Please read our June Bulletin

Keeping Rivers Cool is a four year (2012-2016) Environment Agency led climate change adaptation project focused on using trees to keep rivers cool. Three pilot catchments have been targeted for the first two years of this project, namely: Wye, Hampshire Avon, Tyne.

We are pleased to invite you to read the first newsletter of the EU FP7 project REFORM (Restoring rivers for effective catchment management).

 A review by the Forest Research and ADAS, jointly commissioned by the Forestry Commission and the Environment Agency has shown the important role of woodlands in delivering WFD objectives.

A summary of the report is available on the Environment Agency website (here), and the detailed scientific review is available on the Forest Research website (here).

 In April 2011 the Environment Agency began piloting new approaches for engaging with people and organisations at a catchment level in ways that can make a difference to the health of all our waters and habitats. The pilots will run until December 2012.