My experience as a Westcountry CSI volunteer for the PRK Project.
Volunteers like Nick, 30, from Plymouth, make such a positive difference to our PRK and CSI project. Find out from him why he loves being involved. I started volunteering in September 2021. I had just started an Environmental Science Degree at the University of...
Will UK act to save salmon?
Following on from the news about salmon numbers, our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick shared a short thread on our Twitter account (reproduced below) about why we should care and asks what can be done. Salmon populations are in decline across the majority of the UK and they...
Keeping a watch on water resources and salmon numbers
This week has so far seen two concerning water-related issues make the news. Water resource On Tuesday 26 July, the Environment Agency convened the National Drought Group (NDG) to consider the potential for declaring a drought in England in August. The group,...
Water resource tips in a heatwave
WATER resource is something that is always on our minds at Westcountry Rivers Trust. For others, given we are fortunate to have water on tap, it may not be on their radar, but as we face a heatwave, and potential droughts, even here in the UK, it’s worth spending a...
Back at the bottom for region’s water company
Westcountry Rivers Trust statement in response to the Environment Agency's Environmental Performance Assessment of the water industry. FOR almost 30 years, people at our charity have woken up, dressed, eaten breakfast and headed off to work to restore and protect our...
Westcountry riverbank gets banking support
THE RIVER Plym received a helping hand from Lloyds Banking Group as staff volunteered with us as citizen scientists. Employees from the London-based banking team chose to give nature a boost as part of their corporate away day when they joined our environmental...