UK agriculture and environment leaders meet to tackle soil management
Environmental experts, politicians and representatives from the agricultural sector have gathered to discuss how the UK can better manage its soils for the benefit of people and the environment. The conference, Creating resilient catchments: Better Soil...
Soils Alive!!
20 farmers this week from the Tavy and Tamar catchments got together at Hurlditch Farm, Lamerton near Tavistock to exchange information about grassland and soil management to maximise profitability and improve water quality in the river. Tony and Jenny...
Westcountry Women Working With Water
International Women’s Day this year is certainly promising to be even more interesting than usual, with gender equality being present on pretty much everyone’s agenda over the last few months. Questions about how we perceive, encourage and reward...
WMN Feature: Why we all need to worry about the state of the nation’s soils
The nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself, said US President Roosevelt. Brexit reforms could save us from self-destruction, Laurence Couldrick tells Western Morning News Maritime and Environment Correspondent, Keith Rossiter England’s green and pleasant land...
Water for growth: one year in!
The 15th of February 2017 saw Westcountry Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, Natural England, Scott Mann MP, TV and radio crews, convene on Camelford park on the banks of the river Camel to officially launch Water For Growth. One year on and the full significance of...
Gravel bringing salmon back to Devon river
New spawning habitats are bringing salmon back to a stretch of the River Avon. In a five-minute spot survey this autumn, the Westcountry Rivers Trust counted 21 juvenile salmon on a stretch of river where no salmon or trout were counted four years ago. Over the last...