The Chesapeake Bay Foundation seeks an educator/assistant manager in Harrisburg for the SWEP mobile canoe program.

The Susquehanna Watershed Education Program is a one-day, hands-on, active and educational experience designed to provide students with the opportunity to investigate and explore a local waterway and learn about its connection to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This mobile canoe program explores the rivers, creeks and lakes of Pennsylvania.

Participants learn about water quality through chemical and biological analysis. They discuss the effects that pollution, agriculture and poor land use have on the Susquehanna River and its tributaries. They will also learn what watershed issues are affecting the waterway they are paddling. They will study the area’s plants and wildlife and investigate water quality.

The “canoeing classroom” affords students the opportunity to discover how they can take action to help preserve and restore the watershed. The program manager and assistant manager travel extensively throughout Central Pennsylvania to canoe some of the most scenic tributaries in the watershed.

To apply, please send resume, cover letter and salary history by April 25 to: Laura Burrell Baxter, Director of Education Operations, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403 or send email to: lbbaxter@cbf.org .

4/11/2008