Farming is such an important part of our heritage especially here, in the Ribble catchment, where most of our land is utilised for agriculture and food production. It’s also an important part of our local and national heritage. Over many centuries farming has shaped the landscape that we know and love today. From the rolling …
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Ribble Rivers Trust has begun a project to plant more than 11,000 new trees in Lancashire with the aim of improving water quality. Ribble Rivers Trust has been funded by United Utilities to create new woodlands at Sabden, Samlesbury, and the Forest of Bowland as part of the company’s innovative Catchment Systems Thinking (CaST) approach …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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
