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Applications are due by Monday, February 3, 2025

What is NOWCorps?

Northern Ohio Watershed Corps (NOWCorps) is an AmeriCorps program funded through ServeOhio and sponsored by Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners (TCWP). NOWCorps members are also part of the American Climate Corps (ACC), a new, diverse generation tackling two of the greatest challenges of our time: environmental injustice and climate change. NOWCorps members support this mission in many ways including:

  • Ecological Restoration
  • Supervising/recruiting Volunteers
  • Education and Outreach
  • Research and Data Analysis
  • Building and Restoring Trails
  • Empowering Communities

Members receive 1:1 mentorship while serving at host sites throughout Northern Ohio including watershed groups, soil & water conservation districts, local government, & other nonprofits. Additional benefits of serving include:

  • Semi-monthly living allowance
  • Segal Education Award
  • Loan forbearance
  • Individual training stipend
  • Monthly trainings at host site partners
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Paid orientation
  • Healthcare for full-time members
  • Member Assistance Program

Meet our 2024-2025 NOWCORPS team!

Katherine

Serving as Arboretum Core &
Outer Trails Assistant
at Holden
Forests and Gardens.

Sarah

Serving as NOWCorps Native
Plant & Pollinator Specialist

with Holden Forest and Gardens.

Jane

Serving as Watershed Steward and Natural Resources Tech with
Portage Soil & Water Conservation District

Anthony

Serving as Natural Resources
Technician
with Cleveland Metroparks.

adam

Serving as Woodland Conservation and Biomes Assistant with Cleveland Botanical Gardens/Holden Forests and Gardens.

maggie

Serving as NOWCorps
Watershed Steward
with Chagrin
River Watershed Partners.

Jacob

Serving as Conservation
Horticulture Assistant
with
Holden Forests and Gardens.

brandon

Serving as Education Specialist
with Holden Forests and Gardens.

kalene

Serving as NOWCorps Education
& Outreach Specialist
with
Chagrin River Watershed Partners.

Quynh

Serving as NOWCorps Education
& Outreach Assistant
with
Old Woman Creek National
Estuarine Research Reserve.

Nichole

Serving as Field Station
Assistant
at The University of
Akron Field Station.

rachel

Serving as NOWCorps
Conservation Specialist
with the
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes.

mikhayla

Serving as Ecological Restoration
Crew Member
 with The
Nature Conservancy.

Ava

Serving as Environmental Education Specialist with
Old Woman Creek NERR.

jake

Serving as Core Natural Areas
Assistant
with Holden Forests
and Gardens.

Rosana

Serving as Conservation
Specialist
 with Holden Forests
and Gardens.

ellie

Serving as Working
Woods
Specialist with Holden
Forests and Gardens.

harper

Serving as Soil Health & Urban Forestry Specialist with Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District.

alex

Serving as Watershed Outreach
Specialist
with Summit Soil &
Water Conservation District.

Kristi

Serving as NOWCorps Watershed
Steward and Educator
with Tinker’s
Creek Watershed Partners.

Ellery

Serving as Natural
Resources Technician
 with
Cleveland Metroparks.

Jacob

Serving as Natural Resources Technician with Geauga Park District.

jennifer

Serving as NOWCorps
Educator / Coordinator
with Cuyahoga
Soil & Water Conservation District.

jaime

Serving as NOWCorps Community
Forestry Specialist
with Western
Reserve Land Conservancy.

joshua

Serving as Education and
Outreach Specialist
 with
Cuyahoga County Board of Health.

Serving as Watershed Program
Assistant
 with Cuyahoga County
Board of Health.

hayley

Serving as NOWCorps Watershed Science Education and Outreach Specialist with Doan Brook Watershed Partnership.

cori

Serving as NOWCorps Education and
Outreach Specialist
 with
Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners.

braque

Serving as Summer Watershed Steward with Lake Soil and Water Conservation District

sophia

Serving as Natural Resource and Outreach Assistant with West Creek Conservancy.

sydney

Serving as Natural Resource and Outreach Assistant with West Creek Conservancy.

Len

Serving as NOWCorps Watershed Ed & Outreach Specialist with Doan Brook Watershed Partnership.

NOWCorps Class VI: October 8, 2024 - September 30, 2025

What is Tinker's Creek Watershed Partners' NOWCorps program?

Together with our partners, Tinker’s Creek Watershed Partners recognizes the importance of maintaining water quality throughout Northern Ohio. We also believe in educating the public and regional leaders to support behavioral changes that positively affect our water resources. The Northern Ohio Watershed Corps (NOWCorps) works with watershed groups, soil and water conservation districts, city and county government offices, and other conservation nonprofits to facilitate outreach, education, capacity building, environmental stewardship, and stormwater management. NOWCorps is a program of ServeOhio, Ohio’s Commission on Service and Volunteerism, and AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering, service, and civic engagement. NOWCorps members receive programmatic training, site-specific training, and have access to an individual training stipend which allows members to participate in training opportunities unique to their interests and needs.

NOWCorps and AmeriCorps are committed to advancing equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity. In accordance with applicable laws and regulations, AmeriCorps, and any organization that receives federal financial assistance from AmeriCorps, prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based on the protected categories of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability (mental or physical), gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, pregnancy, genetic information (including family medical history), military service, or their submission of a complaint. It is also unlawful to retaliate against any person who, or organization that, files a complaint about such discrimination. Learn more about our NOWCorps policy on Nondiscrimination and harassment here

NOWCorps focuses on four major activities to promote environmental conservation.

Conservation: Improving water quality is the heart of the collective mission. Our members enact strategies and techniques to support conservation initiatives including stormwater mitigation, erosion reduction, soil health, and more.

Stewardship: Engage in water quality testing and data collection, tree plantings, native plant installations, invasive vegetation removal, and more.

Education: Assist our partners with program design, implementation, and follow up. Certain programs will facilitate new relationships with schools, youth groups, public engagement groups, and volunteers.

Capacity Building: Support concrete strategies for volunteer recruitment, program expansion, and consistency among outreach. As a member you will obtain, improve, and retain the skills, knowledge, tools, equipment and other resources to be a true environmental steward.

AmeriCorps, a federal agency, brings people together to tackle the country’s most pressing challenges, through national service and volunteering. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities. AmeriCorps helps make service to others a cornerstone of our national culture. Learn more at AmeriCorps.gov.

What's at your core?

Bring Out the Best of America

Join AmeriCorps and you’ll find your moment to inspire, build, teach, and support those who need it the most!

This program will be made available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital or parental status, genetic information, military service, and religion.