Winner of Best Educational Trade Stand!

Winner of Best Educational Trade Stand!

The Upstream Thinking team for the River Dart catchment attended Totnes Show on Sunday 31st July, and were delighted to be awarded the ‘Best Educational Trade Stand’ award. Upstream Thinking is funded by South West Water and is being delivered in five catchments...
Messing about on the River 2016

Messing about on the River 2016

We set up the Westcountry Rivers Trust stand in the usual position on the banks of the River Tale for ‘Messing About on the River’ 2016. Over the course of the day, several families spent time in the river kick-sampling and discovering the breadth of the aquatic life,...
Lewannick’s Water Warriors

Lewannick’s Water Warriors

Earlier in the year Lewannick Primary School in conjunction with Westcountry Rivers Trust secured a Partnership Grant from The Royal Society. Partnership Grants fund up to £3000 for science, technology, engineering or mathematics projects supported by teachers and...
WRT Boards arrive in the St Austell and Par Catchments

WRT Boards arrive in the St Austell and Par Catchments

Next time you are out by the St Austell and Par rivers, look out for WRT’s interpretation boards! An important element of our South Cornwall River Improvement Project (SCRIP) is to engage and provide information to those people who live in and visit the...
Inspiring the future generation

Inspiring the future generation

On Sunday the 26th June, Scott West, a fisheries scientist from WRT joined forced with Dean Asplin from the Angling Trust to deliver a partnership day focused on introducing young people to the sport of fishing. The day was part of “Taunton wildlife week” organised...
Good Farm, Bad Farm crosses the sea

Good Farm, Bad Farm crosses the sea

We are pleased to see that our ‘Good Farm, Bad Farm illustration’ is being used in the Ballinderry Rivers Trust new River School. We commissioned artist Mark Stacey to clearly illustrate how simple interventions can reduce the impact of agricultural activity on the...