Westcountry Rivers Trust Appoints New Chief Executive
Westcountry Rivers Trust has announced the appointment of Dr Laurence Couldrick as Chief Executive Officer. Previously Director of Policy and Development at the Trust, which celebrated its 20th Anniversary last year, Laurence steps in to the position of CEO with a...
Restoring floodplain function on the Yealm
It’s not often that the planets align in favour of re-wetting a floodplain but that’s exactly what happened earlier this month along a stretch of the River Yealm in Devon. On a clear, sunny winter morning, the purr of a mini digger could be heard in the...
Ecosystem Visualisation for Catchment Planning
The Westcountry Rivers Trust, in collaboration with DEFRA and the Rivers Trust, has developed a method for undertaking stakeholder-led spatial visualisation of ecosystem services provisioning areas across a catchment landscape. During this participatory process,...