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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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Staying Cool: Helping Rivers and Wildlife in Hot Weather
Warm, sunny days are something many of us look forward to. But for rivers and the wildlife that depends on them, rising temperatures can bring serious challenges. Rivers are finely balanced ecosystems. Even small changes in temperature or water level can have a big impact and with hotter, drier summers becoming more common, those pressures…
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Why Water Matters: Acting Now to Survive The Droughts
Water is something most of us rarely think about- until droughts hit and it’s no longer there. But across England, that reality is getting closer. It might seem unbelievable, but a recent House of Lords report warns that without urgent action, the country could face water shortages of up to 5 billion litres a day…
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Edisford Bridge: Bathing Water Status and What It Means for You
In 2024, our application for Designated Bathing Water Status at Edisford Bridge in Clitheroe was successful. It was an important step towards improving water quality and protecting river users. But what does this status actually mean, and what can be done to make our rivers cleaner and safer? Here’s everything you need to know. What…
