Call of Nature campaign appeals for septic tank maintenance checks on World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day is a UN initiative taking place on Sunday 19th November with the aim to improve global sanitation. Although the majority of the North West... Read more.
Only leave paw prints and foot prints in the sand…
Hundreds of bags of dog poo have been found on the UK’s beaches according to the Marine Conservations Society’s 2016 research; with 792 bags recorded at 364... Read more.
Fish Fridays
Throughout this summer’s electrofishing season, we’ve been giving people the chance to come along and help us with our surveys. Like many of the activities that... Read more.
Please #binit4beaches this summer
If you’re planning on visiting one of the UK’s hundreds of designated bathing water beaches this year you might be shocked to find a wet wipe buried in the sand... Read more.
GIS Mapping Student Placement
By Kat Rowland: GIS Intern As a Geography student who loves rivers and GIS (and is doing her dissertation on both), the Rivers Trust was the perfect place for me... Read more.
Himalayan Balsam Bash
On Saturday 22nd July, nine fantastic volunteers braved the pouring rain to help Ribble Rivers Trust in their annual battle with the Himalayan balsam growing along... Read more.
Ribble Life Together – The Launch
The Ribble Life Together project is officially underway! Last week’s project launch event at Brockholes Nature Reserve was a huge success! The event celebrated... Read more.
Rivers in the Classroom (and as classrooms!)
Sat with a year 6 group watching sand martins return to the river’s eroded bank, swooping around picking freshly hatched riverflies from the air. One girl leans... Read more.
Fish Passes: How we design them
By Mike Forty, Project Officer. Restoring connectivity in rivers One of the big challenges we face in restoring freshwater ecosystems is re-connecting disjointed... Read more.
The Lower River Ribble
Soon after flowing under Mitton Bridge, the River Ribble grows considerably where it is joined by the Rivers Hodder and Calder. The ‘Big Ribble’ continues... Read more.
