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Children help to clean up the Afon Aeron during Spring Clean Cymru
Helping to highlight the plight of our region’s beautiful rivers, children from years five and six of Ysgol Gynradd Aberaeron dedicated a morning to collecting litter from the Afon Aeron with the West Wales Rivers Trust. The children take part in regular litter-picks...
Spring Clean Cymru
Keen to expand our work to rivers in Ceredigion we're kicking off by joining in with 'Spring Clean Cymru'. Join a team of staff and volunteers from the West Wales Rivers Trust and Keep Wales Tidy to remove litter from the Afon Aeron. Don your wellies and join us...
Volunteers hit the Haven waterway
A hundred volunteers have braved the elements along the Milford Haven waterway to collect data which will help experts improve water quality in the area. Read this story in Welsh/ Darllenwch y stori yn Gymraeg They have been rallied as part of the SWEPT (Surveying the...
Christmas presents that support rivers in West Wales
If, like me, you're not done and dusted with your Christmas shopping just yet then you might be looking for some inspiration! How about this stunning print of rivers around Wales? You can buy this print for a river-lover, or indeed a lover of Wales direct from the...
Theft of lime from our River Doethie Restoration Project
We are sorry to announce that our charity has suffered a theft in the region of £2000. The Trust have been working with the backing of Carmarthenshire County Council, Natural Resources Wales and Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water on the Doethie Restoration Project with major...
The Fight to Save Europe’s Last Wild Rivers
"Dear River Lovers, Join us for a screening of our Patagonia’s new film Blue Heart on Thursday the 11th of October. More than 3,000 hydropower dams and diversions are either proposed or in the process of being built on Europe’s last wild rivers in the...
All Wales Beach Clean, 14-30 September 2018
Our friends at Keep Wales Tidy are looking for your help to remove plastics and other litter from beaches and inland waterways. Here's more information about their 'All Wales Beach Clean'. "Marine litter poses a growing threat to our aquatic and coastal environment....
An update on the Doethie in-river sand liming and Leader + forestry gully liming Pilot Project
September 2018 Summary This paper is an update on a project designed to assess the benefits of adding crushed limestone to ameliorate the effects of episodic acidification, exacerbated by historic conifer forest, on the Doethie tributary of the upper river Tywi in...
Greener with Greggs – Cleaning up Carmarthenshire’s Rivers
We are delighted to announce that the West Wales Wales Rivers trust has been awarded £1190 from the Greggs Foundation to purchase tools and safety equipment to allow volunteers to remove plastics and other litters from rivers in our region. The inspiration came from...
SWEPT (Surveying the Waterway Environment for Pollution Threats) Volunteer Project 2018-19
The SWEPT volunteer project 2018-19 will recruit, organise, and train citizen science volunteers to collect environmental data within the Milford Haven Waterway. This data (including the results of water sample testing for nitrates and phosphates) will be used 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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