02 Feb 2017
New CaBA booklet The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) brings people together to enhance rivers at a catchment scale, as well as achieve the aspirations of local communities. More than 1500 organisations are now taking this approach in over 100 river catchments in England and Wales, and there have been many successes and achievements. To illustrate […]
14 Dec 2016
We know how to do this, scaling it up is the challenge. Upper Aire – Prestigious environmental Green Apple award for pioneering project improving some of Yorkshire’s finest countryside Environment Agency ‘A pioneering scheme that is leading the way in improving some of Yorkshire’s best countryside has won a prestigious national award. The Upper Aire […]
16 Nov 2016
Your Fisheries is a catchment initiative developed by The River Trust supported by Environment Agency and Angling Trust. Your Fisheries will provide a common web-based planning system that brings together evidence and knowledge from a range of different sources to inform catchment specific fisheries reports. These reports are intended to represent a range of perspectives […]
10 Nov 2016
The Coal Authority Successful case study in dealing with this serious issue ‘Saltburn Gill is a narrow stream in a wooded valley in the area of East Cleveland, England. In 1999 a large, iron-rich mine water outbreak occurred which polluted Saltburn Gill and Skelton Beck, as well as discolouring a popular surfing beach. Following initial […]
20 Jul 2016
With Truss, Letwin and Stewart moved on there will be a continuing need to remind the new ministers of the value of catchment solutions. Two updates and interesting information River restoration Centre, Holnicote Natural Flood Management Project members site visit by Jasmine Errey on Monday, 18th July, 2016 ‘On the first Wednesday of July we […]
25 Aug 2014
This is a really interesting and helpful project which is seeking to better understand land use and water management; their newsletter is a mine of information. Click here for more information DTC Newsletter July 2014 Lessons from seeing understanding what others are doing by site visits – some really interesting examples in this newsletter including: […]
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