Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) is hiring three full-time AmeriCorps members for the September 7, 2021-August 12, 2022 term. KTMB is a 501(c)3 nonprofit in Reno, NV that is dedicated to creating a more sustainable and beautiful region through waste reduction, education, and active community involvement. AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects over 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet community needs in the environment and other sectors

In return for their service, AmeriCorps members receive a modest living allowance of $16,000/year and a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $6,345 upon successful completion of service. Applications are accepted upon a rolling basis. For more information and to apply, email staff@ktmb.org

Students were challenged to evaluate the role, function and importance of a healthy watershed to them personally and to their community. Students left with a call to action, creating a Watershed Hero pledge, describing actions they will take to care for and respect the local watershed we all share here in rural northern Nevada, the Humboldt River Basin. This year, NOS is excited to roll out their new and improved Watershed Heroes Field Trip utilizing their Actions. Impact. Choice. (A.I.C. Model) where students are challenged to analyze their actions, evaluate the impact those actions have on the natural world, and choose wisely to lessen negative impacts whenever possible. 

Virtual Project WET Annual Conference – Tue Aug. 17, 2021 to Thu Aug. 19, 2021. This year’s conference will focus on looking ahead to how we will all deliver education in the future as we move into a post-pandemic era in 2021. We will discuss new tools, strategies for reaching educators and students, hot topics of interest and—of course—do some Project WET activities!

Project WET Teacher Training Workshop - Saturday, October 9, 2021. Join the River Wranglers and learn how to use fun and interactive water science activities in the classroom and outdoors with Project WET curriculum which meets Nevada's education standards. Earn continuing education credits. For more details email Darcy Phillips

Teacher Training, KTMB – Saturday, October 16, 2021. The event trains teachers on local environmental issues and shows how they can educate and empower their students to make a difference. Topics include promoting the health of the Truckee River watershed, waste reduction, and stopping the spread of invasive and noxious weeds. Teachers earn continuing hours for licensure renewal. For more information, email caitlin@ktmb.org. View Program Details HERE

Project WET's Blue River is a great lesson which can be conducted outdoors or in a gymnasium, and gets the kids bodies moving while they learn about how water flows through a watershed from the headwaters and tributaries to the main stem of a river, and what times of the year water flows the most in their local watershed. Information about your local river is retrieved from a United States Geologic Survey gaging station, and using a hydrograph from the stream data, you will teach the children what times of the year water flows the most during the year, and what weather patterns contribute to the greatest or lowest flow. The hydrograph portion of the exercise is best for middle school and can be simplified for elementary.

Chuck Schembre at NDEP can help you generate stream flow (discharge) data for your local stream or river and walk you through how to understand and use a hydrograph for teaching the lesson.