Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
The National Trust in Somerset transformed a river by filling its channel, allowing nature to reclaim the landscape, resulting in increased biodiversity and flood resilience. This article is about. marvellous river experiment that I believe needs repeating hundreds of times. I was brought upRead More
Leave a comment The Great UK WaterBlitz is a biannual campaign calling on volunteers to test the quality of their local freshwater including rivers, streams and lakes. This helps to build a national picture of water quality across the UK. From Friday Sept 20th to Monday Sept 23rd 2024, thousands ofRead More
Leave a comment Across the country not a single river is graded as “good overall”. Will you and your family take 15 minutes to check and comment on your local river, stream or brook during the Big River Watch weekend? Click the link for more details. https://theriverstrust.org/take-action/the-big-river-watch
Leave a comment Biodiversity Gains As Dam & Weir Removal Accelerates Across Europe. Is River Sid Weir Removal Technically Possible & Desirable? Judging by the size and number of huge dams and weirs being removed across Europe the issues associated with removing at least some obstacles, suchRead More
Leave a comment The Quality Of The Water In Our Rivers & Streams Impacts Biodiversity. But How Is Quality Assessed? And Who Conducts Water Quality Monitoring Tests? Water quality can be tested in various ways with some evidence of pollution being visually obvious whilst other measures needRead More
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