We've been testing our sirens!
It’s Monday morning and I’m sat at my desk planning out my work week, time seems to be flying by recently. I catch myself casting my mind back little over a week to the annual upper Calder valley Yorkshire siren …
Remote controlled boat for river flows
Given the chance, wouldn’t your job be better if you could do it using a remote controlled boat? It was this thought that led us to develop a high-tech river survey boat, known as the acoustic remote controlled boat or …
Protecting people and property by working with others
Here at the Environment Agency we have the job of investing funding for Flood and Coastal Risk Management, working with local councils and water companies amongst others to put measures in place to protect people and property. As the Flood …
Flood wardens unite!
It’s Saturday morning and all is relatively quiet in the city as I make my way to the office, there’s rain in the air but a spring in my step because today is our annual flood warden seminar. Now you …
Hunting for history in Exeter
You’d be amazed how often we find historical artefacts during our flood work. Particularly in ancient cities like Exeter, where we’ve started work on a £30 million flood defence scheme with Exeter City Council and Devon County Council. And that’s …
Hydropower and Environment Agency weirs
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Stephen Naylor, Posted on:
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Fisheries and biodiversity, Greener business, Regulated industry, Water
We have several roles when it comes to hydropower development, the most important being as a regulator for water resources. We support the development of sustainable hydropower and our role is to ensure the local environment is protected. We use …
New project helps improve our understanding of how people use water
I work in the Groundwater Hydrology and Contaminated Land team for the Hertfordshire and North London area. We have a large population of more than 6.5 million people in a space of 3,200 km2, which can put pressure on local …
New online service to help monitor salmon and sea trout stocks
Whenever anyone buys a rod licence to fish for salmon and sea trout they are legally obliged to let us know if they have caught fish and how many times they went fishing. This is really important data because it …
Spotlight on salmon: how we are protecting stocks
We recently contacted anglers to encourage more people to return more of the salmon that they catch. Many have asked us what else we are doing to protect stocks. Salmon stocks are assessed as 'at risk' in 16 of England’s …
Hard work benefiting fish and anglers alike...
Last month I wrote about how rod licence money helps to protect and improve fisheries. Since then, I have been talking with Simon Ward, one of our local fisheries specialists, to find out about our work in the Midlands. Our top …