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October 2022

Cleaning up the Bristol Frome


Shopping trolleys, a street sign and a cone were among the items cleared from the River Frome. Volunteers filled 15 bags with litter and plastics and learned about its impact on the environment.

The event, funded by the Catchment Partnership Fund, was organised by the River Frome Reconnected officer with Yate Town Council and delivered by Bristol Avon Rivers Trust. Over 20 people joined councillors and other volunteers. It was a really great morning cleaning up the river Frome from Templar road to Crowthers and surrounding areas, and only took 1.5 hours to collect this huge pile of rubbish (Image below).
 

 

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Kayaking for health

Sporting Family Change have been busy taking people out on their new kayaks since they purchased them with the support of the Catchment Partnership Fund. To read about how these have made a difference to local people's lives, head to our website. 

 

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News from around the catchment

  • The Natural History Consortium Communicate Conference
    • Communicate is the annual conference for environmental communication professionals across the UK, attracting NGO’s, academics, content creators, businesses and local and national policy makers in a cross-sector event running since 2004. Each year the conference brings together a diverse group of delegates each year to develop their skills, share best practice and debate latest issues in science communication, nature conservation and engaging people with the natural world. The two-day online conference is 15-16 November 2022 and this year’s theme is “Amplifying Awareness, Focusing Action” with a series of 45 minute briefing sessions, interactive sessions and sector roundtables.
    • Check out the programme and book tickets here: www.bnhc.org.uk/communicate2022
  • Wessex Water have recently published a webpage on their business plan from 2025-2030, including timescales and opportunities for comment. To find out more, head to their webpage.
  • A few Bristol residents have recently started a new podcast: The Fishtolian. The podcast follows a mission by Pete Coleman-Smith and Jon Ogborne to find wild brown trout in Bristol, inspired by the Trout in the Trym project. To listen to the podcast, follow this link.

And from further afield:

  • The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the National Trust and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have jointly launched the People's Plan for Nature. Follow this link to get involved and have your say about the future for UK Nature. 
  • The Environment Agency have published the results of an analysis into long-term trends for river water quality, looking at ammonia, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and nutrients as important measures of the quality and health of English rivers. To read through the data, follow this link.