We've been busy this month 💪 💦 🐟 To get an update on all our projects - dip into our latest e newsletter: mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the... You can also sign up to receive this direct on our website 👌
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust
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A registered charity, working to enhance and protect the rivers of the Yorkshire Dales for the benefit of wildlife and people. Sign up to our e news at: www.ydrt.org.uk
Skeeby Ford removal and bridge replacement is now finished 🤩 Before & after pics below show how we replaced the concrete structure that impeded #fish & habitat connectivity – with a clear-span bridge – so the farmer can continue to access their land 🚜 More info at: www.ydrt.org.uk/removing-bar...
Dip into our latest #blog 🤩 - all about our surface water outfall survey and water quality monitoring on Crimple Beck, #Harrogate 💦 www.ydrt.org.uk/rainwater-or...
Rainwater or Wastewater? The Importance of Outfall Surveys
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8 teams of staff & #volunteers converged on the River #Ure and its catchment yesterday, to get a snapshot of its overall health & to monitor changes in water quality since last round of testing in 2024 💦 More info to follow soon 👉 sign up to our e news to be one of the first to hear 🤩 #pollution
Skeeby Ford nr Richmond has been removed 🤩 & the gravel beds have been uncovered… supporting #fish migration up & down the water course - vital for breeding, feeding & refuge. 🐟 💦 We’ll post again when the project is finished 🫶 Part of #GreatYorkshireRivers project funded by #EnvironmentAgency
We’ve just started removing this ford over Skeeby Beck near Richmond. 💦The ford allows the farmer to access their land – but impedes #river health and connectivity for fish. 👉We will keep you posted with how the ford’s removal opens the river back up! #GreatYorkshireRivers #environmentagency
With much of England officially in drought, farmers across the Dales will already be managing the impacts of prolonged dry weather. For those looking for the latest information or further guidance, Defra has published a useful blog 👇 https://ow.ly/IXgJ50ZArjC
Don't miss out 👉 Our latest #job vacancy for a - Catchment Manager on the River Ure - closes at noon next Friday 21 October 💦 Full details and application link below 👇 www.ydrt.org.uk/vacancies #jobvacancy #jobopportunity #riversjob #environmentaljob #rivers #yorkshiredalesjob #yorkshirejob
Days off this #summer? 🌝Visit our #familyfriendly #Rivers4Life exhibition at Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes? 👉 find out more via #Blog link below 👇 Dive into #YorkshireDales #rivers #conservation #wildlife #ecology in a fun & immersive way 💦 🌿 @yorkshiredales.org.uk mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the...
#Job👇 We're looking for a Catchment Manager to help improve the River Ure and its catchment 💦 Working with farmers, landowners, partners & volunteers, you'll develop projects to improve water quality, restore habitats & support nature recovery🚜 Full details at: www.ydrt.org.uk/vacancies
🚜 Yorkshire Dales Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow 🚜 We are now taking bookings for a #soil health #event for #farmers and landowners in the River #Nidd catchment 💦 on 21 August 5.30-9.30pm See booking links for more details 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...
Yorkshire Rivers Trusts Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow - Yorkshire Dales
FREE event about managing and maintaining your grassland for better soil health, improved resilience, and greater productivity.
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🚜 Yorkshire Dales Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow 🚜 We are now taking bookings for a #soil health #event for #farmers and landowners in the River #Wharfe catchment 💦 on 19 August 5.30-9.30pm See booking links for more details 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...
Yorkshire Rivers Trusts Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow - Aire and Wharfe
FREE event about managing and maintaining your grassland for better soil health, improved resilience, and greater productivity.
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Dip into our latest e #news - full of #rivers news from across the #YorkshireDales 💦 Includes #INNS #Groundswell2026 #Rivers4Life #Vacancies & update on our #DVRN #CatchmentPartnership and more! Sign up to receive it direct via our website homepage 💪 mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the...
