Devon’s WI tasting and treats
We had a wonderful time with the women from Devon's Women's Institute on Tuesday 12 March at the John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners Exeter event.More than 1,000 members attended a special evening of tastings, demonstrations and general merriment. We...
Women Working With Water on #IWD2019
This year’s International Women’s Day focuses on improving gender balance across the world while celebrating women’s achievements socially, economically, culturally and politically. Here at Westcounty Rivers Trust the team has a 50% split of women and men working at...
Celebrating our 25th Anniversary year…with chutney
What an exciting start to our 25th anniversary year as food producer Otter Vale chooses to support us as part of their own 40th year in business celebration.For every jar and tub of Devon Chutney you buy this year, they will share a donation between us and Devon Air...
Woodlands – Water – Fisheries Workshop
Reflecting on the wooded nature of the Walkham Catchment, together with its importance as a salmonid fishery and Natural Flood Management (NFM), we held a woodlands, water and fisheries workshop to engage and bring together all relevant stakeholders to exchange...
Water For Growth: Habitat Work
Removal of barriers to fish migration forms the greatest part of Water For Growth (W4G) but getting fish up to poor spawning grounds or unhealthy juvenile habitat would be a wasted effort so a program of rehabilitation of these areas has been employed to...
Fish Pass: our innovative new angling app
The funding we received to improve fish passage and salmonid habitat was balanced with our aim to get more people fishing. If our work on weirs and the rivers can increase stocks of fish, then bringing a greater number of anglers to experience the fishing will bring...