The citizen scientist samplers of summer are here to bring you important information about theupper Merrimack River watershed.River quality monitoring results are here for your weekend plans. A fun fieldwork opportunity is available for the late afternoon of August 26 from Franklin to Bow. Contact Michele and Steve atUMWA@MerrimackRiver.org and (landline) 603.796.2615 to learn more. […]
The citizen scientist samplers of summer are here to bring you important information about theupper Merrimack River watershed.River quality monitoring results are here for your weekend plans. A fun fieldwork opportunity is available for the late afternoons of July 8 and August 26 from Franklin to Bow. Contact Michele and Steve atUMWA@MerrimackRiver.org and (landline) 603.796.2615 […]
The citizen scientist samplers of summer are back to bring you important information about theupper Merrimack River watershed.River quality monitoring results are here for your weekend plans. Dear river and watershed friends, Opening day for the season was June 16, 2026. Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers kicked off the season with 100% of the eleven […]
Amy C. Jordan, Laboratory Scientist VWater Analysis Lab Microbiology Unit SupervisorPublic Health Laboratories What do we do with your samples once they have arrived? You’ve collected a river sample, and it made its way to the Public Health Laboratory – Water Analysis Laboratory (PHL-WAL). You have a result, but how did we get it? What […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The sixth and final Bacteria Day of 2025 on August 19, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The fifth Bacteria Day of 2025, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The fourth Bacteria Day of 2025, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The third Bacteria Day of 2025, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The second Bacteria Day of 2025, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the […]
Dear river and watershed friends, June 10, Opening Day for Bacteria Days 2025, an exciting event for Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers, begins our bi-weekly 2025 water quality monitoring. It was an auspicious start with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. […]
By DANIEL SARCH, THE LACONIA DAILY SUN Sep 3, 2024 FRANKLIN — Three volunteers for the Upper Merrimack Watershed Association crossed the Central Street Bridge over the Pemigewasset River, looking out over the foggy horizon. At 7 a.m. on Aug. 27, Mike Hamilton, environmental engineer for Watts Water Technologies, threw a small bucket over the bridge into […]