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New Year resolution to safeguard the future of native crayfish
Partners have joined forces to help safeguard the future of the native white-clawed crayfish to ensure 2022 isn’t their final year in Northumberland’s rivers. […]
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Is the climate crisis driving rare bluefin tuna to British waters?
Not far off the coast of Britain, great shadows can be seen racing beneath the surface of the sea. […]
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National Trust follows Natural Resources Wales in banning trail hunting
Last week, Welsh Government nature agency Natural Resources Wales, which looks after swathes of countryside and forests, banned trail hunting on its land. Now the National Trust has followed its scent, in a decision announced by the charity’s board of trustees. The ban applies to land in Wales and England.
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Northern creek network at Lower Otter site nearly complete
The creeks will be the ‘veins’ of the estuary, bringing new life to the valley floor, attracting a wide variety of wildlife to the wetland habitat and enabling floodwater to drain down more quickly. […]
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Bathing waters 100% compliant for fourth year in a row
Bathing waters across Wales are compliant again for the fourth year in a row, following the completion of this year’s bathing water season. […]
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Deadly fish traps found in River Skerne
Enforcement officers have seized more than 20 illegal fish traps and other equipment in the past three months in the North East, including several in Darlington borough. The work is part of the Environment Agency’s North East crackdown called Operation Creel that aims to protect species threatened by our changing climate; the white clawed crayfish and European eel. […]
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Wales’ coastlines continue to meet the most stringent water quality standards
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) have reported that of the 105 bathing waters sampled on the beaches of Wales, 85 achieved the highest classification of ‘excellent’, 14 were classed as ‘good’ and six deemed ‘sufficient’ ensuring that Wales’ coastlines continue to meet some of the most stringent water quality standards in Europe. […]
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Chalk stream strategy launched to protect ‘England’s rainforests’
The Environment Agency has today welcomed a new strategy launched to protect England’s chalk streams. It is estimated that 85% of the world’s chalk streams are in England and around 10% of these are in Lincolnshire […]
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NRW stops trail hunting on its land
Natural Resources Wales will no longer allow trail hunting to take place on its land, following a decision by its Board not to renew its Master Agreement with the Masters of Foxhounds Association (MFHA). […]
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Hinkley Point C could ‘wipe out’ 11 billion fish, Bristol Channel campaigners say
Marine and conservation groups based around the Bristol Channel have warned that EDF‘s decision to remove the Acoustic Fish Deterrents (AFDs) on the cooling water intakes at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station could put massive fish stocks at risk. […]