by David Moreton | Oct 29, 2025
As the 2025 angling season draws to a close, anglers across the Westcountry are packing up their gear and submitting catch reports in their dozens. With over 1,000 anglers casting through the Fish Pass app this year, the Westcountry Rivers Trust angling team has...
by Freya Stacey | Oct 11, 2025
When you see one of our river restoration projects taking shape – whether it’s a new wetland habitat or natural flood management features – there’s an important step that happens long before the first spade goes in the ground. It’s called...
by Laurence Couldrick | Oct 10, 2025
Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) is leading a 22 strong partnership project from 13 European countries building on their work on pond creation as ‘water batteries’ to investigate the potential for a Smart Water Grid. The €8m Horizon project was selected as one of two...
by Alice Broaders | Oct 2, 2025
At the Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), our Land Team plays a vital role in protecting and improving the health of the South West’s rivers by supporting farmers and landowners to manage their land more sustainably. By offering tailored, expert advice and practical...
by Daniel Skeats | Oct 1, 2025
WRT Rivers and fisheries team electrofishing to survey fish numbers. Credit Will Templeton With the end of September, the 2025 electrofishing season has come to a close and at Westcountry Rivers Trust we’ve been busy surveying across the summer! Since the start of...
by Georgia Perrin | Sep 30, 2025
WRT’s Dan Osmond. Image credit Sam Jones What do you get when you mix running shoes, colourful costumes, salmon stories, and a whole lot of community spirit? The Salmon Run! From the early morning on Exmouth beach to dusk in Dulverton, the day was a moving...
