A Missisquoi River Basin Blog

Happy Earth Day dear reader! For any environmentalist and general lover of nature, Earth Day is a celebration of our beautiful planet and a reminder to continue the work to protect that same beautiful planet for the present and future. Before Pearl celebrates this glorious day, she wanted to learn what lead to the creation of Earth Day. As Pearl is sure you know if you are reading this blog, Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22nd. The first being held in 1970. Now, i

It is an exciting day for fans of Pearl and Pearl's Corner! Missisquoi River Basin Association's official fluffy friend and mascot Pearl now has her own sticker- two in fact! After one year of writing this blog, Pearl managed to find her way on two fantastic stickers. The MRBA team wanted to surprise her and got to work looking through several cute pictures of Pearl (many of which have been featured on this blog, bonus points if you can identify the specific posts) and were a

Each year, sometime between March 19th and March 21st, the Spring Equinox occurs in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2026, the spring equinox happens to fall on March 20t h at 10:46am eastern standard time. In preparation for this event, Pearl learned all she could about the equinox. Follow along with her to learn the science behind the event, it's history, and how people celebrate the spring equinox today. To start, Pearl noticed that the spring equinox goes by many names; March