Jul 25, 2024 | Environmental, Latest News, Trust Activities
Spreading of organic material such as manure on land is a significant contributor to excessive nutrients in Welsh rivers, but gaps in our planning system and weak regulation are allowing spreading to continue to pollute rivers. Following pressure from the Rivers Trust...May 3, 2024 | Environmental, Learning
Thanks to Afonydd Cymru for writing the piece below for their ‘River of the Month’ feature… At Picton Point in Pembrokeshire the tidal sections of two of West Wales’s best-known rivers come together to form the Daugleddau (or “two Cleddaus”). Their...Apr 19, 2024 | Environmental, Latest News, Projects
A new partnership project is calling for volunteers to help protect important rivers from the threats of invasive non-native species in West Wales. Natural Resources Wales’s Four Rivers for LIFE project is working in partnership with the West Wales Rivers Trusts...Feb 18, 2024 | Environmental, Latest News, Learning, Trust Activities
This #WeirRemovalWeek, we thought it would be useful to share why West Wales Rivers Trust carry out so many weir removals around West Wales, the benefits it provides, and to answer our most commonly-asked questions. Timelapse of one of our recent weir removals,...Dec 21, 2023 | Environmental, Latest News
In the species reassessment released today by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the main UK population of Atlantic salmon are reclassified as endangered – meaning they are threatened with extinction. Global Atlantic salmon populations are...
Oct 19, 2023 | Environmental, Latest News
A new report has revealed extensive long-term Welsh Water failures to comply with legal permits. The report’s author, Professor Peter Hammond, had been advised by the Rivers Trust of Wales, Afonydd Cymru, to investigate a number of Welsh Water’s wastewater works...
