Instinct took over. The building-sized insect gave chase after the woman who ran by the St. Paul’s School Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science. The woman looked briefly over her shoulder as she crossed the campus road but did not seem to see the enormous bug. The insect noticed that the woman was not panicked […]
By DAVID BROOKS Monitor staff Tuesday, April 12, 2016 When a national organization added the Merrimack River to its list of the 10 most threatened rivers in America, its concern wasn’t one big thing but a whole lot of little things. You’re probably sitting underneath one of those things right now. “It’s not just pavement, […]
There is no Bug Night this week but we are offering help to those suffering from withdrawal. Liz Garlo, a Bug Night-er, has written the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program its first fan fiction, “Henry Finds a New Family.” Please click on the link below, sit back, picture yourself in the St. Paul’s School laboratory, and […]
Bug Nights 2016, Chapter 8, March 23 Henry Finds a New Family by Liz Garlo It was a cold and drizzly night, but inside the St. Paul’s School biological lab, it was warm and the brightly lit aquaria bubbled cheerfully as people began arriving. An air of intimacy developed as the program manager and sampling […]
The Bug Night volunteer stepped away suddenly from the sample as if it had issued an electric shock. He returned to the scope with his brow furrowed. “Is this a bug or something else?” he asked. The cynical woman in the white lab coat circled back to the volunteer’s work station and peered through his […]
“It’s all right,” said the gigantic, hungry insect, “You can come out (to Bug Night), now.” “The coast is clear,” he purred seductively, “Here, take my pedipalp…” The door opens at 6:15 PM on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. We (and he) will see you there.#BugNights http://www.merrimackriver.org/
“No,” he cried, “Say it isn’t so.” We are afraid it is true. There is no Bug Night this week but fear not, we will be back next week on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. We hope that the time flies by for you all. We can’t wait for the next #BugNights.
Show your great taste by treating yourself to the Twenty-first Annual BUG NIGHTS! Since 1995, volunteers including anglers, students, teachers, paddlers, and many others interested in the health of the Upper Merrimack River and general river ecology began learning about these fascinating creatures and what they tell us about river conditions. Your work as a citizen scientist […]
This letter is addressed to all those who, like the ostrich, bury their head in the sand other dark places. There, now that I have gotten that out of my system, it’s time to identify the challenges other than the obvious social and political ones. For the sake of limiting this letter’s length I will […]
It’s so nice when we hear that adults who were Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers have gone on to higher education and careers in water sciences and other natural resource fields. Here’s a great post from Stephanie Lynn, whose father Gary is a long-time Bug Nights veteran.
The Upper Merrimack River Local Advisory Committee and St. Paul’s School are proud to co-host the presentation “Bones of Stone: How New Hampshire’s Geology and Glaciology Formed the Granite State” by Michael Caduto as part of the UMRLAC’s Winter Community Program and SPS’s Birckhead Science Lecture Series. About the event Eons before people arrived in New Hampshire, […]