Biodiversity and Eco Services
The Environment Agency and Northumberland Rivers Trust have relocated hundreds of native crayfish from the abundant populations found in the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, one of the last remaining strongholds for the white-clawed crayfish, to six refuge sites in North Northumberland.
Wessex Water is beginning work on a five-year restoration project as part of the Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) which will see the water company sensitively improve sites including mixed deciduous woodland, lowland grassland, ponds, lowland meadows and saltmarsh, to the benefit of their associated wildlife.
The Environment Agency’s programme of improvements across Yorkshire has created or improved more than 82 hectares of habitat in the past year.
Scottish Water has shared images and video taken from the bottom of a Borders dam which has been drained for the first time ever in order to help the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) determine the future of the structure.
Wild Atlantic salmon stocks in UK rivers are reaching crisis point, according to the latest stock assessment report which estimates they are at their lowest levels on record.
- Environment Agency report warns potential loss of biodiversity and wildlife is existential risk to human survival
- Climate change - Wildlife Trusts warns radical action needed to tackle dramatic decline in nature
- First of its kind £1.5m nature restoration project to reduce flood risk in Lancashire gets underway
- Progress in joint Natural England and Environment Agency River Lugg prosecution
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