HOLISTIC STREAM ASSESSMENT/RESTORATION: BOW BOG STREAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE...
Bow Bog Stream has greatly varied habitat…
Bow Bog Stream in New Hampshire is located in the central part of the state. It is part of the Merrimack River watershed. It is a coldwater system with varying habitat types and numerous small tributaries. Bow Bog Stream is also home to wild native brook trout. NFC wants to know how they are doing and what if anything can be done to help them…
A marshy section of Bow Bog Brook…
fish passage and fragmentation is a concern at bow bog stream.
INSTALLING LOGGERS
When assessing a stream, especially when wild native brook trout are present, monitoring water temperature is critically important. The best way to do that is to install data loggers at strategic locations throughout the stream to identify average, high, and low temperatures, spikes, thermal stressors, and thermal refuge. Loggers are deployed from spring to fall and checked periodically to download the data.
NH NFC chair Aliess John, board member Matt Fixler and son, board member Jeff Moore, and Vice Chair Stephen Rock after deploying temperature loggers at Bow Bog stream…