Our river recovery work

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We're working in the Wye and Lugg catchments, with landowners, to implement natural flood management measures and restoration interventions to benefit both wildlife and people.

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River Restoration & Natural Flood Management

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Land owner advice and support

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Wye Adapt to Climate Change? Blog: Clean-water ponds: A quick and cost-effective nature-based solution to reduce catchment-wide declines in freshwater biodiversity

A blog from Holly Williams from our Wye Adapt to Climate Change? project team on the importance of freshwater ponds within the landscape…

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Wye... is it flooding in Radnorshire?

How have climate change and land management increased flooding events and what we can do as communities and landowners

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Natural Flood Management - what is it and how can it help?

With our changing climate, the rainfall we’ve seen over the last weeks is becoming more usual as extreme weather events become more…

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Wye Adapt to Climate Change? Project Blog

The Wye Adapt to Climate Change project, begun in 2023, is a partnership between the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB…

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Restoring our Rivers Blog - the Lingen & Lime Brooks

Updates from our Recovering our Rivers project, based on the Lingen and Lime Brooks.

Frosty morning along Eign Brook in Hereford.

Love your River - the Herefordshire Yazor Brooks Restoration Project

The Herefordshire Yazor Brooks Restoration Project is creating a wildlife corridor through the heart of Hereford City.

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Partnership project to restore the River Wye and surrounding landscape for wildlife and for people chosen as one of 12 projects to benefit from government’s £25 million of funding

The project’s aim is to restore the Wye catchment to a healthy condition, so its rivers and their tributaries can support the unique…

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Creating wetland within the lower Lugg Valley

Local landowner, Tom Jay, was inspired to look at how he could help reduce the risk of flooding in his local community after the floods…

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Our river recovery work

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