Taunton school pupils enjoy our first rain garden

Taunton school pupils enjoy our first rain garden

Pupils from Selworthy School in Taunton are enjoying a new outdoor space, thanks to a collaboration with the Westcountry Rivers Trust. The co-educational special school for children and young people with learning disabilities worked with the environmental charity to...
Soaking it up with SPONGE2020

Soaking it up with SPONGE2020

They say time flies when you are having fun. Well, time flies especially fast when you are having fun delivering a multi-year EU project! We are halfway through SPONGE 2020, as the midterm conference that will be held in Southend in September shows. In the past two...
Celebrating the Year of the Yeo

Celebrating the Year of the Yeo

Our monthly celebrations of the ‘Year of the Yeo’ continued last week with a ‘Creative Writing and Storytelling’ event down by the river. In the fantastic setting of Yeovil County Park, we were joined by local author and storyteller Beth Webb,...
River Cottage Visits WRT

River Cottage Visits WRT

WRT fisheries scientist Scott & his team recently spent some time filming with Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, who is passionate about eels! This included some eel chat over a pint and a log fire the night before and finished with Hugh up to his waist in mud helping...
Glass Eel Citizen Science Project

Glass Eel Citizen Science Project

  The eel is a critically endangered species, more endangered than the snow leopard and the tiger. Bristol is one of the leading European forces in saving the eel. As part of their ongoing commitments to deliver alternative measures under the National Environment...