Natural Course

Natural Course representatives from local Rivers Trusts attended the International Seminar on the monitoring and restoration of freshwater (mussel) habitats, held in Luxembourg in November 2018.  Thanks to Natural Course funding, Chris West and Diane O’Leary from West Cumbria Rivers Trust were able to attend this 2-day conference hosted by…

You are invited to join the Natural Capital Group at their Annual Conference ‘Investing to Green Greater Manchester Conference’ on 30th January 2019 (9.30 to 16.30) at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. About: With the first Natural Capital Investment Plan being developed for Greater Manchester, this conference will…

The Natural Flood Managment modelling study carried out in April 2017, has inspired new funding opportunities and helped evolve catchment planning. In early 2017, working with JBA Consulting, Lancaster University and United Utilities, The Rivers Trust investigated how extensive NFM in large recently flooded catchments could have reduced flood flows…

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Natural England have commissioned professional services and environmental consultants WSP to produce Guidance on Biodiversity Net Gain – the first city-wide study to take place in the UK. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is development that leaves biodiversity in a better state than before and,…

On 16 January, 2018, the Greater Manchester Low Carbon Hub’s Natural Capital Group (NCG) hosted their annual conference at the Manchester Museum. This event brought together over 70 practitioners and citizens from across Greater Manchester. The day was spent discussing the many benefits found by connecting people with nature and…

West Cumbria Rivers Trust are thrilled to announce that their project to remove Ennerdale Mill Weir in Egremont has won a top conservation award from the Wild Trout Trust. The project on the River Ehen in West Cumbria, won the Large Scale Habitat Enhancement Scheme Award at the annual Wild…

A forum, organised by the Catchment Data User Group (CDUG), took place on the 27th September 2018, to grow the capacity of the Catchment Partnerships and to ensure that the catchment management work is underpinned by robust data and evidence. A wide range of representatives from local CaBA partnerships and…

Mersey Rivers Trust is working in Wigan to help restore the river environment, which was once altered or destroyed by industry. The project is known as Hey Brook Revival and will form one of the Carbon Landscape Projects – a series of individual projects, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund,…

This summer, South Cumbria Rivers Trust (SCRT) trained 4 volunteers, 4 National Trust volunteers and staff and 2 members of SCRT staff to take part in series of trial butterfly and moth surveys, to help monitor the impact of buffer strips around rivers in the Coniston and Crake catchment. If…

On Wednesday 3rd October 2018, the Environment Agency and its partners hosted a workshop aimed at starting a process of “Bringing Life to the River Irk”. Over 30 representatives of stakeholder organisations came together in central Manchester to work together and start the development of a long-term, 10-year, vision for…