Being Proactive with PROWATER

Being Proactive with PROWATER

OUR PROWATER project stands for protecting and restoring raw water sources through actions at the landscape scale. Since 2017, we have been working as partners in the cross-border scheme to build resilience to climate change. The project has done this by restoring the...
Putting Coppice on the Map – can you help?

Putting Coppice on the Map – can you help?

THE NATIONAL Coppice Federation (NCFed) has received funding from the Forestry Commission’s ‘Woods Into Management Forestry Innovation Fund (WIMFIF)’, to undertake a new project in South West England for privately-owned woodland. The ‘More Coppice Into Productive...
Devon MP learns about love for region’s rivers

Devon MP learns about love for region’s rivers

LOVE for the rivers across our region is growing, and we met with a Devon MP the day before Valentine’s to share more about our volunteers and all they do for freshwater habitats. Selaine Saxby represents North Devon and she joined our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick...
Celebrating Nature at the Water For Growth Conference

Celebrating Nature at the Water For Growth Conference

Bruno Vincent, Project Lead provides a recap of the Water for Growth celebration event, marking the culmination of this long-standing project. As Water For Growth (W4G), our six-year ERDF funded project for Cornwall, ends, we organised a mini-conference to discuss...
Nature Recovery Plans at Bokiddick Wet Woodland

Nature Recovery Plans at Bokiddick Wet Woodland

Our operations team programme supervisor Henry Marriner shares upcoming plans from the G7 Legacy Project for Nature Recovery. “For the first three months in 2023, Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) and G7 Legacy Project for Nature Recovery (G7 LPNR) is moving into...