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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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Tree seeds, fruits, or nuts?
If you’re anything like us you’ve probably noticed that trees across the country are brimming with fruits, nuts, and seeds. But have you ever wondered what makes a seed a seed, or if nuts and fruit are seeds too? It is really easy to get confused, so we’ll start with the basics. Read more>>
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The Ribble Salmon Run; an Epic Upstream Journey
Salmon are some of the most iconic creatures in our rivers, and every year they provide one of nature’s greatest spectacles- the salmon run. This awe-inspiring annual migration sees Atlantic salmon return from the ocean to the rivers where they were born, overcoming immense challenges to complete their lifecycle. The salmon run begins with a…
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Exploring the Ribble Estuary
I love it when a plan comes together. But equally, I love a surprise; finding myself surrounded by nature and being in awe of the wonderful world after a last-minute decision to have “a quick look down there…”. My impromptu exploration began before sunset and by happy coincidence the tide was low. Wildlife on the Ribble…
