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Adventures in Field Work (2025)

Posted on July 28, 2025 by bbematracy

What has our busy field crew been up top so far this summer … well lots of interesting things.. from water quality monitoring… youth education and community outreach booths….eel grass meadow monitoring … invasive species removal… tree and pollinator plantings…Monarch habitat and populations monitoring to the banding of tree swallow fledglings….

Installing HOBO water quality data loggers.
Using a beach seine to monitor juvenile fish populations in the Summerside estuary.
BBEMA Trees for Trash community event at BBEMA’s Heritage Ice Pond.
BBEMA 2025 field crew.
Banding a tree swallow fledglings as part of the Tree Swallow Box Monitoring Program.
Banding a tree swallow fledglings as part of the Tree Swallow Box Monitoring Program.
BBEMA learn to build a Pollinator Planter community workshop
Using BBEMA’s field microscopes to learn about insects at BBEMA Bud Day.
BBEMA Community Booth at the 2025 Summerside Lobster Carnival.
Removing invasive species from the Wilmot River.
BBEMA Yellow Fish Road program with the kids from Dreams Unlimited Daycare.
Mission Monarch Program field sampling to count Monarch butterfly larvae populations across the watershed.
Riparian habitat enhancement through tree planting on the Wilmot River.
BBEMA Rubber Ducky Race fundraiser.
Working to support local pollinators through BBEMA’s Monarch Waystation and Pollinator Garden program.
Enhancing fish habitats through aquatic invasive species removal on the Wilmot River.
Restoring fish habitats through stream enhancement projects.
Raking of gravel to enhance Atlantic Salmon spawning habitat in the Dunk River.
Monitoring, assessment and mapping of Atlantic Salmon habitats on the Dunk River.
Monitoring the impacts of Climate Change on Eel Grass Meadows monitoring using SEAGRASS.NET field protocols.
Monitoring the impacts of Climate Change on Eel Grass Meadows monitoring using SEAGRASS.NET field protocols.
Enhancing agricultural hedgerows through native tree and shrub planting program.
Enhancing riparian habitats through native tree and shrub planting program.
The BBEMA Rubber Ducky Race mascots at the Culture Summerside Old Fashion Carnival.
Using a transect to count eel grass plant stems at Linkletter Park Beach.