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Using GIS to visualise sewage spills

There is plenty of data about our rivers out there. Lots of it is free to use, but that doesn’t always mean that it is easy to access or interpret. Thankfully there are people within the Rivers Trust doing great work to make this data easier to access.

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Event host Roger Harrabin address attendees from a lectern

Future Rivers Forum: A day of collaboration, insight, and inspiration.

A collaborative event to improve rivers across the North West

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National Tree Week – bringing Britain together through roots

It’s National Tree Week, so we’re taking a moment to celebrate how tree planting along rivers brings our nation together.

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National Tree Week — The Many Benefits of Trees

In our continued celebration of trees, we are looking at how they benefit water quality, reduce the impact of flooding, and create vital habitats.

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Two Edie Award Nominations

We’re pleased to share that two of The Rivers Trust’s projects have been awarded for an Edie Sustainability award! Our Wyre NFM Investment Readiness project is up for the Nature and Biodiversity project of the year, and our Replenish project is in the running for Partnership and Collaboration of the year.

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Wetland intervention as part of the EU Life IP Natural Course Project

World Wetlands Day: how corporations can shape the future of UK wetlands

Wetlands are an important and multi-functional, natural solution to a host of pressing environmental challenges. 

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Deposit Return Schemes coming to the UK

January saw the announcement that deposit return schemes (DRS) are set to be implemented across the UK. This is welcomed news as organisations have been calling for DRS for quite some time, but they have seen frequent delays since originally being proposed in 2018. But what is a deposit return scheme, how do they work, and are they effective?

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Tessa Wardley

Tessa Wardley

Tessa is our Director for Communications and Advocacy, leading the strategic approach for communications that establish the Rivers Trust movement as the leading environmental NGO for rivers, and the preferred partner to help rivers and communities thrive. 

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Tessa Wardley joins The Rivers Trust

Writer, and water and environmental professional Tessa Wardley joins The Rivers Trust as Director of Communications and Advocacy.

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Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

The Government announced last month that it would be making sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) mandatory for all new developments in England, but what are SuDs and how do they benefit our waterways and reduce the risk of flooding?

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