What is the situation in England? The National Drought Group met today (15 July) and a drought was declared in the West and East Midlands. The region joins the north-west and Yorkshire which officially declared drought last month. Dry weather …
In the first of an ongoing series we speak with Environment Agency staff about their angling experience. First up is Kye Jerrom. Kye has worked for the EA for 15 years and been an angler for 27. Kye works as …
...and what flood risk benefits they achieved. Natural flood management in action – not just models. Although the flood risk benefits of natural flood management I am sure will continue...
Flood forecasting is an incredibly exciting place to be right now with so many innovations designed to give communities better warning if it floods. The work we do can save lives by informing people in advance. I’ve worked in flood …
...estimated £37 billion of economic damage to the UK. When I visited our teams at the Hull Barrier and South Ferriby to see our preparations in action, I was struck...
...the annual calendar is tomorrow’s Flood and Coast Conference 2017. The conference has been shaped by an advisory committee, which I chair, and is made up of representatives from all...
John Curtin with recent flood foundation course graduates Penny Cox and Aoife Harte [Right].14 years ago I led the creation of our first flood risk engineering degree programme. Today sees...
...on International Women’s Day the Environment Agency will host two of the Cross Government events, welcoming colleagues from Departments and Agencies to our events in Bristol and Exeter. We will...
We don’t offer spa treatments to the general public here in the Environment Agency, but we do provide the service to some local muscles (sorry, typo, ‘Mussels’). Once a year we send our intrepid officers out to chosen beaches to …
...the ever increasing risk of flooding. Following the devastating winter flooding of 2015/16 we joined forces to publish the property flood resilience action plan. It’s recommendations represent a significant commitment...
This is a guest blog by Rob Hughes from the Angling Trust, and England carp angling team manager. Some of the more mature readers will remember the hilarious sketch from Monty Python’s famous film The Life Of Brian. Younger readers may …
