Root River

The water is very dangerous. Left bank is eroding slightly- can only access to left bank as the flow as reached right bank.

Yes it is safe be careful of high waters- do not enter water at this time until the freshet has melted.
Ice on the water surface.
There is immense erosion happening on left bank. The rip rap has been taken out by a large mass of water flow that must have taken the whole bank out- there is dirt and debris eroding into the river. There was no sign of wildlife, even birds. The snow pack on right bank was .78 of a metre. Today, the river was the loudest I have hear it.

The site is unsafe to approach the tradditional way from the road leading from fourth line. The access must be taken from parking down the road from the site and walking to right bank and accessing across the snow. Water Colour: Orange.
The snowpack on right bank was over 1 metre high still. There is a island that is made of sand that was not there last year. There was more cobble and gravle but the substrate in one area has evolved to sand through potentially use of road sands.

THE TERRAIN IS VERY UNSAFE. THIS SITE CAN NOT BE ACCESSED WITHOUT PROPER GUIDANCE. The terrain is snow covered with approx., 1 meter of snowpack. The left and right banks snow escarpments are hard packed, and unstable. The water is flowing under left bank and has created an overflow approx. a meter wide. The area is unsafe for anyone to enter unless you are trained in snow and ice readiness, survival, ad safety awareness and working near water in winter. ONLY GO WITH KIKI. She is certified.
To access the site was difficult. There were buds on the trees.

The site is currently inaccessible for water monitoring due to deep snow accumulation.

The water was steady, lots of natural debris(leaves ) All of the leaves have fallen from right bank. The Japanese knotweed is just changing color to deep mustard yellow. Ask Elaine who installs garbage cans in town. this site is disgusting, with condoms, and empties. The rocks are slippery and the leaves covering the rocks and the river are slippery and hard to gauge where the water is.

The sample site had to be moved because the water is hidden under many leaves. The walk down the rocks to the sample site is steep and slippery. You can not see the water through the leaves so the monitoring site had to be moved over a few metres.

The water looked clear , but has started to have some leaves arrive. The forests on banks left and right have begun to change color. There is so much garbage here and now broken glass. This area could use a litter cleanup asap. The rip rap along the left bank can be difficult to navigate down to the sampling location.

Foam present on surface. The rip rap were slippery on the walk down to sample site.

The rip rap is slippery and unstable. The water is low so more rocks to climb on.