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Barriers in rivers can present huge problems for wildlife and water flow. Removal can be a complicated issue, and data collection plays an important role in addressing those which pose the biggest threats. Part of [The Source Code] series: regular tech and data insights from The Rivers Trust’s Heather Bell, celebrating the digital tools and teams powering environmental change. Sign up to our newsletter to get every piece delivered to your inbox.

2025 has the potential to be a transformative year for the water environment. We have the opportunity to kick-start once-in-a-generation change towards more integrated water management, ensuring that our water system genuinely meets the needs of our people, nature and a thriving economy.

What does it take to get ready for the World’s Toughest Row? Jake Still opens up his food stores and tells us about his final preparations before heading to the start line of his upcoming 3,000-mile solo row across the Atlantic, to raise funds for river restoration work.

A message from the All-Ireland Director, Mark Horton: In early December, The Rivers Trust All-Ireland team gathered in Dublin for a year-end meeting to reflect on 2025 and plan for 2026. I was asked to prepare a short overview of what we had delivered in 2025.

We are delighted to see Jonathan White, current president of The Rivers Trust and former chair of both The Rivers Trust and Severn Rivers Trust, recognised with an OBE for river conservation in the recent honours list.

We’re a small team with limited resources, and X is no longer a useful, suitable space for our communications.

The BUFFER+ project partners are pleased to share the ​“feasibility study for sustainable value chains in peatlands”. This paper assesses the level of feasibility of different business models which could have good potential for generating income in peatland areas while respecting their ecosystem functions.

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.

Jake Still took on the challenge of rowing solo across the Atlantic Ocean to raise money for the rivers he loves back home. But how is the GPS technology he used to navigate linked to the work of The Rivers Trust? Part of [The Source Code] series: regular tech and data insights from The Rivers Trust’s Heather Bell, celebrating the digital tools and teams powering environmental change. Sign up to our newsletter to get every piece delivered to your inbox.