Interesting. Can you elaborate? Matt -- Matt Burne Senior Ecologist, BSC Group, Inc. Vice-President, Vernal Pool Association

A research colleague of mine suggests permafrost probes as a low tech option if you have a vernal pool or pools that you visit frequently.

Good morning, The NRCS has established soil temperature monitoring stations across the county, but not too many. Unfortunately there are neither any here in Michigan where I am located nor in

I'm quite sure that Tom Villars (Thomas.Villars@...) of the NRCS in White River Jct, VT has monitored soil temps for years and may have data that will provide some insights on this.

Or maybe a faculty researcher looking for student projects with regional scale? Soil temps, snow cover, air temps, precipitation -- might be an interesting regional data set that could help inform

There’s got to be folks within NRCS that would be interested in something like this, even if it’s on a voluntary basis ………

How cool would it be to get a bunch of soil data loggers deployed to members of this list who could report back toil temps at time of first migration observations? Keep us posted on what you find if

I ask somebody who runs a backhoe. Rick Roth we only have one earth, save it

Snowy greetings from the Hudson Valley, I'm wondering if anyone on the list has a method of measuring or determining when forest ground has thawed. As you all know, along with rain and evening

Hey folks, I'm sure everyone is champing at the bit to get on to spring; I know I am! For those in MA who are interested in documenting vernal pools for official certification or reporting

Thank you all for your help. Stay well. --

Any Mainers out there seeing fairy shrimp in your pools? I haven't seen any since moving to Maine. -----------------------------------------------------April J. Hobart Jubett, Video &

I saw them under the ice in the VPs in the Hockomock in Easton! Kyla Bennett, PhD, JD Director, New England PEER P.O. Box 574 North Easton, MA 02356 508-230-9933 nepeer@... www.peer.org

Oh, ha! Right, your question would fit for either answer! Good luck finding them down in Norfolk. Keep us posted if you see any. Steve Schwartz will be thrilled that the list starts reporting first

Matt I was wondering when Natural Heritage stopped accepting fairy shrimp as an indicator but my response got added after the answer! However I am excited you have observed them in Plainville - I live

Thank you for the clarification Jake, Rick Roth we only have one earth, save it

I found them in Plainville, MA on Jan 7. Stoneham on Jan 17. They were chunks in Plainville; had clearly hatched a while before I found them (I don't know how quickly they attain sexual

Since when? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Great clarification, Jake. Thanks for weighing in. I wasn't certain how you were handling that these days, so didn't want to comment. I'm seeing fairies in several places already. Some in breeding

Adult fairy shrimp (Eubranchipus spp.) are still considered eligible biological evidence for certifying vernal pool habitat in Massachusetts. The biological criteria in the NHESP Guidelines for the