Dear river and watershed friends, Day 2 of the bi-weekly 2023 water quality monitoring season saw an expected increase in E. coli colony counts after heavy rains preceding the Tuesday, June 13, 2023 sampling day. We are holding and moving forward with 100% samples collected by 100% of its volunteers at eleven sites from Franklin […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The 2023 bacteria sampling season opened on a high note on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 with 100% samples collected by 100% of its volunteers at eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the results shown below are […]
Bug Nights public sessions are on hold The pandemic has changed so much of our lives and it was inevitable that Bug Nights would be affected. Since we were last at St. Paul’s School, there have been policy and staff changes. We hope to work with them again as our generous and gracious host. In […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The 2022 bacteria sampling season closed on this sixth event, September 6, 2022, with nearly 100% samples collected by 100% of its volunteers at eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the results shown below are the […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The 2022 bacteria sampling season continues on its fifth event (only one more to go for 2022) with 100% samples at 100% of its eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the results shown below are the […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The 2022 bacteria sampling season continues on its fourth event with 100% samples at 100% of its eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The 2022 bacteria sampling season continues on its third event with 100% samples at 100% of its eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies […]
Dear river and watershed friends, The 2022 bacteria sampling season continues with 100% sampling at 100% of its eleven sites from Franklin to Bow. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that 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, 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 […]