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Jayne, our Catchment Planning and Delivery Officer, took some very lucky University students on a field trip last week. The University of Cumbria students, all studying marine and freshwater conservation, were whisked off to a local beck to look and talk about piezometers and dissolved oxygen. This is an important monitoring technique, when assessing juvenile sites by looking at the chemical conditions of river gravels. The students also found out about catchment management, something you can learn about by following…

Bekka, our Cumbria Freshwater Invasive Non-Native Species Officer (CFINNS) has been over to Yorkshire to lead some training on implementing bio-security at events. There were approx. eight different organisations that attended the workshop, discussing; application of bio-security, risk assessments, examples and then a site visit in the afternoon to Thurscross Reservoir for practical examples. The workshop allowed for a lot of discussion between organisations, focusing on; Training event organisers how to deliver biosecurity measures with focus on defining responsibility early. Potential ‘hubs’…

Over the last couple of months, Matt Carroll our newest project officer, has been working at Colwith to finalise works funded through the Fresh Water Pearl Mussel project. Matt has been working putting up 275m of bank side fencing. The benefits of such include; livestock exclusion and reducing sedimentation and nutrient inputs. This now brings the Colwith work to a close, after the revetment removal last year. You can read more about the revetment removal below. Colwith Revetment Removal

The HLF Conserving Coniston and Crake project team have been working hard; thinking and organising exciting taster sessions for you to come and get involved in. There are two gravel cleaning training sessions in October, so you can learn about their importance, especially when it comes to salmonid spawning! They have been out testing the equipment ready for you…Why not give it a go? In November, you will have the opportunity to count redds, the spawning scrapes created by salmonids,…

The Environment Agency have recently announced three future flood risk management community drop-in events for Kendal, Staveley & Ings and Burneside. The dates and times are as follows: Kendal on Wednesday 26 September 2018 at Kendal Town Hall Staveley and Ings on Wednesday 17 October 2018 at Staveley Village Hall Burneside on Friday 19 October 2018 at Burneside Cricket Club You are welcome to call in anytime between 3.30pm and 7pm. The Drop-ins follow on from previously held public events…

SCRT teamed up with Barrow Community Kitchen and Tesco Metro yesterday, Tuesday 18th September for a Community Rivers Day! The morning session was a litter pick along Mill Beck. Several people from both the Community Centre and Tesco Metro attended. As you can see, we managed to fill a few bags… Lunch was kindly provided by Barrow Community Kitchen. The afternoon session saw family activities; including river dipping plus arts & crafts.  We want to say a HUGE thanks to all the…

SCRT will be running a training session on Algae identification on 15th September at the SCRT offices from 10:30am. This is available to anyone who wants to come have a go, meet new people and learn something new. Speaking of…it is a new technique (not tried by SCRT before), that will help us to understand the health of rivers better. If you are interested, please contact Jayne Wilkinson: jayne@scrt.co.uk for more information and/or to book a place. DIRECTIONS

Amy, who has been volunteering with us over the summer, is off back down to University. We want to say thank you for your hard work and we hope it has been a beneficial experience for you. If you want to find out about what Amy has been doing during her time here, check our her blog! If you’re interested in perhaps volunteering for the Trust, like Amy, then get in contact with us.

The 10TH ALL ENGLAND STONE SKIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS took place this Saturday at Fell Foot Park, National Trust! We want to say a BIG THANK YOU to all the visitors, volunteers and participants who came throughout the day, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. The weather stayed mainly dry meaning that conditions were just right to crown a new champion, Alex Lewis, with an EPIC throw of 95 metres! This distance beat the existing record, set last…

  We had a wonderful time with the local community for Crosthwaite Discovery Day on both 18th July and 4th August! We had lots of children and families attend; crafting mini-creatures, discovering wildlife, exploring and learning about what creatures can be found in our rivers. Thank you to everyone who attended the event. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Please contact us with feedback, we would love to hear from you: info@scrt.co.uk