It can be difficult to find balance. Some Bug Night-ers quietly worked on their samples and began ramping down at 8:30 PM. Some were ready to go much earlier. And then there was the Bug Night-er who couldn’t get enough. He came early and the White Coats could barely drag him off his sample at […]

She was just out for a stroll on a Wednesday evening when her life changed forever. The trail was always quiet and it gave her time to think about what was important in life. She did not have to think long. Her life had little purpose and she felt that she was not making a […]

Dear River and Watershed Friends, Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers ended the 2018 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 good news is that the City of Franklin’s work around Site 1 seems […]

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 continued that excellent trend. We have just one more sampling event left this […]

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 continued that excellent trend. Not so excellent: This is the fifth (four this […]

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 continued that excellent trend. We have a fourth (three this year and one […]

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. We have another yet high (higher even than two weeks ago) reading on the Pemigewasset. […]

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. We have another high reading on the Pemigewasset, which we will continue to investigate through […]

“But I’m not finished, yet!” cried the overly zealous volunteer after learning that it was the last Bug Night of the year. The White Coats’ faces were impassive. They were ambivalent. While they were happy to have more time to dedicate to preparing for and executing the water quality monitoring and rock basket field work, […]

The telephone rang incessantly. The calls ranged from timid to whining to angry. The texts included ALL CAPS and exclamation points. The emoji cannot be transcribed. “Hey, no rush but I was wondering if there was Bug Night tonight,” queried one volunteer. Maybe it was too much for them all having the last week off. […]

Dear Bug Night-ers, We hope that you enjoy a week off. There will be no April 25, 2018 Bug Night. We will see you next week, May 2, 2018. For further updates, please visit http://www.merrimackriver.org/forum