Our Mission…
is to restore and protect the rivers, lakes, and estuaries of the Westcountry for the benefit of nature, people, and local economies.
Our Vision…
is to see people helping our Westcountry rivers flow freely and teem with life, while valuing our most precious of resources, water.
Our objectives…
As a Registered Charity in England (1135007), all of our work must, by law, contribute to the delivery of the following charitable objectives:
To conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the rivers, streams, watercourses and water impoundments of the catchments comprising the rivers within the Westcountry, including adjacent estuarine and coastal areas.
To advance the education of the public, or any association, company, local authority, administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in:
• the understanding of rivers, river corridors and catchments, including their fauna, flora and economic or social activity, and river catchment management
• the need for, and benefits of, conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of aquatic environments.
The projects we deliver span whole catchments to specific places. They relate to water, land, and communities.
Everything we do is supported by evidence and science.
Discover more about our projects below.
Land Management
We deliver land management advice and on-farm measures to minimise pollutant loss from farms while maximising efficiency & enhancing ecological health
Fisheries & Rivers
Our fisheries management takes an action-orientated approach, which is based on answering the essential questions to direct our works on rivers
Evidence & Engagement
We create, manage, analyse and present robust spatial evidence of the highest quality to ensure that actions are targeted, integrated and cost efficient
Education
We offer education to people at all stages and from any background: it is the key to changing behaviour and can best be achieved through interaction with nature
Some of our latest work
