Watershed Stewardship Registration is Closed.
Thank you for a wonderful class this year! If you missed our in-person classes this year, please see recordings of previous classes below.
Watershed Stewardship
What is a watershed steward?
Healthy watersheds benefit the quality of life in our communities, keeping Clark County the beautiful place we all know, but also maintaining great recreational opportunities, clean water, and habitat for wildlife and fish. We help our community members enhance their understanding of what makes a healthy watershed and encourage practices that lead to healthy watersheds.
How does the program work?
The watershed stewardship program is a combination of learning and volunteering. Participants educate themselves through a six week training course focused on watershed processes and water quality issues, learning from local experts and hands-on experiences. Participants then optional volunteer service to their watershed community to promote awareness of watershed health issues and actions to reduce stormwater run-off.
If you have questions about the program or are interested in becoming a better steward of our property, don’t hesitate to use our contact form or our request assistance form.
Program topics include…
Clark County and its Watersheds
Surface and Groundwater
Plants
Fish and Wildlife
Policies, Regulations and Conservation Easements
Virtual Watershed Stewardship Webinars
While we highly encourage participating in the full version of the program, we know that not everyone has availability for a six week course and volunteer hours. Below we’ve created a virtual, abbreviated version of our course. Watch the five webinars below and complete a short survey to become a watershed steward today!
Submit Volunteer Hours
Part of being an active Watershed Steward is to do actions to help the watershed. In order to keep these classes free, we ask all participants to volunteer 8 hours in their local watersheds. If you have volunteered as part of the Watershed Stewardship courses, please enter your volunteer hours. Share any photos, stories, or successes with us!
Ideas for additional action projects to take to help our watersheds:
Schedule a site visit with a Conservation District staff member to create a conservation plan for your property
Plant native plants & remove non-native plants
Create a pollinator garden
Share what you learned with a neighbor or friend
Volunteer with a local organization
Install a rain garden
Reduce or eliminate your pesticide & fertilizer use
Do you have a creative idea of how you helped our local watersheds? Let us know!
