South West Lakes Trout Fisheries Report December 2022
South West Lakes Trust, a charity dedicated to caring for and enhancing the South West’s reservoirs and lakes, has released a summary of their trout fisheries’ impressive latest season. Despite depleted water levels during the hot dry summer, they managed...
Fish Legal case closed for River Mole
The determined efforts of five individuals have secured a successful outcome to a private claim following a pollution incident in the River Mole. In July 2019, anaerobic digestate being spread as a fertiliser on fields near South Molton by a farmer and contractor...
The Environment mag highlights the value of our citizen scientists
“Volunteering can be a wonderful way for any environmentalist to break into the conservation sector; it worked for me.” Lydia Ashworth – Westcountry Rivers Trust’s Westcountry Citizen Science Investigations Coordinator shares her passion for community...
Celebrating National Tree Week
As National Tree Week runs from 26 Nov to 4 Dec, we want to share some top tips with you about hedgerow trees. Hedgerows (commonly forming hedgebanks in the South West) are semi-natural habitats which in combination form one of the largest semi-natural habitats in the...