Dear Colleagues, Are you eager to support young aspiring environmental professionals? The Chesapeake Research Consortium’s (CRC) Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) program is focused on recruiting, advising, and mentoring college students from populations who have been historically excluded from the environmental field and are underrepresented in environmental research and management professions. For…
River Network is putting the SRF Advocacy Toolkit into practice! Along with offering cohort-style training series this year on State Revolving Fund advocacy, we are thrilled to be launching a completely self-paced, 9-part training series on our new online learning platform – you can sign up and check it out here: https://bit.ly/RN-SRF-SelfPacedSeries Are you looking…
River Network is looking to launch 5-7 NEW Community-Led Research (CLR) projects and Leadership Development (LD) programs in partnership with local organizations. Selected organizations receive up to $8,000 in funding and direct technical assistance to advance their project. We are particularly interested in partnering with organizations that are: 1. working to advance climate resilience, 2. focused on equitable outcomes and…
The Chesapeake Bay Trust is hiring. We have open positions in our programs and development departments, including Program Officers for Outreach and Education and our new Urban Trees program, a Program Coordinator, and a Development Assistant. Please share! Visit www.cbtrust.org/employment-opportunities for the full job descriptions.
For a 4th year, River Network and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) will provide funding for nonprofit organizations working on stewardship activities on USFS administered Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) and surrounding lands. This partnership funding will range from $5,000-$10,000 per award for work occurring between June 15, 2022, and January 31, 2023. Learn more and…
The National Municipal Stormwater Alliance (NMSA) is hosting two, no-cost Webinars in the near future. These events cover the topics of the importance of identifying stormwater needs in Clean Watersheds Needs Survey as well as a focus on true source control in MS4 program. These Webinars are provided as a free service to the MS4 sector. …
The deadline to apply for a River Rally scholarship and self-nominate for the Emerging Leader Award is today, March 15. Don’t miss out on your chance to join us in Washington, DC! Apply today.
We’re excited to announce the launch of River Network’s State of the Network Survey! This survey will guide our understanding and tell the story of the collective reach and impact of our nationwide network and assess the most pressing needs of organizations working on water issues. We plan to use this survey every five years…
With support from The Campbell Foundation, River Network is excited to have funding for scholarships for River Rally 2022 for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. 2022 River Rally will take place in Washington D.C June 4-7. There are different levels of support—from comped registration for River Rally and/or Action Days, to additional support for hotel and…
River Network and WaterNow Alliance are seeking applications from water utilities and community groups who jointly want to receive technical, financial, capacity building, and leadership development support to bolster their partnership over an eight-month period. Our Trust Building Support Initiative provides a variety of resources toward developing skills and approaches for building trust: Financial support…