Announcements 2024.6.25
Walker, Jane
1.) Virginia Society of Landscape Designers (VSLD) Summer Garden Tour – Registration Deadline: July 3, 2024; Tour: July
25-26, 2024
2.) Call for Proposals: 14th National Monitoring Conference – Workshop/Short Course Proposals Due: July 3, 2024; Conference: March 10-14, 2025
3.) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Educational Programs – Various Dates, starting: July 7, 2024
4.) Request for Proposals: Contractor Support in the Development of Landscape Characterization and Monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed – Submission Deadline: July 9, 2024
5.) Alice Ferguson Foundation Teacher Professional Development Events – Various Dates, starting: July 11, 2024
6.) Teacher Workshops: Chincoteague Bay Field Station – Various Dates, starting: July 13, 2024
7.) North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Announcements
8.) Clean Virginia Waterways (CVW) News
9.) Ground Water Protection Council, Inc. (GWPC) Annual Forum -- September 10-12, 2024
10.) Riparian Forests for Landowners Program
11.) River Hero Homes Webinars
12.) Water Center Jobs Board – https://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/jobs/
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Thank you to the VWMC’s intern, Logan Flanagan, for developing today’s announcements.
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1.) Virginia Society of Landscape Designers (VSLD) Summer Garden Tour
– Registration Deadline: July 3, 2024; Tour: July 25-26, 2024
– Kilmarnock, VA – Participants will tour conservation landscaping and shoreline projects
in private and public spaces on the Northern Neck. Learn more and register at
https://www.vsld.org/vsld-summer-tour/.
Organized by the Virginia Society of Landscape Designers.
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2.) Call for Proposals: 14th National Monitoring Conference
– Workshop/Short Course Proposals Due: July 3, 2024; Conference: March 10-14, 2025
– Hybrid/Green Bay, WI – Learn more at
https://nwqmcconference.org/call-for-sessions/.
Send all session proposal and program development questions to nw...@epa.gov.
Join the conference mailing list at https://nwqmcconference.org/mailing-list.
Organized by the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC).
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3.) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Educational Programs
++ 2024 Chesapeake Classroom Courses for Teachers – Multiple Courses: July 7-August
17, 2024 – Courses are open to any teacher in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Participants are eligible to receive continuing education credit hours. Learn more and register at
https://www.cbf.org/join-us/education-program/professional-learning/chesapeake-classrooms.html.
++ Middle School Bay Eco-Camp – July 15-19, 2024 & August 12-16, 2024 – Crisfield, MD – This week-long learning adventure allows rising 6th, 7th, and 8th graders to learn about the Bay’s natural ecosystems. The camp
is located at the Port Isobel Island Environmental Education Center. Learn more and register at
https://www.cbf.org/join-us/education-program/middle-school-bay-eco-camp.html.
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4.) Request for Proposals: Contractor Support in the Development of Landscape
Characterization and Monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed – Submission Deadline:
July 9, 2024 (5pm) – The Chesapeake Conservancy is preparing a response to the US Environmental
Agency’s (EPA) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
EPA-R3-CBP-24-01
and is seeking contractor support. Services related to land cover mapping, hyper-temporal spectral indices development, and BMP mapping are solicited.
Learn more at https://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/request-for-proposals/.
Applicants may apply for any or all of the activities or components. All questions relating
to the RFP must be submitted in writing to Emily Beach at ebe...@chesapeakeconservancy.org
by June 28, 2024. To view the full RFP or submit an RFP application, contact Emily Beach at
ebe...@chesapeakeconservancy.org.
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5.) Alice Ferguson Foundation Teacher Professional Development Events
– Learn more about these and other events at
https://www.fergusonfoundation.org/our-programs/professional-development/.
Offered by the Alice Ferguson Foundation.
++ Bridging the Watershed Training – July 11, 2024 (virtual) & July 12, 2024
(in-person) – Washington, D.C. – Participants will learn how they can bring their students hands-on outdoor investigations focused on the Potomac Watershed. The first day of training will be virtual, and the second day will be in-person.
++ From Classrooms to Creeks: Environmental Literacy Training for Teachers – August 5, 2024
(8:30am-4:30pm) – Participants will learn how to help their students become better environmental stewards and meet state curriculum standards through the completion of a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE). MWEE 101 is the training prerequisite
for this course.
