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What’s in your river- invertebrate monitoring
Part of my role as Monitoring Officer is collecting and identifying invertebrates which live in the catchment’s rivers. Many of these are insects, such as stoneflies and mayflies, which emerge from the water to live on land. They are important indicators and the species/family and number found helps us to understand the water quality, as…
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Launching Lancashire’s Local Nature Partnership
A partnership that will be a powerful voice and ready to take urgent action for nature in Lancashire is being relaunched. The Lancashire Local Nature Partnership (LNP) will “build a momentum and achieve a unity delivering great things” for the county and its wild areas. Wildlife will benefit from the launch of the LNP, but…
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5 ways that data and evidence shapes projects
Over the last 21 years Ribble Rivers Trust, together with our partners, supporters, and volunteers, have carried out a wide range of habitat improvements. Did you know that all of this work is carefully planned over months and, in some cases, years? Activities such as woodland creation, fish passes, and wetland creation is great for…
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Rivers in the Classroom
Ribble Rivers Trust has been delivering educational activities to primary schools for over a decade and we’re not about to stop now. In fact, we just want to keep expanding to reach more and more children and young people in the Ribble Catchment! While Covid-19 prevented our education team from going into schools, they have…
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Lancashire Woodland Connect gains high profile sponsors
Lancashire-based environment charity Ribble Rivers Trust has secured financial support from a range of businesses to aid in woodland creation to tackle carbon emissions and support a healthier environment. Independent craft brewer BrewDog chose the Trust’s Lancashire Woodland Connect tree planting scheme to offset emissions on its road to becoming a Carbon Negative business and…
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A helping hand for the Ribble’s eels
Weirs come in all shapes and sizes, with the majority having been created during the Industrial Revolution to harness the power of water. However, some weirs have been constructed more recently, particularly gauging station weirs. One of these is the weir at Henthorn gauging station. This gauging station is located across the River Ribble near…
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Holland Wood fish bypass complete.
Work on our latest close to nature fish bypass channel has now been completed and the structure is already functioning well. The work, completed as part of our Ribble Life for Water project, has been funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. Carried out with our delivery partners, Wade Group, this bypass channel…
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Get walking this winter
As we head into a second lockdown, most of us are yet again restricted on what we can and cannot do. But fear not, our circular walks, located across Lancashire and North Yorkshire, are just the thing to keep you healthy this winter. Walking is a tonic for the soul During these difficult times we…
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Woodlands; looking after your mind, body, and soul.
Today is both National Stress Awareness Day, and the mid-point of International Stress Awareness Week. Our mental and physical health have never been more important, with many of us feeling the mental as well as physical impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that almost 20% of adults were…
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Rivers In The Classroom Runs Again
It’s back to school for the Rivers in the Classroom scheme after lockdown forced learning online. Rivers in the Classroom is an important education programme run by Ribble Rivers Trust (RRT) and more than 7,000 pupils have participated over the past decade. The COVID-19 pandemic meant educational activities moved online but with children returning to…
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Weir removal takes Long Preston deeps closer to nature
September has been a busy month for Ribble Rivers Trust, with two weir removals, one newly created fish bypass channel, the start of two new fish passage projects, plus the creation of the longest fish pass in England which is still in progress. One of these projects was the partial removal of Long Preston weir.…
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Work nears completion on Primrose Lodge fish pass
What is thought to be England’s longest fish pass is nearing completion. The fish pass is being created as part of the Primrose Lodge Blue and Greenway Project (PLBGP), which is being completed by Ribble Rivers Trust in partnership with Primrose Community Nature Trust (PCNT). The work, which has been delayed to flooding and COVID-19…
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Invasive species; the battle continues
Over the summer our Ribble Life Together home learning content featured lots of information about invasive species, and this year they’ve yet again proved to be a serious problem across the catchment. Many of us have spent a lot more time than usual outside, discovering new places, and looking towards nature and the outdoors to…
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Start a new adventure with Geocaching
Have you heard of ‘Geocaching’? If not, you’ve been missing out! Geocaching is an exciting treasure hunt, which takes place in a hidden outdoor world that is literally all around us. Anyone can take part in geocaching, and it’s a fun, free, and family friendly way to get outside and discover new places whilst looking…
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Combating carbon: how to reduce your carbon footprint
The first step to reducing your carbon footprint is to get an idea of what your carbon footprint is. Once you’ve calculated your footprint you can then look at the areas where need to make changes
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Work begins on Holland Wood fish pass
Holland Wood Weir lies on the River Darwen, close to its confluence with the River Ribble and the limit of the tidal Ribble area. The weir was originally constructed to provide water to the nearby Walton Mill, which historically milled corn and flour. Although the mill, which is now operated by Massey Bros, still exists…
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Dam removal experts come together for webinar
Ribble Rivers Trust are very excited to be taking part in a two-hour webinar programme hosted by Dam Removal Europe. As part of the webinar a live stream will show part of a dam removal at the Marieberg powerplant, Sweden. Additionally, expert speakers from a wide range of backgrounds will be discussing strategies on how to…
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Fish Too Will Pass
Salmon and trout can swim in a stretch of Lancashire river where they’ve not been seen for 200 years, thanks to an ambitious Ribble Rivers Trust project. Work has just been completed on a fish pass at Dunkenhalgh Weir, allowing salmon and trout to swim as far as Accrington for the first time in two…
