2025 Tributary Photo Journal
April 1st: We are very excited to have kicked off another year of stream sampling! The wind was whipping but nonetheless it was a beautiful day to collect samples.
Sandy Bay Brook
LC10 Marsh Brook. If you look closely you can see a muskrat in the stream
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Dicky's Brook
Kane's Brook with lots of foam
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LC9 Marsh Brook featuring the FWC coordinator!
Prouty Brook
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April 14th: What a beautiful day to be out collecting samples! We are so excited to be kicking off the spring and summer seasons.
Sandy Bay Brook
Marsh Brook at State Park Road
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Fish eggs in Dicky's Brook!
Marsh Brook in the State Park
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Dewing Brook
Kane's Brook
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May 22nd: After a month's hiatus due to an injury, our coordinator is back collecting samples with the help of our Vice President! It was a rainy day and the streams were flowing fast.
Sandy Bay Brook
Kane's Brook
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Dicky's Brook
Marsh Brook at the State Park
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June 17th: The rains have finally died down a bit and so have the tributaries! It was a lovely overcast day to collect samples
Sandy Bay Brook
Marsh Brook at State Park Road
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Dicky's Brook
Marsh Brook at State Park Beach
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Dewing Brook
Kane's Brook
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July 2nd: After a bit of a dry spell the streams are running rather low. We were still able to sample from most of our sites and even saw some fun critters!
Sandy Bay Brook
Marsh Brook
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Dewing Brook
Baby Praying Mantis!
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Marsh Brook
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July 15th: We are halfway through the season and still enjoying our time sampling the streams. The vegetation is greener than ever and the water is still flowing!
Sandy Bay Brook
Kane's Brook
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Dicky's Brook
Marsh Brook
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Dewing Brook
Flower
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July 31st: We finally got a break in the heat wave for a lovely, cool day of sampling. The streams were running quite low from the lack of rain.
Sandy Bay Brook
Marsh Brook
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Dicky's Brook
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Kane's Brook
Marsh Brook
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August 14th: We have been experiencing quite the drought here in Franklin lately and the streams have almost completely dried up! Luckily we were still able to collect a few samples
Sandy Bay Brook
Marsh Brook
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Dicky's Brook
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Marsh Brook
Kane's Brook
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August 26th: The drought has persisted into the end of summer. Because of this, all but two of the tributaries have dried up. We collected a handful of samples!
Alder Run
Sandy Bay Brook
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Marsh Brook
Dewing Brook
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Marsh Brook
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