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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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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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Vote for Rivers at the upcoming General Election

  • Emma Brisdion
  • News
This summer, join us as we #VoteForRivers, sending a clear message to all political parties that action for our precious waterways is vital and is an issue that we the public care strongly about.

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Pearl mussel hatchery by the Ballinderry River

Across the Divides: Ireland’s Biodiversity Crisis

  • Rebecca Duncan
Mark Horton, The Rivers Trust’s All Ireland Director and CEO of Ballinderry Rivers Trust, joins the Across Divides podast to look at the ways that communities can be enabled to tackle the biodiversity crisis through collaborative approaches.

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Women playing in the river

COVID pandemic fails to slow the flow of the Rivers Trust movement

  • Rebecca Duncan
2020 proved an outstanding year for the Rivers Trust movement, as we publish our review of the year this week. Despite some setbacks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, many environmental improvements were still undertaken on a large scale.

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What to look out for in April — #RiverWatch

  • Emily Cooper
Spring is a season of great change. New life is awakening after months of cold, short days – plants are sprouting, and insects are emerging. Our winter visitors have flown north, and we are impatiently waiting for our new arrivals from the south.

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Mammals of the River

  • Emily Cooper

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