@gret-perg
🇫🇷 Groupe de recherche en écologie des tourbières Develop knowledge about #peatlands and #wetlands, and their ecological #restoration to guide society's choices regarding their responsible management through education https://www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca
Celebrating Line Rochefort, named to the 2026 Women Changemakers in the World of Wetlands
At 16, she taught herself botany after being excluded from science camps for boys only. Today, she’s a global pioneer in #peatland #restoration and continues to champion women in science.
shorturl.at/n67Nb
🎉 On February 18, 2026, 105 participants gathered at Université Laval for the Peatland Science Symposium, co‑organized by PERG and Can‑Peat under the leadership of Line Rochefort and Maria Strack.
🏆 Congratulations to all the students who received awards!
💡 Abstract booklet: url-shortener.me/F8KC
Busy week at PERG!
We kicked things off with a workshop on defining success criteria for #peatland #restoration.
Great conversations about what, when, how, and by whom.
Key takeaway: success criteria need to be context‑specific and reflect restoration trajectories, not fixed thresholds.
C’est la Journée mondiale des zones humides 🌿💧
On en profite pour rappeler l’importance de ces milieux, dont les tourbières.
Pour en savoir plus, on écoute l’entrevue de Line Rochefort à Feu vert 🎙️
surl.li/vpvmau
🌿 New paper out!
Congrats to PERG PhD student Laura Catalina Riaño Peña on publishing the first article of her thesis, comparing vegetation and environmental conditions of restored pools with natural ones.
🔗 Article: url-shortener.me/A29K
🔗 Open data on Borealis: url-shortener.me/A29L
🎄✨ Line Rochefort and the entire team at the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) wish you a wonderful Holiday Season! 🎅🤶
Join us for the Peatland Science Symposium!
📍 Université Laval, Québec City
🗓 Feb 18, 2026
Students, researchers & partners will share cutting-edge peatland research. Don’t miss this chance to connect!
✅ Register now: my.weezevent.com/peatland-sci...
#Peatlands #ScienceSymposium #Research
Congrats Gwendal Breton, Mélina Guêné-Nanchen @melinaguene.bsky.social and Line Rochefort for this nomination!
📊 What makes it unique?
✅ 168 peatlands analyzed – an unprecedented dataset!
✅ Full commitment to open science: article + all environmental & vegetation data freely available.
#OpenScience #Sphagnum #peatlands #bryophytes #PeatSky #PeatECR
✨ New open-access publication! ✨
This study sets a benchmark for defining reference ecosystems in Sphagnum-dominated #peatlands of Eastern Canada, analyzing 168 peatlands to describe #bryophyte habitats.
🔗 Read the article: shorturl.at/8VND2
📂 Access the dataset: shorturl.at/H4vG8
📣 Save the Date!
You’re warmly invited by Line Rochefort, Maria Strack, and their teams to an upcoming event you won’t want to miss.
🗓️ Details coming soon on the www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca — stay tuned!
@wetland-ghg.bsky.social
New on Peatpedia - an attempt to demystify #peatland carbon stores, sinks, and other gassy issues!
open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
🌍 PERG is shining at #SER2025 in Denver!
Line Rochefort delivered two inspiring talks on peatland #restoration — from private sector roles to the magic of moss & biocrusts🌱
Plus, Tomotsugu Yazaki shared innovative research on straw mulch alternatives 👏
#ecologicalrestoration #peatlands #science
🌿 New PERG publication in #RestorationEcology
We tracked 147 restored #peatland sectors over 20 years to assess the Moss Layer Transfer Technique #MLTT.
➡️ Up to 80% success in under 10 years in the St. Lawrence Lowlands region
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PeatSky #PeatECR
🎓 Tons of grad school options… but this one stands out!
Why do your master’s with me?
🌱 Help restore disturbed #peatlands
🌿 Join PERG, global leader in peatland science
🤝 Vibrant team (20+), weekly meetups, great vibes
➡️ shorturl.at/BgIPE
#PeatSky #PeatECR
🛠️ Cool tool alert!
