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New research reveals ‘disconnect’ between litter and marine plastic
New research has revealed that many people in Blackburn with Darwen and across the North West might not be aware that plastic litter in towns and cities can end up in the Irish Sea, harming the environment and marine life. A survey conducted by YouGov showed that only one-third (32%) of people surveyed in the …
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Penwortham craft gin boosting local Lancashire woodlands
Ribble Rivers Trust are proud to announce that No.1 Fairham Gin have joined forces with the Trust as part of a new partnership. [caption id="attachment_10730" align="alignright" width="300"] Ribble Trust Woodland Officer Kristina shows Ellis and Liam of No. 1 Fairham Gin how their support will benefit Lancashire's woodlands.[/caption] Penwortham based No.1 Fairham Gin have already …
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A fintastic way of educating children about their environment is going swimmingly in ten Lancashire schools this year, despite the pandemic. All are involved with Trout In The Classroom, part of Ribble Rivers Trust’s Ribble Life Together project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Although Trout In The Classroom has been running for several …
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Local business goes green with Ribble Rivers Trust
Ribble Rivers Trust are proud to announce that Pearson Web Services have joined forces with the Trust as their latest corporate supporters. Pearson Web Services, based in Preston, are a company dedicated to offsetting carbon and working in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Having already planted an amazing 600 trees that will offset 18 …
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Much anticipated Clitheroe nature reserve to open to the public.
Ribble Rivers Trust’s work to improve the habitats and access at the new Primrose Nature Reserve is almost complete, and the site will open to the public at 4pm on Friday 26th March. The project, which was started in 2019, has created a wide range of new spaces for wildlife, as well as offering a …
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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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RIVERS TRUST WINS BUSINESS BACKING TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
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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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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POLLUTION REPORT IS MUCH-NEEDED ‘WAKE-UP CALL’ FOR URGENT ACTION ON THE RIBBLE – ENVIRONMENT CHIEF
Chief executive of Ribble Rivers Trust joins demands for urgent action after new research showed recent improvements in water quality had stalled. The latest set of figures released by the Environment Agency revealed that just 15 per cent of England’s rivers achieved the results needed to reach ‘good’ ecological status – an increase of just …
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Weir There’s A Will, There’s A Way, Despite Lockdown
Important Ribble Rivers Trust projects continue to flow despite the challenges of the COVID-19 lockdown. Work has just finished on an impressive fish bypass channel at Holland Wood Weir in Walton-le-Dale and it’s started on another at Primrose Lodge in Clitheroe. [caption id="attachment_7247" align="alignleft" width="450"] The site of the Holland Wood fish pass[/caption] The …
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Press Coverage
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
£500K scheme to transform Primrose Lodge
More than half a million pounds worth of funding has been secured to transform a neglected reservoir in Clitheroe into a nature reserve and public space.
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Burnley Express
Volunteers clean up at Burnley beauty spot
Ribble Rivers Trust led a community clean up around Greenbrook and Sweetclough in Burnley on Saturday 29th September. The aim of the clean up was to remove as much litter as possible from the river and its banks.
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Lancashire Telegraph
Weir work to boost fish and eels visiting Blackburn’s waterways
A TRUST has just completed its first projects to restore Blackburn’s rivers and open up more habitat for aquatic wildlife around the town.
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Clitheroe Advertiser
Work set to begin on village fish pass
Construction of a fish pass on a weir in West Bradford is due to start on Tuesday, August 28th. The fish pass will help migrating fish including trout, salmon and eels to access West Bradford Brook, expanding their available habitat.
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Burnley Express
Snap our beautiful river wildlife
Environmental charity Ribble Rivers Trust is challenging amateur photographers to submit photos of river wildlife into its summer photography competition.
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Lancashire Telegraph
Conservation group looking for volunteers to help remove harmful weed
A CONSERVATION group is looking for volunteers to help remove weeds. Ribble Rivers Trust will be hosting volunteers to extract Himalayan Balsam, an invasive non-native species which is harmful to rivers and native wildlife.
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Telegraph & Argus
Landowner blasts litter louts who continue to spoil a beauty spot
THE owner of land at a beauty spot said he would like to see a booze ban to help reduce the amount of litter dumped each week.
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Cumbria Crack
Apprenticeships prove to be life changing
The Dales & Fells Rural Apprenticeship scheme, led by the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust is part of the Our Bright Future, Green Futures project. It is funded by the Big Lottery Fund and gives young people who live in rural areas the chance to stay and work there.
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Craven Herald & Pioneer
A COORDINATED clean up of The Deeps floodplain near Settle threw up several bags of rubbish, including more than 20 tennis and football balls.
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Lancashire Post
IN PICTURES: A mountain of waste picked from River Ribble banks
Around two tonnes of plastic and rubbish has been removed from the River Ribble’s banks. 107 eager environmentalist volunteers from organisations the Ribble Rivers Trust, Surfers Against Sewage, and South Ribble Council met on Saturday, April 21, before tackling a mountain of waste that had accumulated on over two miles of the south riverbank.
