A Star for StARR
The £30.9 million St Austell Bay Resilient Regeneration (StARR) flood defence scheme has picked up an accolade at the Institution of Civil Engineering (ICE) South West Civil Engineering Awards 2024. The flood defence scheme, in which Westcountry Rivers Trust delivered...
The Beaver’s Role in our River Environment
In this blog from our Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Dan Osmond, he considers the answer to the question, what does the restoration of natural river ecosystems look like? “Over millennia of human development and the resulting changes that have occurred to...
Changes to the Super Salmon Run Sunday
A FEW words from the organisers of the Salmon Run who had to cancel the event due to weather warnings "Despite the postponement of the Salmon Run Relay and 5K due to two amber weather warnings, high winds and torrential rain, the Salmon Run ultra runners took to the...
Celebrating Freshwater Science
FRESHWATER science conversations flowed like a river at our annual WRT Science Evening at Topsham Brewery in Exeter on 25 September. This year was extra special as we are celebrating our 30th Anniversary. The event looked back over the past 30 years, recognising the...
Celebrating 19 Years of World Rivers Day
OUR CHARITY has been caring and working for the region's rivers and waterways for the past 30 years. As many of us are aware, our rivers need our help now more than ever. This year to mark World Rivers Day on the 22 September, our River Lemon Partnership Project to...
No bonuses and potential prison part of new Water (Special Measures) Bill
YESTERDAY (5 Sept 2024) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, introduce the Water (Special Measures) Bill for England and Wales to Parliament. This follows the announcement Mr Reed made in his first week to: ringfence funding for...