Environmental News
The Rivers Trust urges new PM to seize the economic opportunities in a blue-green recovery
The Rivers Trust’s CEO has urged new Prime Minister Liz Truss to seize the huge economic opportunities from restoring the natural environment and safeguarding the nation’s water supplies for the future. Mark Lloyd warned the new Prime Minister against a deregulatory...
Water releases – Tywi / Eastern Cleddau
We have been informed that NRW have formally instructed Welsh Water to begin their preparations for water releases from dams on the rivers Tywi and Eastern Cleddau, which start on the 2nd of September and will last for several days. This is to mitigate for the...
River Teifi Restoration Project / Prosiect Adfer Afon Teifi
Often referred to as the Queen of Welsh Rivers, the magnificent Teifi is receiving the specific focus it deserves from West Wales Rivers Trust in our newly launched project – Restoring River Teifi, a one year project, supported by WCVA through the Landfill Disposals...
Drought officially declared across South West Wales
A drought has been officially declared across the entirety of West Wales Rivers Trusts catchment, South West Wales, after an extended period of dry weather and low rainfall caused water levels to plummet. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) announced the threshold to...
Fish in heatwaves
It's not just people and dogs who suffer in heatwaves, fish can also struggle too. With further hot weather forecast for the upcoming weeks, we wanted to provide some advice on what to look out for and how you can help to avoid fish deaths in our rivers. Extreme...
WWRT barrier removal project features on ITV
Did you catch us on ITV's Coast and Country last night? We were with Swansea University discussing our joint Nature Networks funded project to remove barriers on the Western and Eastern Cleddaus, the Tywi, the Teifi and the Usk, with Swansea University, Afan Valley...
Dwr Cymru announce new subsidised under-sowing project
Gweler ynglwm daflen gan Dwr Cymru am eu prosiect i leihau erydiad tir mewn caeau corn melys / india corn / indrawn / maize. Mae Dwr Cymru yn estynu’r prosiect i dal-gylch Afon Teifi a thu hwnt. Cysylltwch â Gareth Williams o gwmni procam.co.uk os oes gyda chi...
Teifi river clean up
We were so pleased to join the Teifi River Clean Group, Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Centre and Club, Adventure Beyond & Canŵ Cymru / Canoe Wales to clean a huge amount of river from Henllan to Newcastle Emlyn from water and land! Tyres, various agricultural and food...
Teifi River Clean – Saturday 20th June
We are pleased to be offering our help to the Teifi River Clean Group for a litter pick along the river on the 20th June. Following the flooding of the River Teifi earlier this year, locals were appalled at the huge amount of plastic litter strewn along its banks of...
Rheidol ‘balsam bashing’ events
As part of our on-going Rheidol Restoration Project, our great volunteers made a fantastic effort in clearing the invasive non-native plant species Himalayan Balsam from the Afon Melindwr this weekend. After clearing a large patch of balsam, we even had some time to...
The Cleddau Trail Map
The Pembrokeshire Rivers Trust Cleddau Trail takes you on two 'Source to Sea' river journeys. Follow the Western Cleddau Trail to discover unspoilt natural habitats, home to migratory salmon and sewin, kingfishers and other wildlife. The Eastern Cleddau Trail follows the flow of Pembrokeshire's rainwater as it becomes drinking water.
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