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Below is the latest and greatest new from West Cumbria Rivers Trust:
A colourful new vehicle is hitting Cumbria’s roads as we unveil our new van decorated with drawings by local children. A ‘Design Our Van’ competition for under-16s attracted more than 100 entries, including entries from St. Herbe…
To mark the International Year of the Salmon in 2019, we’ve teamed up with Eden Rivers Trust to launch The Adventurous Salmon, a brand-new children’s picture book.The book follows the epic 3,000 km journey undertaken by an…
We’re looking for even more volunteers in 2019 to help with our work to conserve rivers and lakes in the Keswick area.Our successful Derwent River Watchers days are back. Volunteers are needed on the third Thursday of each month …
New methods of reducing flood risk by slowing rivers using natural materials are being trialled in Flimby. Woody debris has been installed in Penny Gill to slow its flow and help stop the culverts carrying water under Flimby village be…
Tackling pollution, rescuing fish, reducing flood risk and saving endangered species - it’s all in a year’s work for us. In 2018, supported by a large team of volunteers, we planted over 5000 trees, relocated fish to safety on 27 con…
We’re really excited to advertise this PhD studentship opportunity with Durham University to help us monitor our Natural Flood Management projects. The project will involve a mix of modelling and fieldwork in the Lake District, and a …
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our ‘Natural Flood Management handbook: a practical guide for farmers’. https://www.westcumbriariverstrust.org/assets/content/projects/downloads/11882_nfm_handbook_web.pdfT…
Year 4 pupils from St Bridget’s Catholic Primary School in Egremont were creating art by the River Ehen this week. We went to look at the removal of Ennerdale Mill Weir, and then created drawings, poems and songs inspired by…
First Egremont Guides took action for rivers and lakes last week when we walked around Longlands Lake and along the River Ehen. We picked up litter as we went and they especially enjoyed pulling up Himalayan balsam. Some of them even interv…
Fancy doing something a bit different this summer? Got a few days spare? Want to gain some work experience? We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers and a longer term seasonal survey assistant to join our team and help conduct j…
