Looking for opportunities to gain volunteer experience, beef up your resume, and make a difference in your community? Support our work at Hood College’s Frederick Food Security Network as an AmeriCorps A*STAR! Member. The Frederick Food Security Network is a program based out of the Hood College Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies (Frederick, MD)….

The Hood College Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies is one of many potential Host sites for the 2018-19 Chesapeake Conservation Corps service year. The Corps Program provides hands-on environmental, leadership, and professional training opportunities for young adults through on-the-ground work with their host sites managing projects and programs, attending trainings and conferences, and other…

  Field Botany Workshop June 9 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Hood College and Gambrill State Park Registration is now open! Space is Limited! Cost: $45 Spend time in the field with Dr. Emily Southgate and Dr. Sunshine Brosi exploring our native plants and learning about their habitats and practical uses. This workshop is intended for educators, students,…

Beautiful Swimmers Revisited Film and Lecture The Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies at Hood College is pleased to host Tom Horton on April 6 for a public lecture and film viewing of Beautiful Swimmers Revisited. Join us for an evening viewing of this wonderful documentary which reflects on changes since the publication of the…

The Exploring a Watershed, summer program at Hood College Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, is a great opportunity for high school students to participate in college-level studies of our local watershed. Students will spend one week with faculty and staff from the Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies and Biology Department in the field…

GREEN NEIGHBOR FESTIVAL REGISTRATION FOR VENDORS & SPONSORS NOW OPEN! Save the date and tell your neighbor!   Saturday May 12, 2018 10 am – 4 PM At Culler Lake in Baker Park, Frederick, MD West 2nd Street & College Terrace VENDORS CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AND REGISTER FOR A BOOTH SPACE Hood College’s…

Hood College Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies Community Outreach Specialist for the Growing for a Healthy Future Program Dependent upon final funding authorization, the Hood College Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies seeks expressions of interest in a full time, VISTA-funded position to begin in June 2017 and extend for one year. Description The Community…

VENDOR REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!Hood College’s Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies (CCWS) and the Friends of Baker Park are soliciting vendors to be part of the 2017 Green Neighbor Festival, May 20 & 21, 2017 from 12-5 PM The 2-day outdoor festival will promote environmental sustainability and “green” practices to protect land, water, and energy resources in our…

MARINE BIOLOGIST PRESENTS “THE TRUTH ABOUT SHARKS” A marine biologist with more than two decades of higher education teaching experience will speak about shark ecology at Hood College Sept. 30. John F. Morrissey, Ph.D., will describe the diversity and varied biology found in sharks and rays from around the world during his talk, entitled “The…

Coastal and Watershed Studies Seeks Corp Intern – August 2016 to August 2017 The Hood College Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies located in Frederick, MD is acting as a host site for this year’s Chesapeake Conservation Corps program. If you are a CCCV applicant and are looking for field and water quality monitoring experience,…