Want to help shape the future of Yorkshire #rivers? 💦 We are now seeking #Treasurer #Trustee to provide strategic financial leadership & governance. Use your financial expertise to support a charity dedicated to improving water quality #biodiversity & river #habitats www.ydrt.org.uk/join-our-team
It's not too late to book for #TALKS and a guided #rivers #WALK at our #OpenDay at the #DalesCountrysideMuseum Hawes this Saturday 27 June. All are free to book and entitle you to #free entry to our #Rivers4Life exhibition too! Find out more & book here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Our #Rivers4Life exhibition at the #DalesCountrysideMuseum showcases through film, music, art, soundscapes, drama, photography & storytelling, the challenges facing our #rivers and their #wildlife & the solutions helping to protect them. Running until 27 Sept & supported by #lotteryheritage 💙🌊
Great morning surveying surface water #outfalls near #Harrogate with the some of the team... look out for the #blog and info reel coming soon 👌 Why not sign up to our monthly e news at www.ydrt.org.uk to be the first to hear 💦 🫶
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May 23 is #WorldFishMigrationDay Read more about our work at #YDRT - removing or mitigating against barriers to fish passage within our catchments in the #YorkshireDales and how this improves #fish and #riverhealth in our latest blog: www.ydrt.org.uk/removing-bar...
Look what we spotted! 🤩 A slow worm or common lizard whilst on a #reptile survey in Nidderdale. The data from this will be be used to inform diffuse pollution designs for a historic mine site. Look closely - can you see the tail regrowing on the lizard?🦎 Photo credit to: Long-Rigg Conservation
We just want to say a sincere THANK YOU to everyone that donated / shared our posts in this week's #EarthRaise #BigGive match funding campaign! 🤩 🫶 We achieved our £5000 target directly funding and supporting the work of our amazing #volunteers! #YorkshireDales #rivers 💦
Until midday 29 April - all #donations to our #volunteering projects will be doubled 💦 #BigGive #EarthRaise match funding campaign is doubling public donations to support charities tackling urgent environmental issues 🌿 Please support us at👉https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000AbnC5YAJ
We need #volunteers for tree planting on Wed 25 March 10 -2pm Near Skeeby #Swale catchment 🌳 Hedges are great for intercepting rainfall, slowing surface water & improving soil's capacity to absorb water & improving habitats & their connectivity. Email: volunteering@ydrt.co.uk for further details!
Meet Ellen - one of our Diffuse Metal Pollution Project Officers 🤩💦🌿 Sign up to our YDRT newsletter at www.ydrt.org.uk to be directly notified when the #Blog about Ellen's work on the site of a disused metal mine is published 🤩 #metalmineremediation #MetalMines #MetalMinepollution
We now have a brilliant resource available on our website - our #DVRN #StoryMaps which pictorially guide you through the current condition and issues in the #Swale #Ure #Nidd #Ouse #Wiske and #Foss catchments, using available data, including active and completed projects: www.ydrt.org.uk/dvrn-org-uk
The #GreatYorkshireRivers website is now live 🫶 www.greatyorkshirerivers.org On it you can meet Kate Colledge who's leading the prioritisation and removal/mitigation of barriers to fish passage. 💦 If you have a ford / sluice / weir or culvert on your land then Kate would love to hear from you! 🐟
A great day at the first Yorkshire Agricultural Society Farming Conference - engaging discussions and plenty of great networking. 🚜 🌿 Hopefully see you next year! #Farmers #Farming #yorkshireagricultrualsociety
We'd love you to dip into our latest #rivers #news from the #YorkshireDales 😀 💦 💦 To receive this direct sign up via the link on our website homepage. mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the... Image of the Buttertubs in #Swaledale by David Armitage
If you would like to actively support #riverrestoration we have volunteering opportunities coming up in the River #Ure catchment on the 14, 20 January & #Swale catchment on 22 January. Email: volunteering@ydrt.co.uk to find out more. #rivers #volunteering #volunteers #treeplanting #INNSRemoval
