The Environment Agency encourages local sports clubs to become more sustainable
As new year’s resolutions see more people getting involved in sporting activities, our PPP partners, the EA, share plastic reduction advice for community sports groups. The guidance comes in the form of a leaflet, which has been launched internationally,...
Tamar catchment research to aid increase in salmon smolt numbers
Our fisheries scientific officer Sam Baycock shares outcomes from our ongoing Roadford Mitigation Project. Increasing the number of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts leaving the Tamar catchment is the focus of our Roadford Dam mitigation work. Since the...
Duke of Edinburgh Awards students clear plastic and litter from rivers
TWO Duke of Edinburgh Awards students have cleared plastic and litter from rivers in Cornwall. Jarvis L’Arbalestier, 14, of Stoke Climsland joined us to volunteer in litter picks as part of our Preventing Plastic Pollution project in the Tamar catchment. Jacob...
Treescapes for Riverscapes
Rivers and watercourses in Devon and Cornwall are part of plan to create thousands of hectares of new woodland in England to improve water quality and biodiversity. Forestry Minister Lord Goldsmith announced today (Saturday 25 September) the start of a new tree...