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...
Torbay and South Devon Case Study: A look back at their first Living Lab event
On the 22 September 2022, the Torbay and Devon Case Study held the first of their Living Labs in Torquay. The aim was to highlight and introduce key stakeholders to both the project and the specific case study. Stakeholders came from Exeter University, local councils,...
Celebrating Nature at the Water For Growth Conference
Bruno Vincent, Project Lead provides a recap of the Water for Growth celebration event, marking the culmination of this long-standing project. As Water For Growth (W4G), our six-year ERDF funded project for Cornwall, ends, we organised a mini-conference to discuss...