Event Types
Primary Events: These events are open to registered Cleveland Metroparks WVP volunteers. They count towards credit for Watershed Stewardship Certification. Some events are only open to WVP Certified Stewards. Types of primary events include:
(L)earning: Broaden and share watershed knowledge at presentations, workshops, community events, and tours
(M)onitoring: Make observations and collect watershed data
(R)estoration: Restore and care for natural areas and green infrastructure
Public Events: These events are indicated by an (*) at the end of the title and are open to both the public and WVP volunteers. Public volunteers may register here.
(S)upplemental Events: These events are held by our partner and collaborating organizations but count towards WVP service hours.
December Events
(R) Work Session: Invasive Grapevine Removal
Wed, Dec 3, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. @ Edgewater Park, Lakefront Reservation in Lake Erie Watershed
Join Natural Area Manager Valerie Carter Stone to free up space for native plants. Help to cut back grapevine at Edgewater Park.
(M) Hemlock Lecture and Monitoring Training
Sat, Dec 6, 3 - 5 p.m. @ North Chagrin Nature Center, North Chagrin Reservation in Chagrin River Watershed
Join Natural Area Manager, Josh Philipps and Climate Resilient Forest Manager, Adam Regula for a lecture on Hemlock trees in our region and the current threats that they face such as Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (an invasive, aphid-like insect). The lecture will conclude with a hike to learn monitoring techniques and prepare you to take part in hemlock monitoring over the winter.
(O) WVP End of the Year Celebration
Mon, Dec 8, 6 - 8 p.m. @ Watershed Stewardship Center, West Creek Reservation in West Creek Watershed
Celebrate the vast body of work accomplished by WVP during 2025 at our annual awards banquet!
Feel free to bring guests. To help us track registration numbers, please register yourself multiple times based on the number of guests you plan to bring (e.g. if you are bringing 2 guests, please register three times, once for yourself and twice for 2 guests).
(R) Work Session: Seed Processing
Thu, Dec 11, 6 - 7:30 p.m. @ Watershed Stewardship Center, West Creek Reservation in West Creek Watershed
Join WVP as we process and prepare the seed that we collected during the fall.
(M) Marine Debris Monitoring
Sun, Dec 14, 9 - 11 a.m. @ Euclid Beach in Euclid Creek Watershed
Join us for monitoring Marine Debris at Euclid Creek.
(L) Watershed Wednesday: Certified Steward Tour of Great Lakes Brewery
Wed, Dec 17, 6 - 8 p.m. @ Great Lakes Brewery in Ohio City
As our last event of the year, Certified Stewards will be treated to a tour of Great Lakes Brewery highlighting their sustainability efforts and water stewardship. Attendance is limited. Registration for this event will open in volgistics at 6pm on Wednesday November 26th.
December Supplemental Events
(S) Friends of Euclid Creek Holiday Party
Tues, Dec 2, 6 - 9 p.m. @ Firehouse Grille & Pub
It's time to gather with members and friends for a joyous evening of food, drink, and community. The menu is a hearty appetizer buffet with soft drinks included. A cash bar is also available. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for non-members.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) 2025 Virtual Great Lakes PFAS Summit
Dec 2-4, 11 a.m. @ virtually
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continue to present some of the biggest challenges in chemical contamination across the world. States throughout the nation, including the Great Lakes region, are finding PFAS contamination in a growing number of locations where these persistent chemicals pose a threat to human health and the environment.
The Great Lakes PFAS Summit will bring together environmental program managers, policy experts, researchers, and contractors from around the Great Lakes region to share new methods of addressing this contamination and present innovative technical solutions developed to address these “forever” chemicals. Thousands of participants from all over the globe will include local, state, and federal government officials; environmental consultants and vendors; academic researchers and students; industry managing PFAS contamination; and community organizations.
More Information and Registration Here
(S) TCWP Winter Webinar Series: True Pigments: Turning Pollution into Paint
Wed, Dec 17, 12 - 1 p.m. @ Webinar
Liz Myers, Restoration EIT at EnviroScience, to learn how acid-mine drainage (AMD) is transformed into vibrant paint pigments.
Coming Attractions
(M) Marine Debris Monitoring
Monthly, Select Sundays - 9-11 a.m.
(L) Natural Resources Winter Lecture Series
Wednesdays: January 21, February 25th, March 18 - 6 -730pm
(M) Winter Stonefly Survey
Saturdays: January 17, February 14, March 14 - 11a.m.-1:30 pm
Abbreviations you will find in Volgistics:
- WVP- Watershed Volunteer Program
- NR- Natural Resources
- IP- Independent/Special Projects
- L- Learning
- M- Monitoring
- O- Outreach
- R- Restoration
- S- Supplemental (continuing education and partner organization events)
Have further questions about events or registering? Please contact WVP staff at [email protected].