Wonderful Water – 2026 Service Theme

Volunteer Opportunities Wonderful Water – 2026 Service Theme About This Project In 2026, we encourage all Virginia Master Naturalist volunteer to do some service that relates to water resources in Virginia. Volunteers get into the creek for Save Our Streams monitoring. Photo by Jennifer Helms (VMN Blue Ridge Foothills and Lakes Chapter). How To Be Part of Our Wonderful Water #WOW Service Theme Do an approved water-related service activity at any time in 2026.Document your activity in Better Impact by including #WOW in the description field.Use the impact field to add any measurable impacts (for example, bags of trash pulled out of the stream, number of sites monitored for water quality.) Potential Service Activities These projects or activities must be approved by your local chapter before you may begin participating as a VMN volunteer and accrue volunteer service hours. Education/Outreach Be a Project Wet facilitator or educatorLead a water-themed interpretive walkLead an interpretive paddle (if you have the credentials and training)Share educational materials and activities about water resources at an outreach table/booth Science/Participatory Science/Citizen Science Water quality monitoring (biological, chemical, bacterial) with Virginia Save Our Streams, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, James River Association, or other organizationSaltWatch with the Izaak Walton League of AmericaNitrateWatch with the Izaak Walton League of America Stewardship Lead a stream or shoreline cleanup with Clean Virginia Waterways, Clean the Bay Day, and other organizations and eventsInstall/maintain riparian buffers on public landsInstall/maintain living shorelines on public landsInstall/maintain stormwater management features, like rain gardens Do you have other ideas for activities that fit our #WOW theme? Let your chapter leaders know!