Trust News Archives - Page 28 of 60 - Westcountry Rivers Trust

The Wild Dart swim

by Laurence Couldrick | Jun 23, 2021

We love rivers and want to help protect these habitats for nature and people. This Saturday (26 June), three members of the WRT team – Simon, Nicola and Frank – are taking part in a 2.5km swim in the River Dart in Devon. The money that they raise will not...

Historic painting helps inspire 50 year vision for carbon and nature rich landscape at Devon Estate

by Laurence Couldrick | Jun 17, 2021

The National Trust is taking inspiration from a 19th Century painting of the Killerton Estate in Devon to help create a 50 year vision for the landscape boosting its ability to store carbon by improving and expanding habitats and creating areas rich in wildlife. The...

Queen honours founder of our charity and the river movement

by Josie | Jun 14, 2021

THE QUEEN has awarded one of our founders an OBE in her Birthday Honours. Arlin Rickard, a smallholder on Bodmin Moor, was instrumental in setting up the trust in 1994 before leading The Rivers Trust (formerly the Association of Rivers Trusts) for 15 years. He said:...

98 days to help the River Tamar

by Josie | Jun 5, 2021

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

by Josie | May 25, 2021

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...

Day in the life of a river scientist in Plymouth.

by Laurence Couldrick | May 21, 2021

Plymouth University Student Lucie shares her placement experience of water quality monitoring within the Plymouth River Keepers (PRK) catchment. “In April, on placement at Westcountry Rivers Trust, I joined the monitoring team on an outing to the Tamerton Foliot...