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Becoming a Citizen Scientist

My latest venture into the world of fieldwork was signing up to the Westcountry Rivers Trust’s ‘Citizen Science’ scheme. After filling in a quick form on the Westcountry Rivers Trust website and receiving my login details, I became part of a team of freshwater...
Guest blog: We need to work with nature, not against it

Guest blog: We need to work with nature, not against it

By Dominic Gogol, Water Policy Manager, WWF-UK Sadly once again, many parts of the UK were unable to enjoy the festive period because of the misery that severe flooding has brought to their lives. With a changing climate and a growing population, this is the time to...
Upstream Thinking to Improve Water Quality

Upstream Thinking to Improve Water Quality

Upstream Thinking: South West Water’s approach to Catchment Management. A presentation made by WRT’s Nick Paling at The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) 2015 Sustainable Water – Integrated Water Resource Management...
From Paris to the West Country

From Paris to the West Country

Like many across the country, the Westcountry Rivers Trust carefully watched as the COP21 talks across the channel progressed over the last couple of weeks. Brought together were some of the world’s most influential people against one of the world’s most critical...
Starting life at the Westcountry Rivers Trust

Starting life at the Westcountry Rivers Trust

We all have a good understanding of the importance of our rivers in our landscapes and why we should work to maintain and restore them. However what exactly this involves is much less well known. In early November I headed to the UK’s most equatorial county to begin a...