Announcements 2025.8.7

[Walker, Jane]

1.) Mussel and Buffer Symposium – Registration Deadline: August 8, 2025; Event: August 12, 2025
2.) Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District (PWSWCD) Volunteer Opportunities – Next event: August 10, 2025
3.) Mid-Atlantic & the Carolinas Groundwater Conference – August 12-13, 2025
4.) Creating the Water Workforce of the Future Webinar: Bridging the Gap Between Utilities and Schools -- August 14, 2025
5.) Call for Workshop Proposals: Future Harvest 27th Annual Conference – Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2025; Conference: January 22-23, 2026
6.) Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Upcoming Events – Various Dates, starting: August 15, 2025
7.) Webinar: Microplastics – August 20, 2025
8.) CBLP Level 1: Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Landscape Training – Various August and September Dates
9.) Chesapeake Urban Stormwater Professionals (CUSP) – Registration Closes: August 25, 2025; Course: Various Dates, beginning: August 27, 2025
10.) 2025 Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters Cyber Seminar Series – August 27-November 5, 2025
11.) American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARSCA) Events – Various Dates, Starting: September 13, 2025
12.) Report Sightings of Trapa bispinosa (Two-Horned Trapa) in Local Waterways
13.) Water Center Jobs Board -- https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/jobs/
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1.) Mussel and Buffer Symposium – Registration Deadline: August 8, 2025; Event: August 12, 2025 (10am-4pm) – Goochland, VA – Offering presentations, hands-on learning, and in-field exploration. Includes a visit to Tucker Park on the James River, where attendees can connect with field experts and see examples. For more information and to register, see https://events.cbf.org/mandbsymposium. Organized by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the James River Association.
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2.) Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District (PWSWCD) Volunteer Opportunities
   ++ Water Quality Monitoring -- Become a certified monitor and learn about the health of local streams.  Learn more at https://www.pwswcd.org/water-quality-monitoring or contact Veronica Tangiri at waterq...@pwswcd.org.
      == Biological Water Quality Monitoring at James Long Park – August 10, 2025 (10am) – Haymarket, VA
      == Certifi1cation of Biological Water Quality Monitors – August 29, 2025 (10am)
   ++ Neabsco Creek Watershed Bandalong Cleanup -- Every 3rd Wednesday of the Month -- Contact Andrew Uglow at AUg...@pwcgov.org to learn more.
   ++ Adopt-A-Stream/Pond/River – Learn more at https://www.pwswcd.org/adopt-a-stream.
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3.) Mid-Atlantic & the Carolinas Groundwater Conference – August 12-13, 2025 – Raleigh, NC – This conference will discuss groundwater issues specific to the region and facilitate information sharing among stakeholders.  Learn more and register at https://agwt.org/event/midatlantic-and-the-carolinas-groundwater-conference/. Organized by the American Ground Water Trust.
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4.) Creating the Water Workforce of the Future Webinar: Bridging the Gap Between Utilities and Schools -- August 14, 2025 (2pm) -- This webinar will focus on sharing resources and programs that can help water and wastewater utility professionals connect with local students and schools for recruitment and education. For more information, see https://files.constantcontact.com/07edc34a601/d8485028-3dc0-4f65-ad3e-b29979dffa68.pdf. Organized by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Infrastructure Finance Center.
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5.) Call for Workshop Proposals: Future Harvest 27th Annual Conference – Proposal Deadline: August 15, 2025; Conference: January 22-23, 2026 – Silver Spring, MD – Proposals should be about farm production or business and marketing, environment, labor, policy, the food system, or community. They must be relevant to the audience of primarily farmers and help them improve their operations to achieve financial success.  For more information, see https://futureharvest.org/2026-conference/.  Organized by Future Harvest.
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6.) Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Upcoming Events – For more information about these events and others, see https://forestupdate.frec.vt.edu/eventscalendar.html.
   ++ Generation NEXT Legacy Planning Workshop – August 15, 2025 (5-7:30pm) and August 16, 2025 (8am-4pm) – Montpelier Station, VA – Attendees will learn how to effectively plan for passing forested land on to the next generation.
   ++ Virginia Tree Farm Foundation Lunch Tour – August 22, September 4, 15, 19, and 26, 2025 – Various Locations: King & Queen County, Sussex County, Bland County, Shenandoah County, and Montgomery County, VA – This tour will bring woodland owners to visit an active tree farm while learning about the foundation and providing fellowship. 
   ++ Fifteen Minutes in the Forest – Recordings of past presentations, including: “Before the Storm,” are at https://www.youtube.com/c/VirginiaForestLandownerEducationProgram.
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7.) Webinar: Microplastics – August 20, 2025 (3pm) – This webinar will give an overview of microplastics and their impacts or challenges along with details about the EPA’s research to fill data gaps surrounding microplastic transport, toxicity, and sampling methods. The webinar will also provide information about the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) microplastics resources at https://mp-toolkit.itrcweb.org/. For more information, see https://www.epa.gov/research-states/epa-tools-and-resources-webinar-series. Organized by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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8.) CBLP Level 1: Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Landscape Training – August 20-21, 2025 and September 8-9, 2025 – Richmond, VA and Haymarket, VA (other dates and locations also available) – Attendees will learn to design, install, and maintain sustainable landscapes and work with native plants, soils and habitat systems. They will also learn about stormwater best management practices (BMPS), ecosystem thinking, and invasive species management. For more information, see https://cblpro.org/cblp-level-1/. Organized by the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals.
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9.) Chesapeake Urban Stormwater Professionals (CUSP) – Registration Closes: August 25, 2025; Course: Various Dates, beginning: August 27, 2025 –This free professional training program is a 14-webinar curriculum taught in two parts. Part 1 introduces the basic impacts of stormwater runoff and how they can be reduced or mitigated by stormwater and urban watershed restoration practices. Part 2 focuses on the essential functions of municipal (or MS4) stormwater programs, and how to improve local watershed management. To learn more and to register, see https://chesapeakestormwater.net/chesapeake-urban-stormwater-professionals-cusp/.  Offered by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network.
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10.) 2025 Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters Cyber Seminar Series – August 27-November 5, 2025 – These seminars will help early-career hydrologists identify skills necessary for non-academic careers while providing information about locating and securing project funding. They will also help participants explore new tools for data science in hydrology. For more information, see https://www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminars. Organized by the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, along with the American Geophysical Union Hydrology Section Student Subcommittee.
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11.) American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARSCA) Events
   ++ Workshop: International Professional Rainwater Harvesting Designer Workshop – September 13-14, 2025 – Thousand Palms, CA – https://arcsainternational.org/arcsa-education/classes-and-workshops#inperson.
   ++ International Annual Conference – September 16-18, 2025 – Palm Springs, CA – Theme: “Rock and Roll” – https://arcsainternational.org/conference-arcsa.
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12.) Report Sightings of Trapa bispinosa (Two-Horned Trapa) in Local Waterways – The National Park Service has an article about identifying this species: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/two-horned-trapa-trapa-bispinosa.htm. To learn more and to report your sighting in Virginia, see https://www.invasivespeciesva.org/species/two-horned-trapa.  More information is available from the USGS (https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?SpeciesID=2974) and report sightings to the USGS at https://nas.er.usgs.gov/sightingreport.aspx. You can also report your sighting on the EDDMapS (https://www.eddmaps.org/) tracks the occurrence and distribution of invasive species across the United States and Canada.  The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS; https://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/about-vdacs.shtml) may manage the colony, even on private property.
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13.) Water Center Jobs Board – View a listing of current job opportunities and employment resources on the Jobs Board at https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/jobs/.  Developed by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center (Water Center).
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