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2017 Murrows - 10x10: Traffic Circle

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Outside/In
Published February 13, 2017 at 12:36 PM EST
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A sample of some of the flora found at the traffic circle.
Logan Shannon / NHPR
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Host Sam Evans-Brown and Senior Producer Taylor Quimby talk to UNH soil microbiologist Serita Frey
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Overhead view of the traffic circle
Screen grab from Google maps
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Testing soil samples at the UNH lab.
Logan Shannon / NHPR
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Sam Evans-Brown looks at the soil sample under a microscope.
Logan Shannon / NHPR
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Preparing a sample for study.
Logan Shannon / NHPR

In a series called 10x10, Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown takes a journey to a 10x10 plot and uncovers the ecological secrets in spaces one would never think to look. In this segment, Sam looks for extraordinary signs of life at the center of an ordinary traffic circle in Lee, New Hampshire.
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