Natural Course

Following the success of bids into Defra’s £15m Natural Flood Management (NFM) fund, on Wednesday 1st March, the Environment Agency flood risk team in Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire, hosted an NFM delivery workshop for practitioners to encourage further partnership working and to highlight potential opportunities for Natural Flood Management.…

On Friday 10th February 2017 members of the River Irwell catchment partnership met to discuss project priorities across the Irwell catchment, based on detailed evidence and local knowledge. Organised by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Rivers Trust, the workshop was designed to help members of the catchment partnership…

Leading practitioners from across the country attended the Greater Manchester’s Natural Capital Annual Conference in Salford, to discuss how best to adopt a natural capital approach in urban environments. On Wednesday 1st February 2017 over 100 representatives from environment, health, planning, utilities and transport sectors came together to discuss what…

Volunteers from across Greater Manchester took part in training for the first ever River Irwell Wetland Bird Blitz during the weekend of 17th & 18th December 2016. The volunteers are now able to participate in a one-day survey which takes place during January 2017.  The one-day survey will run along…

9,000 trees will be planted this winter in North West England to help improve water quality, as part of the European Life Integrated Project, Natural Course. This week (Wednesday 30th November) Ribble Rivers Trust will be taking 10 volunteers out to Bashall Brook to plant the first few trees of…

North West England has been chosen to lead Europe in a ground-breaking project that will build capacity to protect and improve our North West water environment. Working in collaboration, the Environment Agency, United Utilities, Greater Manchester Combined Authorities, Natural England and The Rivers Trust will use their diverse expertise to…

To help relieve flooding, a river in Staveley, South Cumbria, has recently undergone river restoration work to help reconnect the river with it’s natural flood plain. South Cumbria Rivers Trust worked in partnership with local farmer John Nichol, the Environment Agency, Natural England, CaBA, Biffa Award and Natural Course, to…