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Brechfa, we need your input!
The West Wales Rivers Trust invite members of the local community from all around the Brechfa Forest area to find out about their charity and how the community might be able to help their conservation efforts. Having formed after an amalgamation of smaller Trusts in...
National Award for Our Citizen Science Project in Pembrokeshire
A water quality citizen science project looking at the effects of nutrient pollution from land run-off on the marine environment has won a national award. SWEPT (Surveying the Waterway Environment for Pollution Threats) has seen over 100 volunteers conducting repeat...
People making our glorious countryside a better place celebrated in national awards
West Wales Rivers Trust are incredibly pleased to announced that the SWEPT project we have supported in Pembrokeshire is being recognised in a national award. Find out more in the following press release... Six outstanding projects making a difference in National...
DNA in a drop: tracking aquatic species using environmental DNA
A guest blog by Dr Chloe Robinson. Freshwater systems, including rivers, lakes and wetlands, are complex and dynamic habitats, home to a wide variety of species. This complexity coupled with the often large surface area covered by freshwater, makes aquatic species...
Plight of West Wales’ polluted rivers highlighted by BBC Wales programme with Iolo Williams
Viewers have another chance to watch 'Iolo: Saving the Land of the Wild' which was broadcast on BBC Wales at the end of April. The show will be repeated on BBC 2 Wales this Saturday (25th May) at 7pm and will then be available on iPlayer for the next 30 days. We were...
We’re looking for a voluntary Volunteer Coordinator to join our team.
Since becoming the West Wales Rivers Trust in 2017 we’ve been wrangling with our ambition to take on large-scale habitat improvement works and river education programmes with our small staff-base and limited resources. As a Trust we’re looking to expand and are...
Together We Can Tackle Agricultural Pollution
Sir David Henshaw, the new Chairman of Natural Resources Wales, has proclaimed his support for driving down agricultural pollutions alongside the organisations own initiatives. You can read the full statement here. At the West Wales Rivers Trust we're thrilled to hear...
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...
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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