Environmental Volunteer Opportunities for Students

The summer provides a great opportunity for students to explore their interests and help out in the community. These environmental organizations are looking for volunteers.

5 Minute Foundation

5minutefoundation.org

Beach clean-ups

Anne Arundel Water Stewards Academy Aawsa.org

WSA serves as the hub where anyone interested in working on water protection in Anne Arundel County can come together.

Arundel Rivers Federation Arundelrivers.org

With wet and messy volunteer opportunities or clean and dry volunteer opportunities, Arundel Rivers Federation will find a way to get you plugged into helping bring back healthy waters for our rivers.

C-StREAM Program chesapeake.org/c-stream

C-StREAM is designed to create pathways for underrepresented* students to pursue careers in environmental research and management. C-StREAM is intended for any continuing undergraduate, at any level of study (including seniors pursuing graduate studies in the fall) who identifies as being one or both of the following:

• a person of color

• a first-generation college student

Capital SUP CapitalSUP.com

Dedicated to clean water and teaching others how to paddle.

Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment icare.umbc.edu

ICARE stands for “Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment.” Our NRT program is a cross-sector network of environmental scientists and engineers who are committed to increasing the diversity of the environmental workforce and engaging the community in local environmental research in and around Baltimore Harbor.

Jug Bay jugbay.org

The Sanctuary strives to maintain and foster a supportive and educational volunteer program in which volunteers learn about the natural world while contributing to the Sanctuary’s education, scientific understanding, and habitat protection goals.

Live Water LiveWater.org

Ccurrently supports three initiatives: within the Veteran community, underprivileged and disabled youth, and promoting clean waterways.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/pages/ striped-bass/index.aspx

The Striped Bass Program is responsible for monitoring and characterizing the fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay and on the Atlantic coast.

Minorities In Aquaculture mianpo.org

The goal is to educate women of color on the environmental benefits of aquaculture and support them as they launch and sustain their careers in the field, growing the seafood industry and creating an empowering space for women along the way.

NOAA fisheries.noaa.gov

2023 deadline is Feb 20, although this is an annual program. NOAA internships are a great way for college students to explore careers in marine-, environmental-, and climate-related fields. Our summer interns work with NOAA experts for roughly 12 weeks during the summer.

SERC serc.si.edu/citizen-science/projects/ chesapeake-water-watch

We are partnering with Riverkeepers and individuals collecting data with simple-to-use scientific equipment and applications on their smartphones.

Spa Creek Conservancy SpaCreek.org

Volunteers are needed to help with water monitoring, shoreline and headwaters clean-up, invasive removal, and fish seining, identification and counting.

Severn River Association severnriver.org

Here are some SRA initiatives where we could use your help. Search for Under Water Grasses. Monitor Water Quality, Restore Oyster Reefs, Get Involved with SRA

Wild Kid Acres wildkidacres.org

Come learn about our growth and how our decision making process could impact your life and help lead your community. Help build our new barn, care for animals, work on the land and improve the environment.