A Missisquoi River Basin Blog

The MRBA team recently went out into the watershed to conduct tree survival surveys. The surveys were being done on trees planted by MRBA in previous springs. Sarah, Ellen, Ruby, Aaron, and Pearl visited four sites across two days. These tree survival surveys are important because they reveal how well the tress that have planted are doing and where more trees need to be planted in the future. During the surveys, the team assess the number of trees that have survived and give

Pearl has once again headed out into the Watershed to fly a drone, this time to capture fall colors! Regular readers of Pearl's Corner may remember a blog post from this past spring where Pearl flew a drone. Now, it is a new season and time to fly the drone again. North Troy This session, Pearl flew the drone in Montgomery, North Troy, and Lowell. She started in Montgomery at Riverwalk Park, a favorite spot of Pearl. Here, the drone soared above The Trout River and took in th

Recently, the MRBA team went to Shelburne Pond to collect Northern White Cedar ( Thuja occidentalis ) seeds with partners from The...