by Laurence Couldrick | Oct 10, 2025
Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) is leading a 22 strong partnership project from 13 European countries building on their work on pond creation as ‘water batteries’ to investigate the potential for a Smart Water Grid. The €8m Horizon project was selected as one of two...
by Laurence Couldrick | Dec 5, 2024
Head of Land Management, Annabel Martin, explains the connections between healthy soils and healthy rivers this World Soils Day. Many of the problems that our rivers systems face, often at the top of the hill. Rivers are so much more than the flash of water you...
by Laurence Couldrick | Dec 4, 2024
Strategic Exe Weirs Project Officer, Tom Watts talks about the importance clean gravels in our rivers plays in the survival of our fish species. As the leaves fall from the trees and colder, longer nights set in, our headwater streams and rivers are brought alive with...
by Laurence Couldrick | Sep 27, 2024
OUR CHARITY has been caring and working for the region’s rivers and waterways for the past 30 years. As many of us are aware, our rivers need our help now more than ever. This year to mark World Rivers Day on the 22 September, our River Lemon Partnership Project...
by Laurence Couldrick | Jun 28, 2024
In June 1994, a group of individuals who cared about the state of our rivers initiated what we now know as the Westcountry Rivers Trust. The trust has grown considerably since then, but our mission has remained the same – to bring rivers to life. Covering four...
