WRT Director explains the Trust’s vision to the House of Lords: the role of Payment for Ecosystem Services schemes in delivery of the WFD.
On the 1st of February this year, Trust director, Dr Dylan Bright, travelled to London to give evidence to the House of Lords EU Select Committee inquiry on EU Freshwater Policy. During the hour-long session, Dr Bright was quizzed intensively on his views on the Water...
Launch of Head Wier Natural Fish Pass
In December 2010 Head Wier Natural fish pass was opened on the River Mole, UK. For background, please see the post below ‘Weir today, gone tomorrow’. The video in this post shows the moment the digger opened the channel and the River Mole began to flow through the...
Weir today, gone tomorrow
In 2009 the Westcountry Rivers Trust, in collaboration with a consortium of riparian owners and the Environment Agency, secured funding in excess of £200,000 to undertake the replacement of Head Weir on the River Mole, one of the main tributaries of Devon's River Taw....