Storm Water

Minnows present. Raccoon tracks on bank. Invasive Purple loosestrife on trail. Cardboard in water via stormwater drain.

Yard waste recently dumped at trailhead, including bags of lawn clippings and lilac branches. This waste blocks trail access on one side.
Brown Algae observed at the location.
Oily sheen was below sample site, green frog, mallard duck with 2 ducklings

Accessible area.
Brown Algae observed at the location.

The location is safe to access.
Brown Algae observed at the location.

No hazards.
Stormwater is a pollution source in the immediate surroundings.
Pair of geese with goslings.

No hazards.
Stormwater is a pollution source in the immediate surroundings.
Mallard ducks in vicinity

WEAR GLOVES AT THIS SITE. Stormwater and Iron-oxidizing bacteria are also pollution sources in the immediate surroundings. Odour: Decomposing/Rotting. There were several birds here, a Baltimore oriole and black junco. There were no water fowl on the water. There was more garbage and plastics present (see photos ) but I did not have a bag to pickup the items.

No concerns for Environmental Health and Safety Survey. Stormwater as a pollution source in the immediate surroundings.
Mallard ducks, Canada geese present.

Please wear gloves it is very important, as the water is very dirty and has no freshwater source at this time. This site could contain ecoli bacteria- or other harmful substances. The site has an abundance of Algae.
Stormwater is the pollution source.
Odour: Decomposing/Rotting.
There was more garbage than there was before, I picked up additional garbage of 63 pieces- last week it was 146 pieces of plastics between the size of a pin to the size of a tire (plastic wrappers) There were 4 geese in the river body that the contaminated water flows into.

It is save just wear gloves when sampling be aware of ecoli-.
Microplastics on the water surface. Stormwater is one of the pollution in the immediate surroundings.
Odour: Decomposing/Rotting.
There wqere two crocus growing up from the corner of the stream bed. They look like hybrid of prairie crocus a native species to Boreal forest and colder climates like in the north. Algae has grown in the past 10 days which could be shown through the photos. It looks like blue and green and could indicate a reason to observe further due to its fast growing nature and natural sunlight nad oxygen, this could create a bloom like organism, best to observe over the summer months and see if breakoffs of mats are transported down river or whether they stay. There is zero canopy on the water body right now. There was a mother robin and two geese but they did not land or come near the brown chocolate milk highway running into the freshwater of St Marys River. In the freshwater of St. Marys a sample was taken downstream of the stormwater at a depth of 1 metre