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We now have 12 trained members of the Revival Partnership how to use the electrofishing equipment that we were able to purchase with a grant from The Big Lottery Fund Awards for All This will enable a wider range of organisations to carry out surveys as we have a bank of people to call on, […]
Don Catchment Rivers Trust has secured funding through The Big Lottery Fund to fund a project worth £10,000. This project will enable important work to be carried out in the rivers and streams in the lower Don catchment in line with their membership of a new partnership initiative in this area called Revival. The money […]
The DCRT has agreed to support local group Sheffield Action Crayfish’s work to save the remaining white-clawed crayfish in the Don Catchment. White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) are the only native species of crayfish in the Britsh Isles, which was formerly a stronghold of the species. Unfortunately the species is being wiped out across its range […]
We had a good turn-out of interested parties at the consultation meeting on 15th January. The questions and answers from the evening are here answers to consultation meeting questions
Invitation to Loxley Weirs Consultation Venue: St Polycarp’s Church, Wisewood Lane, Sheffield S6 4WA Date & Time: Tuesday 15th January at 7:30pm Most of the weirs in the Don Catchment are part of the legacy of industrial activity in the region. While they can provide aesthetic and cultural interest, unfortunately they can also pose an […]
David Rowley and Chris Firth have won an award for services to Fisheries and the Environment at the Rivers Trust Autumn Conference in Newcastle. The award recognises all the hard work and effort that David and Chris have put in to the Rivers Trust over the years especially their recent work on the River Don […]
As of Friday 2nd November, the Larinier fish pass on Hadfields Weir at Meadowhall is up and running. The top sandbags were removed this morning and the water is flowing nicely over the baffles and the eel pass. For more information about the project and our sponsors see our Projects pages
