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WINNER OF THE ORRI AWARD 2025
Ribble Rivers Trust has won a prestigious new national award for wild salmon conservation, supporting a community-led river restoration project that will both protect an endangered British species and help reduce local flood risk.
Launched this autumn 2025, ‘The Orri’ is a new community-based salmon conservation award from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund UK (NASF UK), named in honour of its internationally respected founder, Orri Vigfússon.
Our project, ‘Hodder Together For Salmon’, focuses on restoring salmon habitat in the River Hodder while actively involving local communities, schools and anglers.
OUR ACTIVITIES
There are four different factors we look at to decide how healthy a river is; water quality, water quantity, habitat health, and habitat connectivity. These four factors are all linked to each other and are the foundations of a healthy and well functioning river ecosystem.
If there are any problems affecting these four factors we can work to resolve them, and make our rivers healthier.
To do this we have seven key activities that we work on; engagement and education, woodland creation, fish passage, wetland creation, farm advice, farmland habitat improvements, and last, but by no means least, data and evidence.
Focussing on these activities enables us to ensure all the work we undertake serves a purpose and that all our projects are necessary and relevant to our aim of improving the Ribble catchment for wildlife and people.
LATEST BLOG POSTS FROM RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST
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Flea Treatments and River Health: An Overlooked Threat to Wildlife
Most pet owners use flea treatments for one simple reason: to keep their cats and dogs healthy. But growing evidence suggests that some of the chemicals used in common flea and tick treatments may be having unintended consequences for river health. Scientists are increasingly concerned about the impact these products are having on rivers, wildlife,…
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Press Release; Good News For Ribble Salmon As Surveys Reveal Promising Response
Record catches of young salmon suggest river restoration work is paying off There is encouraging news for one of the Ribble’s most iconic and threatened species, as early survey results suggest Atlantic salmon may be making a comeback across parts of the catchment. Every year, Ribble Rivers Trust surveys more than 300 sites across the…
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Langden Gravels
High in the Forest of Bowland, Langden Brook flows through some of the most spectacular landscapes in the Ribble catchment. A tributary of the River Hodder, it is one of the catchment’s most important strongholds for Atlantic salmon and other freshwater wildlife. But despite its appearance, natural river processes here have been interrupted for many…
