Would you like to help create local solutions to the impacts of climate change and improve flood resilience? Rapidly Responding Catchments, or RRCs, are quick draining catchment areas (under 10km²) where surface run-off during high rainfall events can overwhelm small communities. We have identified East Budleigh as an RRC and would like to work with you to build […]

Are you part of the Honiton Community? Worried about flooding? If so, drop into our community event to find out more about the different resilience actions that could help build your community's resilience to flooding. Have a go at our slow the flow card game, interact with your catchment in our sand box and chat […]

Come along to this FREE introductory event to learn about our CSI scheme, and how you could help protect the river Camel from pollution. This is a free café - style event for anyone interested in water quality and wildlife in the Camel Valley catchment area; it's hosted by Dr Mike Kent, co-author of Exploring […]

Join the Rapid Response Catchments team at the one of the oldest Charter Fairs in the country. We’re working with local communities to help them to bolster their resilience to climate change and flooding, come along to our stall to learn more about the project. Bampton Town Charter Fair is a traditional fair that continues […]

Join our River Ops and Land Programme Managers at this conference which explores natural flood management and nature based solutions. This event will feature a series of morning presentations, followed by an afternoon of workshops. One of which will be led by Ben Gallant and Giles Rickard, from the Westcountry Rivers Trust, and will focus […]

Come along to hear our Chief Executive Officer, Dr Laurence Couldrick, talk about the role of temperate forests and other nature-based solutions in delivering integrated catchment management. Dartmoor’s temperate woodlands with their understory of lichens, mosses and shrubs are one of the wonders of Dartmoor. Join us at the Fingle Bridge Inn, located in a […]

An online webinar and workshop to update you on South West Water's (SWW) business plan and to discuss some of the key issues they are working to address. The 7th ‘Let's Talk Water’ event will begin with a presentation by Laura Flowerdew (Chief Customer and Digital Officer) on the upcoming launch of WaterFit Live 3 […]

Can an underutilized way to graze cattle, that mimics the way bison once roamed the land, help get farmers out of debt, restore our depleted soils, rebuild wildlife habitat and draw down huge amounts of carbon? Cattle have been seen as eco-villains for a long time. What if they can help save us from catastrophic […]

Understanding and conserving salmonid populations in a changing world, theoretical underpinnings and implementation. Speakers: Dr Bruce Stockley, Westcountry Rivers Trust & Professor Jamie Stevens, University of Exeter. Date and location: January 16 2024, 2pm-3pm. Online at:  https://www.youtube.com/@instituteforenvironmentalf4963 and Lecture Theatre 5, Bennett Building, University of Leicester Speakers Bio: Bruce Stockley is an applied river scientist who […]

Join our Director of Operations, Bruce Stockley, in the beautiful Tamar Valley for a series of nature talks. Bruce will be talking all things fisheries, dams and barriers, for his contribution to the talk series. Come along to learn about: Our river restoration projects across the Westcountry What fishereies are, what we need to do […]

Our Angling Development Officer, James will be at the South West Fly Fair talking about our FishPass app. Head along to find out more. Adult Entry: £6; Under 18s: Free. More details can be found via the South West Lakes Trust website.