The Rivers Trust

If you're considering giving a #PresentForThePlanet this Christmas, you might want to find out more about where your money could be used. Each week, we're going to tell you about a few of our favourite projects which donations like yours could help to support. Today, we're hearing from Anna Forbes,…

  DONATE A PRESENT FOR THE PLANET This Christmas, give the gift of rivers teeming with life.  Did you know that 99% of all rivers in England and Wales are obstructed by manmade obstacles? These artificial barriers pose one of the greatest threats to river ecosystems, resulting in the loss…

If you're considering giving a #PresentForThePlanet this Christmas, you might want to find out more about where your money could be used. Each week, we're going to tell you about a few of our favourite projects which donations like yours could help to support. Today, we're looking at the Eel…

  DONATE A PRESENT FOR THE PLANET   Nature nurtures children. This Christmas, give the gift of a lasting relationship with the natural world. There is something about nature which is good for the heart of a child. We mean this from a metaphorical and physical standpoint; research has repeatedly…

Guest blog by Jane Herbert from Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust. On March 14th, beavers returned to Essex after being extinct for 400 years. They are part of a Natural Flood Management (NFM) project on Spains Hall Estate to reduce flooding to the village of Finchingfield. Two European Beavers, bred…