CONCORD, N.H. — Record rainfalls this past summer overwhelmed aging infrastructure in cities along the Merrimack River, allowing a surge of untreated water, including raw sewage, to flow into ...

NEWBURYPORT — Thanks to a $200,000 state grant, the Merrimack River Watershed Council will be helping the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission get a good look at area culverts overseen by the state.

The sturgeon, a massive, dinosaur-like, rare fish, has suddenly been spotted all over the North Shore this summer, in numbers ...

marking the first time the species has been found in the Merrimack River watershed. On Aug. 8, Callan had been fishing in the ...

Three volunteers for the Upper Merrimack Watershed Association crossed the Central Street Bridge over the Pemigewasset River, ...

Merrimack River Watershed Council Director of Education and Policy John Macone said Tuesday a total of 32 tests have been conducted since July 1. Of those, 14 results came back fine for swimming ...

up the Merrimack. This year, that migration started earlier than usual, due primarily to warmer river water temperatures. Early last month, fishermen started seeing herring, shad and stripers in ...

John Macone, who lives in Amesbury and is a member of the Merrimack River Watershed Council, regularly gazes at the wreck as he passes by in his Boston Whaler. “To think it has survived all ...

The mission of the Merrimack River Watershed Council is to protect, improve and conserve the watershed for people and wildlife through education, recreation, advocacy and science. The quality of the ...

The steamboats also get their namesake because they use water from the river, which goes into the boiler, to make the steam that powers the engines. The longest boat on the Merrimack River will be ...