Fish do live in trees?!
Scott West, one of WRT’s Fisheries Scientist’s recently attended a Wild Trout Trust workshop. Here is what he had to say….. I attended a workshop run by the Wild Trout Trust (WTT) on one of their practical, in-river, workshops alongside...
Looking 25 years ahead…
Dr Laurence Couldrick, CEO of the Westcountry Rivers Trust, gives his thoughts on DEFRA’s 25 year Environment Plan. I have just returned from a meeting in Exeter that involved the environmental great and good from Devon and Cornwall. The topic in discussion? The...
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...
UN World Water Day
Every year the United Nations recognise today, the 22nd March, as World Water Day. This year the UN focus is on the theme of ‘Water and Jobs,’ the importance of which is laid wide open by the fact that almost half the global working population work in water related...