Celebrating Nature at the Water For Growth Conference

Celebrating Nature at the Water For Growth Conference

Bruno Vincent, Project Lead provides a recap of the Water for Growth celebration event, marking the culmination of this long-standing project. As Water For Growth (W4G), our six-year ERDF funded project for Cornwall, ends, we organised a mini-conference to discuss...
A fish swam past…

A fish swam past…

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...
Fish Find it ‘Loveny’ now near St Neot

Fish Find it ‘Loveny’ now near St Neot

FISH can now swim more freely in the River Loveny near St Neot as we remove a manmade barrier. Our River Operations team took out the small screen, which was trapping debris and reducing natural river movement, in October last year. They received special consent and...
Successful restoration of Cornwall’s River Camel

Successful restoration of Cornwall’s River Camel

We are celebrating, along with our partners, the successful completion of two river restoration projects that will boost wildlife and improve the health of the River Camel and one of its major tributaries, the De Lank River. The River Camel Restoration Strategy was...
Keybridge weir removal a success

Keybridge weir removal a success

Our Fisheries and River Ops teams, working under the ERDF-funded Water for Growth partnership, have been working along the river Camel to ensure its Natural Capital of salmon and trout can swim it successfully. The Camel Vision aims to re-naturalise the river, one of...