Standing up for our rivers
OUR RIVERS IS BACK !
The Our Rivers Campaign will be shortly announcing our next Campaign the OUR RIVERS AWARDS 2010
Is your local river teeming with wildlife or choking with pollution? Is it a place for quiet contemplation, or toxic contamination? Whether it’s a sparkling stream or a dried up desert, we want to know.
The Our Rivers partnership, backed by the RSPB, WWF and the Angling Trust, was launched last year to campaign for clean, healthy rivers. Now in 2010 we’re launching a major search across England and Wales for the best and worst rivers, and we need your help.
We’ll be looking at all the threats today’s water network faces from agricultural and over abstraction to unsustainable urban development and alien species. We’re inviting anglers, nature lovers, boaters, ramblers and everyone else who cares about their local river to send in nominations. The winners , and losers, will be announced later this year.
Watch this space for details..............................
The Final River Basin Plans are now available to download from the Agency's website:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wfd/
Download the plan for your area by clicking on the above link and find out what actions are planned for your river.
You are the voice for your river and there has never been a better time to use that voice. Under the Water Framework Directive, plans must be approved by the end of 2009 detailing how all our rivers will be restored to health.
By Standing Up For Your River through this campaign, you can join a movement to ensure that the necessary actions are taken to safeguard our rivers.
Follow the simple steps in this site to make sure that your views are heard.
If you are revisiting the site having previously created your river file, you can access it,
and do more for your river, by going to My River File. You will need your
password.
