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, […]
Elizabeth Franz from the Concord Monitor came to visit Bug Nights last night and created a short story and photo essay. Click here to see more and learn how you can join the fun next week.
The Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program was a topic with The Insiders today. Please click here to read their take on Bug Nights 2015.
It’s been 50 years since the Beetles invasion… Experinece all the excitement again at the Nineteenth Annual Bug Nights. Training and opening night is January 14, 2015. See this year’s flyer with the full schedule and driving directions at http://www.merrimackriver.org/
By Jeremy Blackman, Monitor staff Thursday, January 1, 2015 (Published in print: Friday, January 2, 2015) A nice article about how a natural resource = a world class recreational site = economic development. http://www.concordmonitor.com/sports/15046041-95/in-franklin-annual-kayak-run-gives-way-to-talk-of-urban-renewal
Dear River Friends, All sites sampled yesterday are well below the Class B standard of 406 E. coli colony counts per 100 millitres of water. All sites except for Sites 2 and 6 are below the designated swim beach standard of 88 colonies. While we have had lower results over the years, these are still […]
Most people think of a river as a place to go fishing with their pals. Some have a much broader sense of rivers. A few, who are members of the Planning Boards in communities, take on serious responsibilities for their land and water resources. The principal duty of the boards is to protect the natural heritage of their […]
Dear River friends, The weather should be sunnier and drier this weekend and while the water may be a bit high from the near daily rains, the good news is that the E. coli counts will be low. Thanks to our wonderful water quality monitoring volunteers and our partners at the Franklin Waste Water Treatment […]
Click here to read the “setting Rivers Free” cover article from the August 4, 2014 edition of the Christian Science Monitor. The article tells the story of how hundreds of the United States’s rivers and watersheds are being restored. There are many local examples including Black Brook and McQuesten Brook in Manchester and the (former) […]