Eels in Schools on the Radio!
Listen to the interview with BBC Radio Sheffield with pupils from Montagu School and our Project Officer Karen about the Eels in Schools project eels.m4a Eels in Schools from Karen Eynon on Vimeo.
River Loxley Fish Passage Scoping Study
The Report we commissioned from Arup as part of our investigations into the River Loxley fish passage is now available for download here and also on our Downloads page.
Eels in Schools have arrived!
Severn & Wye Smokery along with DCRT have installed our 6 allocated tanks with around 150 eels in each one. The locations are: The Hill Primary, Montagu Primary, Pennine View, St Michael & All Angels, Sacred Heart and RSPB Old Moor. All the schools are within the Dearne Valley Nature Improvement Area. After about 4 […]
Trying out our new kit
We carried out some electrofishing with our new kit on the Skell at Skellow on 23rd May which was a great success. We were surprised at the number of eels that we found as well as lots of trout. Photo credit: Jim Horsfall
Official Opening of Hadfield Weir Fishpass at Meadowhall
On Tuesday 21st May 2013 Mr Steve Hustler, Facilities Director of Meadowhall Shopping Centre officially opened the new multi-species fish and eel pass on the River Don at Hadfields Weir, Meadowhall. Mr Hustler said he was pleased that British Land and Meadowhall were part of the project and commented on the amount of […]
Clean, Check, Dry
If you spend time in the rivers, streams, ponds or reservoirs around the catchment then biosecurity is vitally important to prevent some of the Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) that threaten our species and habitats from moving around the catchment. Click on the picture below to learn more about how you can help to Stop the […]
5 Minute Survey
Please take 5 mins to complete this survey – there are 10 questions, mostly multi-choice This will aid us with funding bids to make more great improvements to the River Don that will benefit all of us Click here to take survey Thanks for your time
New Interpretation at Meadowhall
Click here to see our great new interpretation board at Meadowhall by Genie Creative. This is the temporary board that Genie designed while the construction team were working on the weir
Electrofishing Training
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, […]
