Seven Rivers Unbound

Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council

Welcome to Seven Rivers Unbound: a Wild and Scenic Journey through the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed. Explore the Wood-Pawcatuck's Wild and Scenic Rivers through Seven Rivers Unbound! Learn how scientists, artists, hikers, and birders enjoy and conserve the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed and its federally designated Wild and Scenic Rivers. This podcast is brought to you by the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council, and is hosted by Casey Merkle and Hugh Markey.

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Seven Rivers Unbound

Episodes (11)

Dec 2, 2025 Dragonfly Nymphs and the National Park Service at Mastuxet Brook
Nov 19, 2025 Dragonfly Nymphs and the National Park Service at Mastuxet Brook
Nov 5, 2025 Geology near the Pawcatuck River with Dr. Boving

Seven Rivers Unbound

Dec 2, 2025
19½ minutes
21 MB

Explore Mastuxet Brook, a tributary of a Wild and Scenic River, with podcast host Hugh Markey and Lauren Bonatakis, the Wood Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers National Park Service Representative, as they search for dragonfly nymphs. Lauren shares her expertise in stream ecology and explains why monitoring our streams for water quantity and quality is so important. In this episode, we discover the incredible “superpower” of dragonfly nymphs, their ability to help detect mercury in our waterways. This is the first year that the Stewardship Council has collected dragonfly nymphs for sampling and contributing to the Drag...

Seven Rivers Unbound

Dragonfly Nymphs and the National Park Service at Mastuxet Brook

Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council

00:00 -18:33