by Laurence Couldrick | Jan 31, 2022
PLYMOUTH’s water loving MP Luke Pollard joined Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) on Friday, 28 January, to see how the charity is improving the health of the city’s streams. The trust’s three-year Plymouth River Keepers (PRK) project brings together communities,...
by Laurence Couldrick | Aug 6, 2021
[Updated February 2024] North American weevils have been released by the Plymouth River Keepers (PRK) team and their supporters to help clear the Budshead Pond of Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides). The weevils eat this non-native invasive plant, which originates from...
by Laurence Couldrick | Jun 23, 2021
We love rivers and want to help protect these habitats for nature and people. This Saturday (26 June), three members of the WRT team – Simon, Nicola and Frank – are taking part in a 2.5km swim in the River Dart in Devon. The money that they raise will not...
by Laurence Couldrick | Jun 17, 2021
The National Trust is taking inspiration from a 19th Century painting of the Killerton Estate in Devon to help create a 50 year vision for the landscape boosting its ability to store carbon by improving and expanding habitats and creating areas rich in wildlife. The...
by Laurence Couldrick | May 21, 2021
Plymouth University Student Lucie shares her placement experience of water quality monitoring within the Plymouth River Keepers (PRK) catchment. “In April, on placement at Westcountry Rivers Trust, I joined the monitoring team on an outing to the Tamerton Foliot...
