The state Department of Environmental Protection is currently seeking 23 recruits for the 27th year of the AmeriCorps NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program, which channels water quality awareness into stewardship actions. Applications for the 2026-2027 program will be accepted through July 10, or until all positions are filled. The next class of ambassadors begins in September.

A watershed is an area of land that drains into a common body of water.