We’ve Got Wood
Monday morning 4th August and the next phase in the restoration of a small Norfolk chalk-stream begins. 3.5 km in two months, all being well. Last year we (the…
Our New Eden
Books, it seems, can change the world … or at least help shape it. The River Wye – a chalk-stream in Buckinghamshire – was buried…
All the futures we have wished for
Some of you might be interested in the letter I have written in reply to a (very nice) letter from a member of Wycombe Council’s projects…
Something better change?
My blog seems big on dredging these last few months, but with the government’s DIY dredging schemes recently unveiled the issue has taken on some urgency. Politicians from…
Canute and the river
Click here for a fascinating explanation and video by Paul Gaskell and the Wild Trout Trust on the real impact of dredging. Paul used an Emriver kit…
A Storm-Cloud for Rivers?
I hear rumours that Owen Patterson, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – perhaps under pressure from the farming lobby – has proposed…
Chalk-stream Charter Chalk-stream Action
Slowly we are waking up to the fact that we have in southern England an almost unique eco-system comparable for its natural wonder with any on…
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