With autumn here, we're busy with several projects helping our rivers and their habitats stay healthy as we head towards winter.
As today is Halloween, we're celebrating the 'creepy' critters who live in and along the riverbank. Although not often considered 'cute', we appreciate their biodiverse beauty and awesomeness.
You can watch our volunteer vlogger, Emmeline, explain more about some invertebrates on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ld47P3j9vec
What's really scary is that the WWF Living Planet Report 2022 indicates that monitored freshwater species have dropped by an average of 83% since 1970. This is more than any other species group.
With global habitat loss and barriers to migration routes to blame for around half the threats to these populations, we are pleased to share our latest successful fish pass partnership story with you.
Read on to discover how you can easily fundraise for our river restoration work as you shop online, how leaky dams help to slow the flow in parts of Plymouth, and much more including our three new job vacancies.
Till next time, thank you for helping to keep #BringingRiversToLife
Josie - communications manager
Fantastic fin-ish for fish pass
A National Highways funded scheme to help fish navigate the River Ashburn in Devon has gone swimmingly well – and completed in time for the autumn migration season.
The construction of a new fish pass will help to support the ecosystem of the River Ashburn by assisting the migration of salmon, eels and other species through Ashburn Check Weirs within the Dartmoor National Park.
Along with the Environment Agency and Fishtek Consulting, we identified an issue whereby fish were unable to move upstream due to the four, historic stepped weirs close to the A38 eastbound entry slip road at Buckfastleigh.
We appreciate it may not be easy to make charitable donations with worries about cost of living affecting many people.
But, if you shop online, you can still help us earn a slice of £10,000 from online shopping platform Give as you Live, this winter.
Our partnership with them allows our supporters to raise free donations from their online shopping. It's a bit like cashback, but the money comes to us as a donation.
It's easy and free to sign-up and help our charity this way - you'll just need to complete three shops by the end of the year and they'll donate £10 to us - PLUS 100% of whatever you earn by shopping this way.
Visit Give As You Live to take part and make your online purchases provide a donation to us too.
Thank you.
Latest vacancies
We are looking for two creative and experienced bid writers to support the development of the Trust and its projects.
We also have a role for a Senior Land Advisor to help deliver our Upstream Thinking project.
And finally, congrats to our dedicated farm advisor, Ross Cherrington,
who's celebrating 20 continuous years with our charity.
He's pictured here with his anniversary cake made by our talented baker and fisheries team lead, Olivia Cresswell.
Thank you for your continued interest in helping us to keep Bringing Rivers to Life in the Westcountry.
