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WET SUMMER SPURS LOCAL FARMERS MEETING
Forty farmers attended an evening meeting on 19th October in Waddington to discuss farming in wet weather conditions after Lancashire experienced its 11th wettest summer since records began.
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RIVER WALK TO CELEBRATE BAGS OF HELP FROM TESCO
The Ribble Rivers Trust are leading a circular walk free of charge around Burnley’s Rivers Calder and Brun this Sunday 22nd October to celebrate the newly created river walk route.
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HISTORIC WEIR FISH PASS OPENS TO HELP FISH REACH HABITAT FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 170 YEARS
Ribble Rivers Trust have celebrated the completion of their river improvement project on the River Hyndburn which will allow migrating salmon, trout and eels to bypass a historic weir allowing them to reach habitat inaccessible since the middle of the 1800s.
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WORLD RIVERS DAY ‘CACHE IN TRASH OUT’ SUCCESS
On Sunday 24th September a team of 27 dedicated volunteers helped collect around 2 tonnes of rubbish along the north banks of the Ribble near Freckleton.
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HYNDBURN BROOK IMPROVEMENTS SET TO BRING SALMON TO ACCRINGTON
An exciting river improvement scheme on the River Hyndburn between Accrington and Great Harwood will help migrating salmon, trout and eels bypass a historic weir.
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HIDDEN GEMS RIVER PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
The Ribble Rivers Trust is challenging amateur photographers to find hidden river gems as part of a summer river photography competition.
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NATIONAL LOTTERY WIN FOR NORTH WEST RIVERS
The Ribble Rivers Trust has secured £1.6 million from National Lottery players, granted through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), to deliver projects that raise awareness of the plight of our rivers and enable people to get involved in restoring them for the benefit of our wildlife and communities.
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9,000 REASONS TO THANK OUR VOLUNTEERS THIS WINTER
Between November 2016 and March 2017 over 9,000 trees have been planted at four sites in the Ribble Catchment to help improve water quality, as part of the European Life Integrated Project, Natural Course.
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‘LIVE STREAM’ OF FISH DEVELOPMENT SPURS LITTER PICKS
If you go down to Eaves Brook today… you may be mistaken for thinking that the Wombles have moved into town. It’s all thanks to an army of eco-friendly staff and students from a Preston high school. They have been diligently doing litter picks in areas around their local brook. You might wonder what motivates …
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FAT FACE DONATES BLACK FRIDAY PROFITS TO RIVERS CHARITY
Local river conservation charity Ribble Rivers Trust has benefitted from a share of Fat Face’s Black Friday profits through the clothing retailer’s ‘Thanks for Giving’ initiative.
Press Coverage
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Lancashire Telegraph
Rivers charity secures £1.6m from National Lottery to improve its waters for wildlife and people
The Ribble Rivers Trust has been granted money through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of a £3.2m project to improve rivers including the Calder near Burnley, Hodder in the Forest of Bowland and Darwen.
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That's Lancashire TV
Information Flowing to Future Generations
The Ribble Rivers Trust has been granted £1.6m in Heritage Lottery Funding. They're using the money to deliver projects that raise awareness of our rivers and wetlands.
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Craven Herald and Pioneer
New farmers’s group set up to tackle issues in Long Preston Deeps
FARMERS with land in Long Preston liable to flooding have set up a new group looking at natural flood management measures. The Ribblesdale Farmers Group, made up of farmers with land in the Long Preston Deeps, also aims to look at ways to make the land better for wildlife and farming, as well as helping to prevent flooding and water quality.
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Lancashire Telegraph
Banking on boost from 9,000 trees in Ribble Valley
AN extra 9,000 newly-planted trees will help to improve the quality of a number of East Lancashire’s waterways this summer.
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GPS WORLD
ROBOTIC RIVER SURVEY REVEALS UNSEEN DEPTHS
The Ribble River flowing through Preston in Lancashire, United Kingdom, has hidden depths. “The challenge with rivers is that much of the beauty and interest is hidden from view beneath the surface,” said Jack Spees, CEO of the Ribble Rivers Trust.
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Environmental Technology
RIBBLE RIVERS TRUST SUPPORTED WITH MONITORING EQUIPMENT
Flood and pollution prevention specialists, Detectronic (UK), are supporting the Ribble Rivers Trust by providing monitoring equipment for its ‘Ribble Life Together’ Heritage Lottery Funded project. The project aims to achieve a healthier water environment for the benefit of everyone within the Ribble Catchment by improving its natural heritage and is being delivered in partnership with other organisations operating within the catchment.
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Lancashire Telegraph
ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO PROTECT RIVERS
AN army of volunteers worked to protect a Ribble Valley river from future erosion after nearby fencing collapsed. More than 60 people from United Utilities and the Ribble Rivers Trust helped to restore a stretch of Bashall Brook which runs into the River Ribble near Edisford Bridge in Clitheroe.
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Clitheroe Advertiser
CHILDREN SET TO TELL STORY OF THE DECEMBER FLOODS
Pupils at Whalley Church of England Primary School are sharpening their pencils and flexing their creative writing muscles in preparation for a special assignment exploring what happened to cause last winter’s floods and how their school and community were affected.
