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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 …
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A new project encouraging people to share their favourite places along the River Ribble and its tributaries has been launched. Ribble Rivers Trust (RRT) want people to photograph the beauty and variety of the Ribble catchment for their Wish You Were Here project. With people spending more time at home and exercising in their local …
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WEIR REMOVAL WORK BEGINS AS £1.45M PROGRAMME OF 10 RIBBLE RESTORATION PROJECTS GETS UNDERWAY
The Ribble Catchment Partnership has seized on the opportunity provided by exceptionally low spring water levels to start work on a transformational project to return the river to its natural course at Samlesbury. In what is believed to be the widest weir removal scheme currently underway in Britain, excavators moved in this week to begin …
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RIVERS TRUST LAUNCHES 10-YEAR CAMPAIGN TO DOUBLE AREA OF LANCASHIRE’S WOODLANDS
Ribble Rivers Trust, alongside project partners Lune Rivers Trust and Wyre Rivers Trust, have launched a decade-long campaign to double the area of woodland across Lancashire to fight climate change, improve air quality and reduce flooding. Working with private and public sector supporters together with community-based groups and conservation charities, the Trusts are aiming to …
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IMPROVING PRIMROSE LODGE MARKS 20 YEARS OF RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST
The Ribble Rivers Trust has had funding confirmed from the European Regional Development Fund for the ‘Primrose Lodge Blue and Greenway Project’.
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BLACKBURN’S RIVERS BECOME HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE
The Ribble Rivers Trust has just completed its first projects to restore Blackburn’s rivers, opening up more habitat for river wildlife around the town.
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WEST BRADFORD DUE TO GET FISH PASS AFTER DISCOVERY OF RARE CRAYFISH
Construction of a fish pass on a weir in West Bradford is due to start on Tuesday 28th August. 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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RIVER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2018
The Ribble Rivers Trust is challenging amateur photographers to submit photos of river wildlife into their summer photography competition.
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People are invited to take part in Earth Day celebrations and show their support for the environment by joining local volunteers for a river clean up operation along the River Ribble near Settle, to help restore the natural beauty of the area.
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RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST’S BIG TREE PLANT
The Ribble Rivers Trust is hosting a FREE event for members of the public to help plant a new woodland near Tosside on Saturday 25th November. The new trees will provide a range of benefits for the environment.
Press Coverage
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Craven Herald & Pioneer
River Ribble at Settle clean-up this weekend as part of Earth Day celebrations
PEOPLE are being invited to take part in a clean up of the River Ribble near Settle on Sunday (April 22) as part of Earth Day celebrations. Earth Day is the world's largest environmental movement which every year is marked by a variety of events.
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Lancashire Post
River Ribble clean up operation comes to Penwortham
Environmentalists and council officials are set to take part in a clean up operation along the banks of the River Ribble this weekend.
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Lancashire Telegraph
Lancashire’s 11th wettest summer spurs meeting of local farmers
FARMERS have voiced concerns about the weather after records show Lancashire has experienced the 11th wettest summer since records began. A number of farmers from the Ribble Valley said the wet weather has created many problems.
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Ribble FM
Sarah Bolton from Ribble Rivers Trust offers advice and guidance for local farmers and how to access grant funding.
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Pendle Today
Ribble Rivers Trust’s new walk route
The Ribble Rivers Trust are leading a free circular walk around Burnley’s rivers - the Calder and the Brun - to celebrate the newly-created river walk route.
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That's Lancashire TV
Hyndburn Brook improvements set to bring salmon to Accrington
An exciting river improvement scheme on the River Hyndburn between Clayton-Le-Moors and Great Harwood will help migrating salmon, trout and eels bypass a historic weir.
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Lancashire Telegraph
Project hopes to return salmon to Hyndburn Brook
SALMON could be returning to Hyndburn Brook thanks to a new £128,000 river improvement scheme. The improvements between Clayton-le-Moors and Great Harwood will help migrating salmon, trout and eels bypass a historic weir.
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That's Lancashire TV
Protecting the Future of Lancashire’s Rivers
That's Lancashire Headline News. Tune in everyday on Freeview Channel 7. Local TV for Lancashire.
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
Ribble Rivers Trust secures £1.6m grant
A local rivers charity has secured £1.6 million to raise awareness of the plight of our rivers and restore them for the benefit of our wildlife and communities. The Ribble Rivers Trust landed the funds - which were granted from the National Lottery players through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) - and has been shaping their £3.2 million partnership project, which will now be delivered until 2020.
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Lancashire Post
Huge plans for River Ribble as trust celebrate £3.2m cash injection
A cash injection of £3.2m is set to be pumped into improvements to the River Ribble after two years of development work. The money will go towards improving and maintaining the river as part of a “flagship project” for the Ribble Catchment Partnership over the next three years.
