WVP Upcoming Events

Event Types

Primary Events: These events are open to 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: These events include talks, workshops, and training sessions.
- (M)onitoring: These events include water quality testing through chemistry and macroinvertebrate monitoring.
- (R)estoration: These events include bioretention clean-ups, tree plantings, invasive plant removal, etc.
- (O)utreach: These events are used to spread awareness of the Watershed Volunteer Program and general watershed health.

(S)upplemental Event: These events are held by our partner organizations but count towards WVP service hours.

Independent/Special Project: WVP Stewards who have attended area specific training may engage in independent projects. See projects tab for details.

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.

Have further questions about events or registering? Please contact WVP staff at wvpinfo@clevelandmetroparks.com.

November

(R) Invasives Removal
Fri, Nov 22, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. @ Baldwin Lake, Mill Stream Run Reservation
Come join new west Natural Area Manager, Aaron Yilmaz, to help remove privet, honeysuckle, and other invasives at Baldwin Lake.
WVP Volunteers register here.

November

(S) Riparian Setback Implementation Workshop
Wed, Nov 20, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. @ Online via Zoom
Free online workshop to help communities with riparian and/or wetland setbacks better implement their codes to achieve the intended benefits of setbacks such as reducing flood impacts, reducing pollutants in waterways, minimizing streambank erosion and the need for costly engineering solutions to protect structures, and preserving quality of life and property values.
More Information and Registration Here

(S) Cost Estimating - Virtual Training Workshop
Thurs, Nov 21, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. @ Online via Zoom
In collaboration with Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve (OWC NERR), CRWP is offering a free Cost Estimating Virtual Training Workshop that will increase organizations’ ability to develop budgets for restoration projects such as small-scale dam removal, agricultural to wetlands conversion, stream restoration, streambank stabilization, stream daylighting, and nature-based shorelines.
More Information and Registration Here

(S) NOAA Marine Debris Monitoring Volunteer Night
Thurs, Nov 21, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. @ 2514 Cleveland Rd East, Huron, OH
Join OWC staff to celebrate their first year of volunteer marine debris monitoring along the coast of Lake Erie. Both current volunteers and those interested in joining the effort are welcome to attend. Volunteers will be provided a beach and gear kit.
More Information and Registration Here

(S) Cuyahoga SWCD: Live Stake Installation
Sat, Nov 23, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. @ 17675 River Valley Blvd, North Royalton, OH
Join Cuyahoga SWCD to install live stakes in a wetland restoration project! Learn how simple plant-based methods can help prevent erosion. Tools and materials will be provided. Rain boots required, gardening gloves recommended.
More Information and Registration Here

December

(R) Invasive Shrub Removal
Fri, Dec 6, 10a.m. - 12 p.m. @ Bunn Lake
Join Natural Area Manager, Aaron Yilmaz to battle invasive shrubs with targeted cutting at Bunn Lake.
WVP Volunteers register here.

(O) WVP End of the Year Gathering
Mon, Dec 9, 6 - 8 p.m. Watershed Stewardship Center, West Creek Reservation
Mark your calendars!

WVP Volunteers register here.

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

Mon, Dec 16, 6 - 8 p.m. @ Watershed Stewardship Center, West Creek Reservation

Join us to process a variety of seeds collected during our Buzzard's Roost Seed Collection event.

WVP Volunteers register here.

(R) Invasive Mantis Egg Case Removal

Wed, Dec 18, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. @ Acacia Reservation

Join Natural Resources Coordinator, Jen Brumfield, in the field to detect and remove non-native mantid egg cases.

WVP Volunteers register here.

(M) Monthly Salt Watch Reading

Throughout December

Salt Watch Volunteers: Reminder for your second salt watch measurement.

For more information/questions, email WVP

December

(S) The Friends of Euclid Creek Holiday Party
Tues, Dec 3, 6 p.m. @ Mulligan's Pub and Grill
Join the Friends of Euclid Creek for an end of the year send off with friends and delicious food! We will also provide highlights of this year and what you can expect to see in 2025.
More Information and Registration Here

(S) Cuyahoga SWCD: Master Rain Gardener Self-Paced Online Class
Learn to design, dig and plant your own rain garden!! Rain gardens capture and soak in rainwater that runs off hard surfaces like roofs and driveways while filtering pollutants that would otherwise flow to our storm drains and into our creeks and streams. Share your knowledge and become your community’s expert on rain gardens. By the end you have your rain garden all planned out, and you are ready to dig, build a rain garden and become a Master Rain Gardener!
More Information and Registration Here

January

(R) Invasive Mantis Egg Case Removal

Wed, Jan 15, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. @ South Chagrin Reservation

Join Natural Resources Coordinator, Jen Brumfield, in the field to detect and remove non-native mantid egg cases.

WVP Volunteers register here.

(M) Winter Stone Fly Survey

Sat, Jan 18, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. @ Baldwin Creek

Join volunteer leader Bob Bennett for the first of a three part stonefly monitoring work session. Learn about the first discoveries of stoneflies in Baldwin Creek, search on-land for two species of stoneflies at three Baldwin Creek sites, and submit photo data to iNaturalist. Data collected during these surveys will be utilized to estimate the presence and abundance of stonefly families within Baldwin Creek.

WVP Volunteers register here.

(L) Natural Resources Winter Lecture Series*

Wed, Jan 22, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. @ The Watershed Stewardship Center, West Creek Reservation

Mark your calendars for our first winter lecture series of the year. Newly retired, CMP Natural Resources Area Manager, Tim Krynak, will present.

WVP Volunteers register here.

(L) Tool Maintenance Clinic

Wed, Jan 29, 6 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. @ West Creek Reservation

Join us for our winter tool maintenance clinic hosted by Jen "Cricket" Hilmer, Invasive Plant Coordinator.

WVP Volunteers register here.

(M) Monthly Salt Watch Reading

Throughout January

Salt Watch Volunteers: Reminder for your third salt watch measurement.