Pearl of the Seacoast
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Pearl of the Seacoast
Staff and students from University of New Hampshire’s Jackson Marine
Lab are looking for strategies to restore New Hampshire’s declining oyster
population by studying oyster reef habitat, oyster predation, and oyster disease
resistance. Oysters -- which have high ecological importance in Great Bay,
one of the biggest estuaries on the east coast -- are affected by pollution,
overharvesting, and a recently arrived oyster disease called MSX.
Click here for information about Sarah Mikulak’s oyster reef research.
Wild
Ways: Striper Fishing
Wild Ways host Lisa Densmore heads out with longtime fishing guide Peter Whalen
to try her hand at striper fishing in New Hampshire’s coastal waters.
Migrating stripers put up an exciting fight when feeding on baitfish, making
them one of the most popular fisheries on the eastern seaboard.
Keepers of the Estuary
Great Bay has a long history of human interaction and impacts. In recent decades,
local citizens have come together to care for this vital estuary -- some
24,500 acres are now under protection. Learn how volunteers, in conjunction
with the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Stratham’s
Sandy Point Discovery Center, are working to ensure that the Great Bay conservation
legacy remains for generations to come.
Click to visit Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and
the Sandy Point Discovery Center.
Wild
Places: Cocheco River
From its headwaters in New Durham to where it joins the Salmon Falls River
in Dover, the Cocheco River provides scenic beauty for people -- and habitat
for fish and wildlife. Host Willem Lange explores the contours and rich human
history of the 30-mile Cocheco, a prized place for paddlers and waterfowl
alike.
