A Missisquoi River Basin Blog

As our namesake implies, at The Missisquoi River Basin Association, we work across the entire Missisquoi Basin. The Missisquoi River Basin is the 855 square miles and encompasses The Missisquoi River. The Missisquoi River flows for 88 miles from the headwaters in Lowell to the delta, where the river branches out and drains into the Missisquoi Bay of Lake Champlain in Swanton. The original name of the river is Wázowategók, which translates as either “the river that turns back”

Pearl is back and ready to spread some knowledge across the watershed! Today's topic? The importance of wetlands. To start, let's get a understanding of what a wetland is. Wetlands are areas where water saturation plays a key role in shaping soil development and influencing the types of plant and animal communities present both in the soil and on its surface. The defining characteristic of most wetlands is the presence of soil or substrate that is periodically saturated or su

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