Signs of Spring at the Salmon Hole

I recently took the first trip to the Salmon Hole in the new ‘Spring Season’. Needless to say, there are not many signs of Spring at the Salmon Hole. On the trail down, I noticed that there is no longer any snow or ice but the grass poking out is very much yellowed and matted down from the winter. Moss has began to grow on some of the trees and rocks, but those are the only bright colors I saw in the area aside from plastic and waste. Because it is Spring and the snow has melted, the area is very wet and everything that was under the snow during winter is now coming up. So all the trash that was thrown in the snow travelled to the waterways with snowmelt and there is a large amount of it in and around the river. The water was a murky brown and there was white foam near the shore. It seems as though all the pollution and waste that accumulated during the winter has now surfaced. This is most likely a result of the edge effect in that the Salmon Hole is on the edge of the town of Winooski which includes industry, farming (The Intervale) as well as residents. Because there are so many intersecting communities, there are signs of these communities that are present in the Intervale and these are commonly seen through waste.

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