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Aug 31, 2019

The Course of the Merrimack

by Doug Sparks, Merrimack Valley Magazine My Time Among the Voyagers Early on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 7, a group of kayakers began its journey down th...

Aug 14, 2019

Our View: Walking the walk to get action

Eagle Tribune Editorial Board Not long after World War II, when federal officials unveiled plans to turn the former Chesapeake and Ohio Canal into a highway ...

Aug 11, 2019

Paddling down the river: Local leaders finish four-day trip on the Merrimack

by Rachel DeBerardinis, Eagle Tribune A sunny day and bright, blue water greeted the 14 community leaders pausing in Haverhill on their two state, 117-mile j...

Aug 11, 2019

DiZoglio, Vargas Among ‘Valley Voyagers’ to Complete 4-Day Paddle to Raise Merrimack River Awareness

by Allison Corneau and Josiah Morrow, 97.9 WHAV Wavelengths For the last four days, more than a dozen lawmakers and local leaders made Merrimack River awaren...

Aug 11, 2019

Voyagers put focus on the Merrimack - Four-day kayak trip spans 117 miles

by Richard Lodge, The Salem News After four days paddling through scenic landscapes, sudden rainstorms, challenging rapids and invisible sewage released into...

Aug 11, 2019

Thoreau Along the Merrimack

by Doug Spark, Merrimack Valley Magazine The Final Day of the Merrimack River Valley Voyagers Expedition In August of 1839, Henry David Thoreau and his broth...

Aug 10, 2019

In the Heart of the Valley

by Doug Sparks, Merrimack Valley Magazine The Merrimack River provides drinking water to more than 600,000 people, and access for fishing, boating and paddli...

Aug 9, 2019

Kayaking legislators make it to Lawrence boathouse

The goal: Alerting the public about sewage overflows, improving water quality by Bill Kirk, Eagle Tribune As the sun set over their shoulders, a group of sta...

Aug 9, 2019

Sunburns, Blisters and Waterproof Bags

by Doug Sparks, Merrimack Valley Magazine On the early morning of August 7, mvm joined a group of community leaders calling themselves the Merrimack River Va...

Aug 8, 2019

Group starts 117-mile kayak trip on Merrimack

by the Daily News A group of elected leaders and members of the Merrimack River Watershed Council began their 117-mile trek kayaking down the Merrimack on We...

Aug 8, 2019

Downriver Mass. pols kayak in Manchester to appeal for cleaner water

by Mark Hayward, New Hampshire Union Leader Massachusetts politicians, environmentalists and business leaders visited Manchester by kayak Thursday, part of a...

Aug 8, 2019

The Adventure Begins

by Doug Sparks, Merrimack Valley Magazine Early this morning, a group of adventurers will set out at dawn to kayak the length of the Merrimack River, startin...

Aug 7, 2019

Watershed Council and local leaders kayak 117 miles to support Merrimack River

Sen. Edward Kennedy to speak at public event after docking in Lowell by Nicole Defeudis, Lowell Sun At least nine kayakers planned to departed Franklin, New ...

Aug 7, 2019

Bill would establish Merrimack River Commission

by Katie Lannan, Sentinel & Enterprise A new panel — whose funding has already been secured through a budget earmark — would be created to study the health o...

Jul 24, 2019

Watershed Council president aims to sharpen focus: Plans 117mile kayak trip to raise awareness of Me

by Jim Sullivan, The Daily News The new chairman of the Merrimack River Watershed Council board and a handful of others will kayak 117 miles from the headwat...