The state Department of Environmental Protection is seeking 20 recruits for its 2019-2020 class of AmeriCorps New Jersey Watershed Ambassadors, a program that engages communities to protect and improve water quality. Watershed Ambassadors are the DEP’s facilitators in the field, collecting water quality information, giving presentations on clean water and championing partnership projects.

This upcoming season will be the 20th anniversary for the program. Applications will be accepted through Friday, Aug.