Planting and Removing Packaging Material"

Watershed Volunteer Program: Restoring Fish Community Talk* | Details here about the Wed, Nov 3 virtual talk at 6 p.m.

**WVP volunteers can submit supplemental hours in Volgistics under (S:L) Conference/Symposium/Workshop/Webinar/Tour by Nov 5.

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In the News

Ghost Forests creep up U.S. East Coast | Read on

All-Star Scientists Developing Wetland program in Ohio | Read on

NEORSD's Baldwin Creek Proposal Aims to Reduce Flooding in Parma, Ohio | Read on

Environmentally Friendly Natural Burials Available in Ohio Preserve | Read on

Hundreds of Three-Eyed 'Dinosaur Shrimp' Emerge After Arizona Monsoon | Read on

One of the Triops — a small, three-eyed crustacean — from the

ball court pond at Wupatki National Monument in Arizona.

[Photo Credit: L. Carter/NPS]

Jobs

Research & Database Manager (#21376)

Cleveland Metroparks, Watershed Stewardship Center - Parma, OH | Apply here

Stormwater Engineering Paraprofessional Intern

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District - Cleveland, OH | Apply here

Civil/Environmental Project Engineer

Independence Excavating – Independence, OH | Apply here

Environmental Laboratory Analysts: Inorganics and Organics

Summit Environmental Technologies - Cuyahoga Falls, OH | Apply here

Principal Ecologist

Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. - Hudson, OH | Apply here

Macroinvertebrate Taxonomist

EnviroScience – Stow, OH | Apply here

Algal Taxonomist

EnviroScience – Stow, OH | Apply here

Water Pollution Control Plant Operator I

City of Painesville - Painesville, OH | Apply here

Advanced Forestry Specialist

FirstEnergy - Akron, OH | Apply here

Trails Technician

Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District - New Philadelphia, OH | Apply here

Permitting Specialist

MAD Scientist Associates - Westerville, OH | Apply here

College Co-Op Positions (Watershed Operations)

Metropolitan Sewer District - Cincinnati, OH | Apply here

Watershed Project Manager

Allen County Soil and Water Conservation District - Fort Wayne, IN | Apply here

Water Resources Software Developer

RTI Center for Water Resources - Durham, NC | Apply here

Hydraulic Modeler

RTI Center for Water Resources - Durham, NC | Apply here

Environmental Engineer

RTI Center for Water Resources - Durham, NC | Apply here

Research Assistant I/II (Temporary)

Auburn University - Auburn, AL | Apply here

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