Volunteers gain national recognition for river restoration
We are so excited to share the news that three of our Devon-based volunteers have been recognised for their freshwater habitat conservation efforts in a national nomination scheme. Well done all. Vicky Whitworth, Mike Kent and Hannah Pearson, who are part of our...
First ‘Water for Woodland’ Trees Planted in the Westcountry
Our Woodlands for Water (W4W) team have good reason to celebrate since completing their first planting site in the Westcountry. The ambitions of the W4W project are to restore and protect ‘lost’ wetland and riparian habitat, as a means of improving river health. In...
More than £18,500 saved through Soil Mineral Nitrogen tests
OUR Soil Mineral Nitrogen (SMN) project in Devon's Otter catchment has helped farmers save thousands of pounds while supporting river health. The scheme falls under the Upstream Thinking 3 (UST3) programme, funded by South West Water (SWW), which works with farming...
Being Proactive with PROWATER
OUR PROWATER project stands for protecting and restoring raw water sources through actions at the landscape scale. Since 2017, we have been working as partners in the cross-border scheme to build resilience to climate change. The project has done this by restoring the...
Putting Coppice on the Map – can you help?
THE NATIONAL Coppice Federation (NCFed) has received funding from the Forestry Commission’s ‘Woods Into Management Forestry Innovation Fund (WIMFIF)’, to undertake a new project in South West England for privately-owned woodland. The ‘More Coppice Into Productive...
Devon MP learns about love for region’s rivers
LOVE for the rivers across our region is growing, and we met with a Devon MP the day before Valentine's to share more about our volunteers and all they do for freshwater habitats. Selaine Saxby represents North Devon and she joined our CEO Dr Laurence Couldrick on 13...