Hard cheese – Roll on the inevitable future
TODAY saw Dairy Crest (now Saputo) receive a £1.5m fine for polluting the River Inny. For those that live by, play in, monitor and/or protect the River Inny, this has been a long time coming, but is also the start of a movement that will not be going away anytime...
World Fish Migration Day
TODAY is World Fish Migration Day; what better time is there to talk about the work of the Strategic Exe Weirs (SEW) programme. We are working to restore the natural migration patterns for native fish species in the River Exe, including Atlantic salmon, European eel,...
2022 Anne Voss Bark Memorial Award – Apply Now
Salmon & Trout Conservation and the Arundell open applications for the 2022 Anne Voss Bark Memorial Award. The award is run in conjunction with Westcountry Rivers Trust. Laurence Couldrick, Westcountry Rivers Trust CEO, said: “The Westcountry Rivers Trust is...
Our Wadlands Meadow ‘wandering’ post has returned.
You might remember that earlier this year, our River Ops team installed a Fixed-Point Photography post (FPPP) in Wadlands Meadow in Tamerton Foliot as part of the Plymouth River Keepers project. Shortly afterwards, the post was mysteriously removed. Believing that the...
May 2022 is Naturally Healthy Month in Devon!
The Naturally Healthy campaign is about encouraging us all to connect with nature to feel happier and healthier, and May is a fantastic time to head outside and enjoy the fresh air and Spring weather.
Down the Drain
We took part in Cornwall Climate Care's latest film, Down the Drain. This follows a passionate kayaker as he paddles up Cornwall’s River Tamar to learn how climate change is affecting our river wildlife, the fresh water we all need to drink and grow our crops, and the...