For more information about Monday Creek, or to volunteer, please contact one of the Monday Creek AmeriCorp members.
Joe Stitt can be reached at joe.mcrp@ruralaction.org
Nora Sullivan can be reached at nora@ruralaction.org
Meet Our Staff:
Mike Steinmaus, Watershed Coordinator
Mike Steinmaus is the Watershed Coordinator for the Monday Creek Restoration Project. His responsibilities include planning and supporting programs such as streamwater monitoring, land use assessment, and coordination of reclamation projects. He serves as the primary grant development and fund acquisition agent for the Project.
Mike has been the Watershed Coordinator at Monday Creek since January 1999. Prior to that time, he served as an environmental planner with Stanley Consultants, an international consulting firm. In 1987, he formed and operated an environmental consulting firm, Steinmaus Environmental Services, Inc.
Mike has a Bachelor’s degree in Resource Development from Iowa State University and a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Iowa.
Mike and his wife, Mary, own and operate a bed and breakfast (Wildwood Inn and Llama Farm). They presently have four llamas that graze on their pastures.
Mike enjoys camping, hiking, bicycling, running and fishing. He presently spends his spare time working on projects at his home in southern Perry County and participating in community activities. Mike is a volunteer firefighter with the Monday Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department and the New Straitsville Volunteer Fire Department.
Nate Schlater, Water Quality Specialist
Nathan Schlater, originally from Dayton Ohio, moved to Athens County to attend Hocking Technical College where he received an Associate Degree in fish management and aquaculture. He then attended Rio Grande University where he received a B.S. Degree in fish and wildlife conservation and management. Nate began working with Monday Creek Restoration Project (MCRP), a program of Rural Action Inc., during the summer of 2008 as an Ohio Department of Natural Resources intern. In 2009, after graduating from Rio Grande University he was brought on as the full time water quality specialist at MCRP.
Nate enjoys life, animals, being outside, and playing in the streams. Some of his hobbies include fishing, gardening, boating, dirt biking, dogs, hiking, traveling, and spending time with friends and family.
Nora Sullivan, AmeriCorps Member 2011-2012
Nora Sullivan is an AmeriCorps Volunteer working with the Monday Creek Restoration Project. Nora recently graduated from Hocking College, adding an Associate’s Degree in Ecotourism and Adventure Travel to her Bachelor’s in Business Administration. She plans to pursue a Master’s in International Sustainable Community Development after her AmeriCorps service.
Originally from Cleveland, OH, Nora is thrilled to have moved to beautiful southeastern Ohio from the Columbus area. She enjoys traveling, hiking with her dogs, rollerblading, swimming, kayaking and being outdoors.
Joe Stitt, AmeriCorps Member 2011-2012
Joe Stitt, originally from the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, moved to Athens, Ohio in the fall of 2007 to attend Ohio University. He graduated in June of 2011 with a Bachelors degree in science education. He came into the field of watershed restoration almost by accident, but felt it would be a great experience to have before entering the classroom as a teacher in the future. After AmeriCorps, Joe plans to teach middle school science and eventually work towards graduate degrees in education.
Joe enjoys hiking, biking, running, coaching soccer, volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters, working with Habitat for Humanity, playing kan-jam, and collecting bricks.