Past PhD student Sebastián Gutierrez Pacheco built a method to estimate daily water table levels from sparse data — using PERG data 🌿
💸 Super handy when you can’t afford fancy loggers in every well!
github.com/segupa03/gro...
#hydrology #peatlands #opensource #python
Image of the cover of the New Phytologist journal showing a close up image of brown and orange Sphagnum plants.
Sphagnum mosses are fascinating from physiology, ecology, and climate perspectives. I'm especially proud of this @newphyt.bsky.social paper meant to inspire new research on ecoevolution and biodiversity. Check out the incredible cover art by Blanka Aguero! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔥 Big weekend for #peatland news!
Great coverage of the Carbonique project led by Michelle Garneau at UQAM.
🌿 So glad peatlands are finally getting the recognition they deserve — not just as smelly, mosquito-filled swamps! 😄
💚 These ecosystems are key to carbon storage and climate action.
🔥 Canada is burning — and so are its peatlands!
Yet carbon emissions from peat fires aren’t counted in current government stats. 😶🌫️
🌍 #Peatlands matter for climate action.
📖 Read this great piece on why they’re key to conservation and restoration
Check out our new paper "Ecohydrological drivers of Boreal Shield peatland fire refugia" in Ecohydrology.
Authors: Alex Tekatch, Chantel Markle, Sophie Wilkinson, Paul Moore, @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social, @peatofmind.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌍 Big news in peatland science!
5 current & former PERG researchers are in the global top 10 for peatland restoration! 🌿
🏆 Shoutout to Line Rochefort #1 worldwide!
💥 @ulaval.ca also ranks #1 globally!
📖 Read: shorturl.at/uJl6A
#Peatlands #PeatSky
@wetland-ghg.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social
🎙️ A must-listen! 🌿🔥
@peatofmind.bsky.social was recently interviewed on CBC’s Québec AM to discuss the importance of peatland restoration as a nature-based solution to reduce the impact of wildfires.
shorturl.at/nEbt5
#PeatlandMatter #PeatSky #Wildfires #ClimateChange #EcologicalRestoration
🎉 Today we celebrate 25 yrs since the restoration of the Bois-des-Bel peatland — the first large-scale peatland restoration project in North America.
🌱 A milestone that shaped the future of peatland science.
#Peatlands #Restoration #PeatlandsMatter
🌍 Today is World Peatlands Day!
For over 30 years, peatlands have been at the heart of our research — from understanding their ecology to restoring them.
Let’s raise awareness and fall in love with peatlands — because we protect what we love. 💚
📷 Iris Duvivier
#PeatlandsMatter #WorldPeatlandsDay
Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay!
This week @gret-perg.bsky.social celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Bois-des-Bel #peatland #restoration project!
Throwback to 2000 and our first eddy covariance measurements on a restored peatland.
#BDB25
We've long supported active #restoration of #peatlands post-extraction, using enhanced #rewetting and #moss transfer
The Can-Peat project, synthesizing historical and recent data on C exchanges from restored areas in Canada, backs this approach!
📖 tinyurl.com/4cwvbs88
@wetland-ghg.bsky.social
Félicitations à Aamir Shehzad Khan, étudiant au doctorat sous la direction de Line Rochefort @gret-perg.bsky.social qui a récemment reçu la bourse Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Canada) lors du Cocktail de reconnaissance des bourses 2024-2025 de la FSAA @ulaval.ca
#ulcriv
📢 Reminder: Time to Register! 📢
🎉 #BDB25: 25 Years of Research at Bois-des-Bel #Peatland 🎉
📅 June 3, 2025 📍 Auberge de la Pointe, Rivière-du-Loup & Bois-des-Bel Peatland, QC (Register by April 29 for a discount!)
🔗 tinyurl.com/yam87n3c
#PeatlandsMatter #research #scicomm
Roxane Andersen, a peatland scientist and Trustee of the Flow Country Partnership, is taking on her longest run yet to raise awareness and funds for the world's first UNESCO World Heritage Site #peatland 🌍
Support her: tinyurl.com/y488rbj7
#PeatlandsMatter #FlowCountry