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Ripples from the Roots: Celebrating Woodlands for Water

  • The Rivers Trust
It is widely accepted that creating more woodland is an effective way to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. Rivers are the perfect passage to breathe life back into our land through a network spanning 200,000km in England. As the Woodlands for Water project finishes, we reflect on the impact it had.

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Spring 2025 Big River Watch: What you saw, felt, and achieved for rivers

  • Matthew Woodard
  • Blog
From spotting thousands of ducks to sharing your connection to rivers, explore the results of the most recent Big River Watch survey and join us as we reflect on the data you’ve collected on river health, after two years of Big River Watching.

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Big River Watch: Exploring river wildlife with citizen science

  • The Rivers Trust
As we near the end of our 2025 Spring Big River Watch, Barry McLaughlin, a Project Manager at The Rivers Trust, reflects on why this initiative matters. He also shares some of the wildlife captured by trail cameras in the Republic of Ireland during last year’s Big River Watch, highlighting the variety of species that visit our waterways.

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Is A River Alive? A word from Robert Macfarlane

  • The Rivers Trust
This week marks the release of Robert MacFarlane’s highly anticipated latest book, Is a River Alive? Passionate about the health of our waterways and the actions we can, and need, to take to restore them, Robert pens his thoughts on the Big River Watch after surveying his local river and the importance of connecting with the beauty of rivers.

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Independent Water Commission: Our call to restore rivers

  • Rebecca Duncan
Read about how The Rivers Trust has contributed to the Independent Water Commission, and what we want to see to improve our rivers.

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Unpacking the 2024 Annual Sewage Spill Data

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
This week, the summaries of the 2024 event duration monitoring on CSOs in England and Wales were released. Our technical experts dug into the data on raw sewage spills into our rivers so you don’t have to — and it’s not good news.

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Great Yorkshire Rivers — Yorkshire Water Funding Announcement

  • Matthew Woodard
Yorkshire Water supports Great Yorkshire Rivers Partnership with £3.4m following the conclusion of Ofwat investigation

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Visiting the Start Line: Gearing Up for the World’s Toughest Row

  • The Rivers Trust
Jake Still, who is set to row the Atlantic in 2025 to raise funds for The Rivers Trust and Aire Rivers Trust, shares his firsthand experience of visiting La Gomera, where he watched the 2024 crews embark on their journey and gained valuable insights for his own challenge ahead.

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Annual Conference on blue-green algae: call for submissions

  • Rebecca Duncan
The Rivers Trust’s Annual Conference in 2025 will examine the vast impacts of blue-green algal blooms on waterbodies whilst uncovering the root causes of how and why they occur, and the integral roles played by our rivers and catchments. 

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The Rivers Trust Movement demands urgent release of Water Restoration Fund money in letter to Minister

  • Matthew Woodard
The Rivers Trust Movement has written to Water Minister Emma Hardy, calling on her to ensure money currently sitting unused in the Water Restoration Fund is paid out to start the task of reversing harm on the environment.

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