Conservation
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. […]
Conservation
Water Management
Transforming Scotland’s waters: Actions to improve the water environment.
The ecological condition of Scotland’s water environment will be further protected and improved for future generations through a comprehensive new action plan, backed by enhanced resources and a multi-million pound package of investment. […]
In Court
Gloucester man ordered to pay almost £11,000 for fishing for eels illegally
A Gloucestershire fisherman who lured valuable elvers into his illegally-placed fishing net instead caught a 5-figure legal bill. […]
Conservation
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. […]
Water Management
Shipston-on-Stour residents harness power of nature to increase the town’s flood resilience
Community group hailed as best practice example of using Natural Flood Management techniques to reduce flood risk. […]
Conservation
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. […]
Conservation
Human damage done to more than half of all rivers worldwide
For people who enjoy nature, seeing animals in rivers is a pretty cool sight. But in more than half of all of them, life has been impacted by human activity, a major new study says. […]
Conservation
Powys woodland venture helps save family farm
A sheep farmer from Powys has embraced the changing face of farming and planted trees to provide a new income stream and help the environment. In March this year, Derek Morgan from Safn Coed farm […]
Conservation
Tests to be carried out after Piranhas found in Yorkshire pond
Tests are being carried out on two piranhas found dead in a Yorkshire fishing lake. People living in the village of Edlington, near Doncaster, have suggested the notorious fish could be responsible for a decline […]
Water Pollution
NASA Satellite Photos Show Polluted Rivers Dumping Into The Carolina Coast
NASA just released a stark comparison of how Hurricane Florence impacted the Carolina coastline as polluted rivers dump into the Atlantic.