Report on catchment partnerships across the North West River Basin District published Natural Course has published its final report from the Catchment Benchmarking project, commissioned to Eunomia Research & Consulting Ltd. The project examined how catchment partnerships currently work across the North West River Basin District (NWRBD), including the challenges…

New report on Catchment Partnerships across the North West River Basin District published. Natural Course has published its first report from the catchment benchmarking project. The project is looking at how Catchment Partnerships are currently working across the North West River Basin District, their challenges, good practices, and opportunities to…

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…

Natural Course is working closely with the Turning Tides partnership and their LOVEmyBEACH campaign to help improve rivers and bathing waters across the North West. It is often said that rivers are the arteries of our planet. This is particularly the case when considering the impact that rivers have on…

On April 30th, a workshop took place at Wyre Estuary Country Park, to work with local partners in the area to decide on a vision for the future of the Wyre catchment. The Environment Agency, Wyre Borough Council, Wyre Rivers Trust, Natural England, Forestry Commission and United Utilities attended the…

A number of local organisations led by South Cumbria Rivers Trust have come together to form the Becks to Bay catchment partnership, under the national Catchment-based Approach initiative and North West Natural Course project. The partnership has been working together to gather information and generate action for the past year,…