Dear river and watershed friends, After a pandemic hiatus, the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program Adopt-a-River Site Sponsors and volunteers began the 2022 bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of its eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every 100 millilitres […]
Dear river and watershed friends, After a pandemic hiatus, the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program Adopt-a-River Site Sponsors and volunteers began the 2022 bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of its eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every 100 millilitres of water. All warm […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers began the 2020 bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the four sites in Franklin. This year, we are challenged by budget cuts and are not able to monitor at the remaining seven sites on the Merrimack River from below Franklin, down to […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers began the 2020 bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the four sites in Franklin. This year, we are challenged by budget cuts and are not able to monitor at the remaining seven sites on the Merrimack River from below Franklin, down to […]
All sample results are as of Tuesday morning, September 3, 2019. Results may change from day-to-day, depending on upstream conditions and rainstorms. This week, we continue to see excellent results. All sites meet the Class B designation for the Merrimack River. They all fall well within the more stringent designated swim beach standards as well. […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers continue the bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites on the Merrimack River from Franklin to Bow and on the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, and Contoocook Rivers. The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers continue the bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites on the Merrimack River from Franklin to Bow and on the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, and Contoocook Rivers. The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers continue the bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites on the Merrimack River from Franklin to Bow and on the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, and Contoocook Rivers. The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers continue the bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites on the Merrimack River from Franklin to Bow and on the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, and Contoocook Rivers. The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every […]
Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers began the bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites on the Merrimack River from Franklin to Bow and on the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, and Contoocook Rivers. This week begins an excellent trend. All other samples are below the Class A standard […]
“I don’t know what I am going to do,” mourned the Bug Night-er with tears in his eyes. He was bereft at the thought of no macroinvertebrates in his future until 2020. The female White Coat tried to bolster his spirits with the promise of field work in the summer but he was inconsolable. The […]