FISH habitat has been improved on two rivers in Cornwall through a six-year, multi-million-pound project between environment-related organisations. Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), The Environment Agency and Natural England began the Water for Growth (W4G) project in...
DEFRA has confirmed £44m+ funding for local communities and organisations to plant more trees and create more woodlands across the country. This is part of the work of the Government’s England Trees Action Plan, supported by circa £675m from the Nature for...
Our Head of Fisheries Dr. Bruce Stockley reflects on life returning to a river following a weir removal. While watching a river in July, a small fish swam past me. Its movements were fast, nervous and darting. Not unexpected you’d think, but I was witnessing...
The National Trust is taking inspiration from a 19th Century painting of the Killerton Estate in Devon to help create a 50 year vision for the landscape boosting its ability to store carbon by improving and expanding habitats and creating areas rich in wildlife. The...
Plymouth University Student Lucie shares her placement experience of water quality monitoring within the Plymouth River Keepers (PRK) catchment. “In April, on placement at Westcountry Rivers Trust, I joined the monitoring team on an outing to the Tamerton Foliot...
On a crisp, sunny November morning, Matt and I set out in our waders, food-filled bags on our back, to follow the River Gannel along a six kilometre stretch, on the look for salmonid habitat and potential areas for river improvement works. While we try to stay on the...
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