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Have your say on proposals to improve the water environment

Posted by: Environment Agency, Posted on: 13 April 2022 - Categories: Water
Long reeds sit in the foreground. You can see Canal Mountsorrel behind the reeds, with 5 canal boats moored on it. Behind the canal boats there are some brick buildings.

Deputy Director for Water Strategy and Partnerships, Richard Thompson, talks about how the importance of River Basin Management Planning as a tool for driving forward the changes needed for a prosperous water environment.

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How we carry out fish surveys

Posted by: Dave Hellard, Posted on: 11 May 2016 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

What can you use an aerated tank, stop nets & specialist electric fishing equipment for? Our Sampling and Collection teams and Fisheries teams are working together to survey the fish in the River Loddon and Blackwater, as part of a …

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Helping wildlife to thrive

Posted by: Mark Iley, Posted on: 12 August 2015 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity
Volunteer river wardens undergoing RiverFly training at Church End, Gt Dunmow on the River Chelmer

...within the wider catchment partnership. Mark Iley has been the biodiversity co-ordinator for the Essex Biodiversity Project since 2008. The project is an informal partnership of around 40 organisations working...

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