Help for 750 South West farms will benefit rivers, livestock and crops
Farmers across the South West can now access free and confidential advice to help improve water quality and boost the health of their livestock and crops. Over the next five years, the Westcountry Rivers Trust and partners are aiming to give 750 farmers practical tips...
WRT Boards arrive in the St Austell and Par Catchments
Next time you are out by the St Austell and Par rivers, look out for WRT’s interpretation boards! An important element of our South Cornwall River Improvement Project (SCRIP) is to engage and provide information to those people who live in and visit the...
Inspiring the future generation
On Sunday the 26th June, Scott West, a fisheries scientist from WRT joined forced with Dean Asplin from the Angling Trust to deliver a partnership day focused on introducing young people to the sport of fishing. The day was part of “Taunton wildlife week” organised...
The Chemcatchers are in!
This week we have been out and about with South West Water deploying ChemcatchersTM passive samplers across our catchments as part of our Upstream Thinking project. We have developed this exciting new technology in conjunction with SWW, the University of...