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What is drought? 

What is drought? 

Over the past 50 years, England has suffered lots of droughts - some of the more notable ones include 1975-76, 1989-92, 1995-96, 2004-06, 2011-12 and recently 2018, 2022 and 2025. But what does this mean, how does the Environment Agency …

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Looking back at the November 2000 floods in York

Posted by: Mark Fuller, Posted on: 4 November 2020 - Categories: Flood
Sandbags piled up against the Lendal Bridge arch floodgate during the 2000 flooding in York

Mark Fuller had just returned from a holiday in November 2000 when he joined the incident team who were working round-the-clock to manage the biggest flood of the River Ouse that York has ever seen.

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Unlocking the way for shad on the UK's longest river

Posted by: Charles Crundwell, Posted on: 24 October 2020 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Uncategorized

As we celebrate annual World Fish Migration Day, I am reminded that in Britain, we are incredibly lucky to have some fascinating migratory fish species. Everyone has heard the tale of the Atlantic Salmon which travels thousands of miles back …

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World Fish Migration Day: Connecting fish, rivers and people

Posted by: paigechaplin, Posted on: 24 October 2020 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

This Saturday (24 October) is World Fish Migration day. In this blog, Sue Laver from the National Fisheries Services team writes about this global-local event which aims to create awareness of the importance of open rivers and migratory fish, and …

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Winning the Rivers Prize 2020: restoring our unique chalk streams for people, wildlife and the environment

Posted by: aimeecarguillo, Posted on: 15 October 2020 - Categories: Water

Our Test and Itchen Restoration Strategy Project Officer, Heb Leman, looks into the projects work to restore Chalk Streams.

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The state of our waters: the facts

Posted by: James Bevan, Posted on: 2 October 2020 - Categories: Water

EA Chief Executive Sir James Bevan sets out the facts around the state of our rivers

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From football ground to river: Putting the Trent back in Stoke-on-Trent

Posted by: danielbarnes, Posted on: 27 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
A digger surrounded by stones and gravel

Matt Lawrence, EA Project Executive for the SUNRISE programme, on a project to divert part of the River Trent through the former Stoke City ground

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The Flood Strategy is go!

Posted by: Emma Howard Boyd, Posted on: 25 September 2020 - Categories: Flood
flood sign in front of flood water

The Environment Agency’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy finished its journey through Parliament, meaning that we can start to put it into action, getting the nation better protected and prepared for the effects of climate change for decades to come.

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Shipping Waste? – I’m here to catch offenders!

Posted by: jamiegoldsmith, Posted on: 24 September 2020 - Categories: Regulated industry, Uncategorized, Waste

Environment Agency Port Officer Melvyn Stammers discusses international waste exports and what he and his colleagues are doing to stop illegal shipments

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Emma Howard Boyd on the State of the Environment Report

Posted by: Emma Howard Boyd, Posted on: 8 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
aerial image of green fields and a river

Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, reflects on the recent State of the Environment Report.

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How you can paddle and help us maintain the water environment

Posted by: jamiegoldsmith, Posted on: 20 August 2020 - Categories: Regulated industry, Uncategorized, Water

Alice Mayne, Deputy Director of Navigation at the Environment Agency, highlights how boaters and craft users can work with the Agency help to protect our waterways.

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