The “AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program” is an AmeriCorps program administered by the DEP ’s Water Resource Management. Watershed and Source Water Protection Ambassadors serve throughout New Jersey as environmental stewards, serving with their local watershed communities to implement Best Management Practices (BMPs), Waterbody Clean Ups, Educational Presentations, Stream Assessments, and more!
Check out last year’s ambassadors’ amazing accomplishments for 2022
1,084 Educational Presentations
59 Environmental Stewardship Trainings (ESTs)
42 Trash Clean Up events
35 Additional Partnership Projects
1,357 Bags (14.5 tons) of trash and recycling removed
5,082 Native trees and shrubs planted
192 Bags of invasive species removed
7 Rain gardens planted or maintained
132 Rain barrels built
674 Acres cleaned/ restored/ planted
90 Miles of streams cleaned
5,243,200 Gallons of stormwater prevented from entering local waterbodies
198 Stream assessments completed
22,616 Students educated
2,468 Volunteers engaged in stewardship
7,129.5 Hours volunteers spent serving
With such astounding successes I wonder what this year’s ambassadors will do?
To learn more about the AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors Program please visit: https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/bears/americorps.htm
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