During their service, Watershed Stewards Program (WSP) Corpsmembers participate in a wide array of activities, including:

  • Regular watershed recovery and protection work which may include:
    • Field surveys of spawning grounds, habitat, or wildlife
    • Riparian restoration including planting and native species removal
    • Data entry and analysis
    • Trapping of juvenile or adult fish for counting and measurement
    • Computer modeling of natural resource data
    • Designing in-stream projects
    • Helping to remove fish passage barriers (dams, culverts)
    • And much, much more!
  • Teaching the Wonders of Watersheds (WOW!) curriculum in K-8 classrooms in underserved communities
  • Engaging their service community in watershed outreach and education
  • Creating and implementing their own Watershed Awareness Volunteer Events (WAVE) and recruiting community volunteers to complete a restoration project
  • Training, networking and professional development opportunities

Learn more and apply here.