Meeting the challenge of a changing climate
Our head of evidence and engagement Dr. Nick Paling ask if we are suffering from climate resilience anxiety. Do you worry about the impacts that climate change will have on your life and the lives of your family over the next 10-20 years…? It’s perfectly...
Water company to pay £350,000 to charity following pollution incident
An Enforcement Undertaking (EU) has led to South West Water (SWW) offering to pay us £350,000 to help a Devon river recover from serious pollution that wiped out the local fish population.This payment has been accepted by the Environment Agency as an alternative to...
Survey reveals high levels of satisfaction with multi-award-winning Upstream Thinking project
We continue to work with South West Water (SWW) to deliver the second phase of the Upstream Thinking (UST) initiative, running from 2015 to 2020. According to recent research, 94% of surveyed farmers are pleased SWW is getting involved in helping them explore how to...
Town Council approves proposed weir improvements on River Camel
Camelford Town Council has given us the go-ahead to help migratory fish more easily navigate the upper River Camel.We are proposing to cut notches into the three stone weirs located in Enfield Park to assist fish to follow their natural migration routes up and...
New £1m project – Connecting the Culm
Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is embarking on a new project to find natural solutions to some of the issues facing the River Culm and its catchment, and we are a part of it.This new initiative called Connecting the Culm is part of Co-Adapt,...
StARR river table helps show flood effects on landscape
More than 190 people attended the latest St Austell Bay Resilient Regeneration Project (StARR) public event at St Blazey Football Club on Saturday 29 June, to find out about on-going plans to reduce the risk of flooding in Par and St Blazey.Our river table...