Good news! On 24th April 2012 the first springer salmon of the year was caught in the trap at Forge Weir, Halton. Hopefully many more will be working their way up the Lune. Our thanks go to Andy Croft and the Environment Agency for the report.
Projects
Catchment Sensitive Farming
March 2012
Opportunities for farmers in the Lower Lune
The Lower Lune has just been added to the Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) project – a Defra funded campaign run by Natural England and the Environment Agency. The project’s purpose is to help clean up the water at Morecambe Bay and Heysham by giving local farmers free one-to-one or group training, advice and capital grant funding to reduce diffuse water pollution from agriculture. (more…)
Elver Tidal Flaps
February 2012, Peter Evoy, South Cumbria Rivers Trust
Introduction, Sarah Littlefield, LRT Secretary: One of the big issues for fish is access to our becks and rivers from the sea. Many of these waterways have tidal flaps at their entrances, causing major obstructions for fish migration. Our colleagues in South Cumbria Rivers Trust (SCRT) have started to tackle this problem. Peter Evoy (SCR Trust Manager) explains below why this problem has arisen, what it means, and describes their initial success in dealing with it. We plan to do similar work in the next year. (more…)
