Chemcatchers™: A novel approach to water quality monitoring
Throughout this year, we’ve been developing and expanding our water quality monitoring capabilities here at the Trust, which has included the purchase and use of an innovative new ‘passive sampling’ system. Chemcatcher™ passive samplers, were...
A Fishy Tail from the Classroom
Back in May, pupils at Culmstock Primary School in Devon welcomed some unusually fishy companions to their classroom and did their bit to help conserve one of the South West’s most iconic species of fish, the Atlantic salmon. The pupils took delivery of more than 100...
Reconnecting the Polgooth Stream
The Polgooth stream is the largest tributary of the St Austell River, known locally as the White River, and rises near Trewoon, a small village to the west of St Austell. Like many of the streams and rivers that rise in the St Austell and mid-Cornwall area, it has...