Root River Old Garden River : Root River

Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Community Volunteers

Observation report

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Water quality tests

Pending Quality Check from Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 7.8
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 8.07
Secchi depth m What's this? bottom visible
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 0.0
Salinity ppm What's this? 83.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 20.0
Water depth m What's this? 0.32
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 17.1
Air temperature °C What's this? 18.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 18.0

Qualitative

Algae What's this? Yes
Odour What's this? None
Clarity What's this? Clear
Pollution What's this? Other
Algae Type What's this? Cladaphora, Floating mats, Attached
Water Flow What's this? Slow
Water Uses What's this? Fishing
Water Level What's this? Low
Water Colour What's this? Brown, Other
On the water surface What's this? Foam, Natural debris

Weather

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Notes

The beavers came for a visit once again. This time they were fishing.
They brought fish corpses to me.
They are not scared of me but they do not like the sound of the vehicles coming.
The beavers need 2 feet of water to thrive in. There is no inland rivers and streams right now with that depth that is not their usual habitats for these species. I am concerned with the lack of water what type of stress this will cause on them.
Look at the pictures upstream. Usually there is a stream, and there is nothing.
There was algae present two new types, or shapes. There was iron oxide bacteria and some sort of algae that was orange and growing from it, see photos.
There was branches and such that the beavers have left in the water along shore for food.
There is an abundance of small fish, resembles Trout. Roughly 45-50 in the sample location.