by PWABVP | Jan 25, 2024 | 25 Watershed Moments, 25th Anniversary
Lakes and rivers often seem like huge, majestic parts of the landscape, made up of powerful forces of water and wind and home to charming animals like fish, birds, and mammals. What is often unknown is that something small and secretive plays an important role in...
by Michelle Tan | Oct 27, 2023 | 25 Watershed Moments, 25th Anniversary
Here at the PWA, we talk endlessly about water quality. But what does this mean? The health of a water body is determined by a complex list of biological, chemical, and physical properties. For the most part, healthy ecosystems have self-regulating and self-sustaining...
by Michelle Tan | Jul 27, 2023 | 25 Watershed Moments, 25th Anniversary
After multiple days of digging holes under the hot summer sun, the PWA has successfully planted over 2000 trees at the Antionne-Maillet School in Dieppe with the help of students. The school, which opened its doors in 2008, displaced a large swatch of forest...
by Alyre Chiasson | Jul 4, 2023 | News From Around the Bend
The concentration of oxygen in water is a key component in the assessment of water quality in rivers, streams, and lakes. The fact that we and many other organisms specifically require oxygen in the air to stay alive was not always known. Instead, the air was thought...
by Kelsey Wilson | May 8, 2023 | "Water" We Up To, From Stream To Tides
The office has been abuzz lately as we get our 2023 field season underway. Spring is a very busy time for us at the PWA, with lots of preparations to make for a successful field season. It’s also one of the most exciting times of the year, when we finally get to put...
