How CSI uncovered underwater info on World Rivers Day
Our citizen scientists collected interesting data across 13 surveys for us on #WorldRiversDay – thanks to all who took part. On the Par River, we saw some high phosphate readings (1000 ppb) – a normal phosphate range is 0-60 ppb. On a brighter note,...
Cornwall charms our Upstream Thinking 3 “Devonshire dumpling”
All AONBs celebrated their Landscapes for Life Week from 19 – 27 September this year, with one of the day themes being ‘Down by the Water’. This was a great opportunity for our Upstream Thinking 3 project manager Steph Knights to chat with Cornwall AONB about...
Westcountry Rivers Trust leads the way on measuring Soil Organic Carbon on farms in the southwest
ENVIRONMENTAL charity Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) has played an instrumental role in a newly published scientific paper which establishes a fundamental baseline protocol for sampling and quantifying Soil Organic Carbon (SOC). The paper reflects a collaboration of...
Celebrating the Westcountry’s rivers on World Rivers Day 2020
A message from Dr. Laurence Couldrick, CEO of the Westcountry Rivers Trust. Our regional rivers across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset are the ‘veins’ of our landscapes, with water the ‘blood’ that fuels our lives, work and play. At Westcountry Rivers Trust we...