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Water Stewardship in practice: a new wetland to improve water quality in the River Frome

  • Matthew Woodard
This World Wetlands Day, we’re excited to share the completion of a brand-new farm wetland — a powerful example of nature-based solutions in action!

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Email Template: Call on EDF to protect species in the Severn Estuary with Hinkley Point AFD

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
Use our email template to contact your representative, and support our petition calling for the EDF to install the Acoustic Fish Deterrent at Hinkley Point to prevent mass annual fish death in the power station’s cooling water intake pipes.

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Save Severn Estuary’s Fish: Demand Action from Hinkley

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
Hinkley Nuclear Power Station must not remove protection for millions of fish in the Severn Estuary. Sign our petition and help us hold EDF accountable and ensure the Severn Estuary’s ecosystems are protected.

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Have your say on the Bathing Water Rules Consultation: Our guide to submitting a response

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
The consultation on Reform to Bathing Water Rules is open, and is an important opportunity to help make designation the powerful tool for improving river water health that it has the potential to be. To help you form your consultation response, we have set out our key thoughts on the main consultation questions.

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Understanding the Bathing Water Rules Reform: Why now is not the time to give up on river bathing waters

  • The Rivers Trust
With a public consultation open on proposed changes to bathing water rules in England and Wales, and poor health classifications recently issued for bathing water sites in England, our experts explain the role of bathing water designation and discuss how, with reform, the designation system could be a powerful tool for protecting and improving our waters.

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One donation, twice the impact! Support our work with the Big Give Christmas Challenge

  • Matthew Woodard
From the 3rd to midday on the 10th December, every donation to The Rivers Trust via The Big Give Christmas Challenge will be doubled at no extra cost to you!

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20 MORE River-Related Book Recommendations from The Rivers Trust Movement

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
We asked the brilliant teams that make up the Rivers Trust Movement for 20 river book recommendations and uncovered a thriving community of keen bookworms. We were inundated with suggestions; so much so, that we’ve put together another list of top picks of stories that transport us along waterways, teach us about our rivers, or inspire us to continue our fight for better rivers in the UK and Ireland.

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20 years of projects : a whistle stop tour of some of the key moments in our 20-year history

  • Gwen Mainwaring
Projects of all different shapes and sizes enable us to get vital interventions into the ground. To re-wild, re-wet, and re-wiggle. They teach us, and make us, work towards stronger partnerships, test and showcase what works (and what doesn’t), and help us advocate for the changes we want to see. Here’s a whistle-stop tour of some of the projects and moments which have shaped our movement over the last 20 years.

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Celebrating 20 years of The Rivers Trust: a reflection from Mark Lloyd, CEO

  • The Rivers Trust
“River health is a hugely complex and wicked problem.” On celebrating our 20th birthday year, The Rivers Trust CEO, Mark Lloyd, reflects on the ever-evolving role of The Rivers Trust as our UK and Ireland-wide network of conservation charities goes from strength to strength.

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20 Iconic River Species in the UK and Ireland

  • Matthew Woodard
To celebrate 20 years of The Rivers Trust, Marketing and Campaigns Officer Matthew Woodard takes a closer look at 20 of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic river species.

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