New project to help fish passage on the River Camel
We are pleased to announce that Westcountry Rivers Trust has been awarded €15,000 from the Open Rivers Programme to deliver a new project within the River Camel in Cornwall. The project will help to restore natural river function, including improving river flow and...
Inspiring Day Out for Corporate Donor
As proud supporters of The River Trust and Westcountry Rivers Trust, Barnstaple-based craft door and cabinet hardware makers Turnstyle Designs made a donation to our The Big Give Green Match Fund fundraiser as part of our Bringing Rivers to You summer campaign. This...
It’s a Great ‘Steart’ for Hinkley Point C Litter Pick Team
A TEAM from Hinkley Point C supported river health in Somerset with us through a litter picking and wildlife watching event. More than 20 HR-related staff from Hinkley Point C, the project to build a new nuclear power station near Shurton, joined us in July to learn...
It’s the ‘fin’ale for a successful fish passage project in Cornwall.
FISH habitat has been improved on two rivers in Cornwall through a six-year, multi-million-pound project between environment-related organisations. Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), The Environment Agency and Natural England began the Water for Growth (W4G) project in...
Toxic chemical pollution found in river and groundwater sites across England
A WORRYING scale of chemical pollution in England's rivers and freshwater sites has been revealed following analysis of official Environment Agency (EA) data [1]. The research, from The Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link, looked at the prevalence of five...
Mainstreaming Nature Based Solutions
The river trust movement's national body, The Rivers Trust, will be co-leading a pioneering five-year project aimed at mainstreaming nature-based solutions (NBS) to deliver environmental and socio-economic benefits. The project will be working to remove barriers and...