With September here and only two water quality sampling days to go, the time is right for sampling aquatic insects in various streams and sections of the Winnicut River. So far, we have identified four areas where there's potential for sampling. This site, which is part of some conserved land in Stratham, certainly makes this kind of work all the more worth it!
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| Standing on a Volkswagon-size boulder, looking south (upstream). This ~200' section will be perfect for "scrubbing for bugs" (lifting rocks and looking underneath!) as it has many of the conditions that are suitable for them: shallow, flowing current, and lots of rocks, gravel and sand for a riverbed. "Riffles" are what we look for--water splashing over rocks. |
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| Exeter volunteer David Loch, who has a background in biology and macroinvertebrate sampling (macroinvertebrates are large aquatic organisms), assesses the center of the river's current. |
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