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...Fighting an Alien Invasion
As part of the South Hams River Improvement Project (SHRImP), the Trust has funding available to carry out coppicing works along river banks in the South Hams to improve the light regime to match requirements for fish across their in-stream habitats. Typically, these...
Could Salmon be returning to the River Par in Cornwall?
An adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) has been found by the Environment Agency on the river Par, which is thought to be the first adult salmon recorded on the river in recent times. A few juvenile salmon have been found in the river during more recent fisheries...