We restore and protect the freshwater environments of the Westcountry for the benefit of people, wildlife and local economies.
For 30 years, we have cared for the rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands and estuaries of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and west Dorset. We work with people, businesses and the public sector to advance the understanding of freshwater habitats.
Our 2024 Impact Report
Discover even more about how our work in 2024 has restored and protected the region’s freshwater habitats.
We need healthy rivers. They give us so much – from our drinking water to space to unwind, from the wildlife they support to the food that we eat – we cannot live without them.
Latest News
Looking 25 years ahead…
Dr Laurence Couldrick, CEO of the Westcountry Rivers Trust, gives his thoughts on DEFRA's 25 year Environment Plan. I...
Inspiring the future generation
On Sunday the 26th June, Scott West, a fisheries scientist from WRT joined forced with Dean Asplin from the Angling...
2015 Annual Review hot off the press!
2015 turned out to be another year of change but this time slightly more predictable. We came to the end of some of...