Our current analysis suggests that we can’t write plain English
One of the main aims of the recent WWF chalk-streams conference (my presentation is published in a previous blog entry) was to encourage people to comment on the…
River “Restoration”?
This is a slightly shortened version of a talk I gave last week at the WWF chalk-stream conference: I was asked to address what river restoration should mean…
The ‘shocking’ State of England’s Chalk-Streams 2014
Last night I was invited to speak at the launch of WWF’s new report: The State of England’s Chalk Streams 2014. The report reveals that over three-quarters of…
Restoration Drama Continued
The second in my mini-series on our (Norfolk Rivers Trust) 2014 river restoration projects begins in the headwaters of the River Nar. You have to go…
Restoration Drama
The first in a series of blogs for river restorationists. The reason why nothing has appeared on here for the past four months: I’ve been a…
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…
Salmon in the heart of England
It would be difficult to get further from the sea as the crow flies, let alone as the salmon swims, than Rowsley in Derbyshire, but salmon…
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…
The Impact of Dredging
A few months ago I mentioned that Owen Patterson (Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) was planning a relaxation of the by-laws governing…
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