A Missisquoi River Basin Blog

Pearl is back for yet another year of water sampling! This season, Pearl is sampling 17 sites across Enosburg, Richford, Westfield, North Troy, and Newport Center. She is collecting samples to test for nitrogen, phosphorus, and chloride levels in the river. This water sampling is a part of the LaRosa Partnership Program and is run out of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). This program collects valuable data that may aid in the determination of specifi

The Missisquoi River Basin Association is happy to be back for a fourth year in a row participating in the Stream Wise program! Stream Wise is a program offered through the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) and New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) that engages streamside property owners in the Lake Champlain basin to enhance and protect vegetated stream buffers, increasing flood resiliency and benefiting water quality and natural habitat. If y

Pearl had a busy month in April! Two weeks of tree planting kept Pearl occupied across the watershed. For those that do not know, tree planting season is an absolute favorite of Pearl's. Running around in a field all day, sticking your nose into freshly dug holes, swimming in the river, it truly does not get better than that for Pearl. Tree planting also kicks off MRBA's field season. It can only go up from there for our furry friend! Follow along as Pearl tells you all about