A Missisquoi River Basin Blog

Did you know that each year Missisquoi River Bain Association puts out an annual newsletter at the end of the year? It is a celebration and recap as so what we got up to that year and a look ahead as to what is to come. The 2025 Watershed Update is officially done! Once the printed copies arrived to our office, Pearl got ready to do some reading. In this issue, Pearl learned about trees planted this year across the seasons, educational programs held in the watershed, the stat

Although winter seems to be in full force in the Missisquoi Watershed, the solstice is right around the corner. Pearl wanted to take some time to tell her audience how to prepare for a Vermont winter and what to expect. Take out your notebook and follow along! The official start to the season of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is December 21st at 10:03am. People often celebrate the solstice with lanterns and bonfires to welcome back the light while eating seasonal food and

Pearl spends a great deal of her time swimming in The Missisquoi and Trout Rivers. Every once in a, while she looks up and sees a covered bridge and wonders what those are. To find out more, Pearl visited the six covered bridges in Montgomery and Enosburgh of Franklin County to learn! Pearl enjoying Creamery Bridge To start, she took an inventory of all of the bridges. Immediately, she noticed that all of bridges were built in the same time frame and by the same people. From