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Environmental Educator – Paddle Program Specialist 2024

02.15.24

Salary Range: $24 - $31/hour Job Classification: Limited Duration, Exempt Duration & Time Commitment: May through November 2024, 32 Hours Per Week Supervisor: Education Program Manager Application Due Date: Friday, March 8th, 2024 by 4pm Position Information The Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership seeks a seasonal Environmental Educator for its Education and Community Programs Team as a lead guide for our Big Canoe Paddle programs and various field-based education programs between May-November 2024. The Educator will work in a team to provide environmental education and interpretive guiding for

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EPA Region 10 Administrator visits future green stormwater infrastructure

02.13.24

On January 29, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Portland Public Schools joined us to celebrate a landmark investment in green stormwater infrastructure coming to Portland Public Schools and other schools throughout the region thanks to a $4.2 million award we received from the EPA. 

EPA Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller marked the occasion by visiting Rigler Elementary School in Northeast Portland. Rigler Elementary School is a Spanish-immersion and Title 1 elementary school. 

In the coming years, Rigler’s school yard and parking lot will be home to a 7,000 square

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February 2024 Newsletter

02.21.24

We're hiring - Volunteer calendar - EPA Region 10 Administrator tours a project site 

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EPA Region 10 Administrator visits future green stormwater infrastructure site in Portland
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On January 29, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Portland Public Schools joined us to celebrate a landmark investment in green stormwater

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Education Programs

06.11.12

The Estuary Partnership Education Program builds environmental curiosity and knowledge, empowers citizens to make a difference in their communities, and fosters a personal connection to the lower Columbia River. Our Educators: Deliver developmentally appropriate science lessons and field trips based on best teaching practices; Increase student understanding of local biodiversity, the inter-connectedness of all living things, and the unique role humans play in the environment; Provide safe, land and water-based opportunities for individuals to experience and explore their local watershed

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Courtney Shaff

Courtney Shaff is the Monitoring and Reporting Program Manager for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. Courtney has worked at OWEB since 2006 and has worked in every section of the agency, most recently as the Business Operations Manager prior to becoming the Monitoring and Reporting Program Manager. Included in her portfolio is the development, management, tracking and reporting of federal funding through NOAA Fisheries PCSRF funding, USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management, and other federal funds. Courtney also leads OWEB’s diversity, equity, and inclusion

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