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Citizen Science in East Anglia

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photo of two people stood in a river with a bucket and a fishnet to do some monitoring

Citizen science initiatives provide invaluable data about our water environment and complement our own monitoring and assessment work, enabling a greater understanding of the issues we face and how together we can take action going forward. John Findlay, who works in the East Anglia analysis and reporting team at the EA, writes here about his role and the data his team is collecting.

Weir making a real difference to water quality on the River Cole

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‘a fast-flowing river running down a weir, in between two grass banks’

The Environment Agency enables partnerships to come together and improve the local environment to benefit wildlife and communities. Catchment Coordinator for the EA, Adam Noon, tells us more about removing Ackers Weir on the River Cole in East Birmingham.

Wendling Beck Environment Project – building financial and environmental resilience for farmers.

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By Andy Slaney, Green Finance Specialist, Environment Agency The Wendling Beck Environment Project is a habitat creation, nature restoration and regenerative farming project, spanning almost 2,000 acres near Dereham in Norfolk, UK. The project is leading the way in transforming …

Cumbria River Restoration Strategy: from local to International success

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The Cumbria River Restoration Strategy was developed to help improve the quality and function of three Cumbria catchments - the Rivers Eden, Derwent and Kent. From its humble beginnings to setting its sights on the World River Prize this year, read about why this programme has been so successful.

Creating new wetland habitats on the River Thame, Buckinghamshire  

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The Thame Catchment Partnership, co-hosted by River Thame Conservation Trust and Freshwater Habitats Trust, of which the Environment Agency is a member.

As we mark Biodiversity COP15, Hilary Phillips, Senior Project Officer for the River Thame Conservation Trust, explains how partnership working has transformed 32 hectares of floodplain grassland across two sites in Buckinghamshire into complex wetland habitats. At Eythrope on the …

Resetting our rivers – how taking them back to ‘stage zero’ could help nurture nature

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Grange Farm Stage Zero

Matt Parr works in Lincolnshire’s Fisheries, Biodiversity and Geomorphology team and has been with the Environment Agency for 10 years. Here, he explains how he’s working to restore the glory of local rivers by resetting them to their natural state, …

How Wiltshire farmers are helping to 'clean up' water in the Kennet catchment

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Charlotte Hitchmough and Rupert Kelton from Action for the River Kennet talk about a project to improve river water quality and create new wetland habitat in a sub-catchment of the Kennet in Wiltshire. The Sparkling Streams project has repurposed an …