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Government’s Water White Paper: Welcome signals, worrying gaps, and vital work still to do

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
The long-awaited Water White paper contains some positive steps to reform water management, but without significant new government funding it will not be the radical, transformational change that we hoped for or that communities, our environment and the economy need.

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Chalk stream restoration paves the way for a historic reintroduction of endangered water voles to Surrey

  • Emma Brisdion
  • Blog
Extinct in the county for over 20 years, water voles have been released by South East Rivers Trust at Chamber Mead Wetlands and on the Hogsmill River, after restoration work improved the habitat condition enough to welcome these iconic river rodents back

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The Rivers Trust Movement demands urgent release of Water Restoration Fund money in letter to Minister

  • Matthew Woodard
The Rivers Trust Movement has written to Water Minister Emma Hardy, calling on her to ensure money currently sitting unused in the Water Restoration Fund is paid out to start the task of reversing harm on the environment.

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Save Severn Estuary’s Fish: Demand Action from Hinkley

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
Hinkley Nuclear Power Station must not remove protection for millions of fish in the Severn Estuary. Sign our petition and help us hold EDF accountable and ensure the Severn Estuary’s ecosystems are protected.

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Nature can help deliver the Government’s priorities

  • The Rivers Trust
  • Blog
At the Labour Party Conference 2024 in Liverpool, a panel of experts brought together by The Rivers Trust sought to answer the question ​‘How can Labour rescue Britain’s rivers without breaking the bank?’

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Toxic Dips: The Rivers Trust launch the world’s most expensive (fake) bath bombs on eBay

  • The Rivers Trust
  • News
The three-piece set of ​‘Toxic Dips’ bath bombs is priced at £300,000, just 0.005% of the amount being spent to stop UK rivers deteriorating further over the next five years.

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Vote for Rivers at the upcoming General Election

  • Emma Brisdion
  • News
This summer, join us as we #VoteForRivers, sending a clear message to all political parties that action for our precious waterways is vital and is an issue that we the public care strongly about.

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Annual conference on river buffers: call for submissions

  • Rebecca Duncan
Share your experience of river buffer zones at our online annual conference.

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The Rivers Trust 2022 – 23 Impact Report is live!

  • Matthew Woodard
Dive into our work from the last year, celebrate achievements, and look to future as we continue to fight for wild, healthy, natural rivers.

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The Rivers Trust response to Government’s Plan for Water

  • Rebecca Duncan
Our initial response to the government’s Plan for Water, published on 4th April 2023.

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