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6.) Teacher Workshops:
Chincoteague Bay Field Station
– Wallops Island, VA -- Learn more and
register at http://www.cbfieldstation.org/pd.html.
++ One-Day Workshops for Local High School Teachers – July 13, 2024 -- Free for public high school teachers in Accomack and Northampton Counties, VA and open to teachers from other counties for a small fee to help cover the cost of supplies. All teachers
who attend will receive materials and lesson ideas to help incorporate what they learn into lessons in their own classrooms.
++ Three-Day Workshops -- August 16-18, 2024 (Middle Grades);
September 20-22, 2024 (High School Grades) -- Sessions will include coastal ecology, group management during field-based lessons, and incorporating hands-on, feet-wet activities into lessons. Free for Virginia public school teachers. On-site lodging will
be provided (meals are not included but are available on-site in the cafeteria). Funded with a grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment.
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7.) North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Announcements
++ Student Travel Grants – Application Deadline: July 26, 2024; Symposium: November
5-8, 2024 (South Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada)
– For undergraduate or graduate students presenting research at the Annual International NALMS Symposium. Learn more and apply at
https://www.nalms.org/nalms-student-programs/student-travel-grants/.
++ Kenneth H. Reckhow Scholarship Fund – This scholarship provides financial support to graduate students to use towards their education. To be eligible, students must register for the Clean Lakes Classic 5k Run/Walk on
November 8, 2024, be enrolled in a lake-management graduate program, and be a current member of NALMS. Learn more at
https://www.nalms.org/nalms2024/clean-lakes-classic-5k/.
++ NALMS Silent Auction – Seeking donated items for a silent auction to support student travel grants. Contact Mikala L’Hote at
stu...@nalms.org
or the NALMS office at nalm...@nalms.org
if you have items to donate.
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8.) Clean Virginia Waterways (CVW)
News
++ International Coastal Cleanups –
August-November, and year-round cleanups -- Help organize or participate in a cleanup event. Site captains choose where volunteers clean litter, such as a local park, neighborhood, stream, or beach. Participants pick up litter and record what they find.
CVW provides trash bags, gloves, and other supplies for cleanup events (Note, since CVW is moving, it is trying to distribute supplies early this year). Learn more at
https://www.cleanvirginiawaterways.org/virginia-waterways-cleanup,
and complete the form available from that webpage to receive supplies.
++ CVW is transitioning to an independent nonprofit organization
-- CVW has a new website (www.cleanvirginiawaterways.org),
location, and new contact information: Executive Director, Zach Huntington (za...@cleanvirginiawaterways.org);
Director of Research, Katie Register (ka...@cleanvirginiawaterways.org);
CVW staff (clea...@cleanvirginiawaterways.org)
++ Join the CVW contact list -- Send an
email to za...@cleanvirginiawaterways.org
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9.) Ground Water Protection Council, Inc. (GWPC) Annual Forum
-- September 10-12, 2024
-- Nashville, TN -- Focused on groundwater protection, water quality, and underground injection control best practices and regulations. Early-bird registration ends
July 22, 2024. Learn more at https://www.gwpc.org/annual-forum-information/.
Organized by the Ground Water Protection Council, Inc.
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10.) Riparian Forests for Landowners Program
-- Provides flexible, no-cost riparian forest buffer installation
and one year of maintenance to landowners. The program is open to private property owners including property/homeowner’s associations or civic leagues in rural, urban or suburban areas. Buffers can be installed on open land adjacent to a water feature where
a forested buffer of at least 35 feet in width from the water’s edge can be planted. Funding is provided by the Inflation Reduction Act through the USDA Forest Service and the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Water Quality Improvement Fund Act. Learn more at
https://dof.virginia.gov/water-quality-protection/water-quality-protection-landowner-assistance/financial-assistance-programs-protecting-water-quality/riparian-forests-for-landowners-program/.
Implemented by the Virginia Department of Forestry and partner organizations.
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11.) River Hero Homes Webinars
– These webinars describe the use of rain barrels, local ecotype plants, living shorelines,
etc. Recordings of the webinars can be accessed at https://thejamesriver.org/what-you-can-do/river-hero-homes/.
Offered by the James River Association (JRA).
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12.) 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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The VWMC announcements are provided with support from a grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Funding is also provided from generous VWMC members. Thank you to our
sponsors!
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