98 days to help the River Tamar
We are calling for people who live, work or simply love the River Tamar to help prevent single-use plastic (SUP) entering the river this summer. As part of our work in the €14m Preventing Plastic Pollution (PPP) project, involving key partners in England and France to...
Green recovery to be supported through water company investment
Ofwat has announced a £2.7 billion draft water company investment package to help the environment. For the Westcountry, this will see South West Water investing £81.042 million to deliver five schemes. We are pleased to be part of the solution in promoting a green...
Deaf Awareness Week – Jenny’s story.
Hi, I’m Jenny (she/her), Evidence and Engagement Officer at Westcountry Rivers Trust and a member of our Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Team. I’ve always had a strong connection to nature and the outdoors and particularly loved animals when I was growing up, so I...
The canary in the cage is an eel
EELS may not be the first species most people think of as an indicator of environmental danger, but they are and we need to heed them. A hundred years ago the idea of using a canary in a cage to indicate the presence of carbon monoxide in coal mines as an early...