A Missisquoi River Basin Blog

Over the past eleven years, the Missisquoi River Basin Association has been fortunate enough to host nine AmeriCorps members. AmeriCorps is a United States federal agency for national service and volunteerism, connecting individuals with local and national organizations to address critical community challenges. This year, our organization has two members serving with us. Ruby Bratcher and Natalie Hammond both serve our organization as Watershed Engagement Coordinators throug

Here at the Missisquoi River Basin Association, education is an important piece of our puzzle as we work to restore and maintain the ecological integrity of the Missisquoi River system. Every year, the MRBA offers educational sessions to local schools and organizations throughout the Missisquoi Watershed to engage and train responsible watershed stewards from an early age. Some of our current educational programs include Bug Works, What is a Watershed, Rainfall Simulator, an

Depending on who you ask, some may consider it the dog days of summer. Pearl is a literal dog and would disagree with you on that one. As long as the water is still warm enough to swim in, it is summer to her. Based on that logic, there are still several months left to Pearl Summer. As you should already know by now, Pearl’s favorite activity is swimming. However, she is not one to pass up the opportunity to get in the canoe and paddle along the Missisquoi River. Recently, P