Why is soil so important?
Head of Land Management, Annabel Martin, explains the connections between healthy soils and healthy rivers this World Soils Day. Many of the problems that our rivers systems face, often at the top of the hill. Rivers are so much more than the flash of water you...
A Winter River Spectacle
Strategic Exe Weirs Project Officer, Tom Watts talks about the importance clean gravels in our rivers plays in the survival of our fish species. As the leaves fall from the trees and colder, longer nights set in, our headwater streams and rivers are brought alive with...
Habitats Benefit through Enforcement Undertaking
POLLUTING the River Allen sees £8,000 paid to Westcountry Rivers Trust through an Enforcement Undertaking. C.P.Button Ltd in St Tudy, Cornwall, agreed to contribute to the trust after an investigation by the Environment Agency into half a mile of the River Allen being...
Pesticide Amnesty Helps Protect Natural Water Quality
HUNDREDS of litres of harmful pesticides and chemicals have been safely removed from farms across Cornwall and Devon in a pesticide amnesty. As part of our work with the South West Water-funded Upstream Thinking project, and in collaboration with partners the Cornwall...