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- Blackwater and Colne Estuaries projects
- Crouch and Roach Estuaries projects
- Hamford Water projects
- Holland Brook projects
- Rivers Blackwater and Pant projects
- Floating Pennywort control on the Blackwater
- Bocking Blackwater Local Nature Reserve
- Pant: Codham Mill and Pumping Station
- Ironbridge Farm river restoration
- Pant: Water Hall Lane
- Pant; Stone Cottage, Cooks Lane
- Pant; Cousins Farm
- Pant; Great Pitley Farm
- Millfield Plantation river restoration
- Pant; The Old Rectory
- Pant; Moor End Stable Great Sampford
- Pant; George's Farm House, Wimbish
- Pant; Maple Lane Wimbish
- Pant; Nr Maple Lane Wimbish
- Pant: Clay Wood – upstream
- Pant: Clay Wood Ansers Gallows – downstream
- Pant; Clay Wood and Pumping Station, Middle Reach
- Pant; Gallows Hall, Sewage Works & Pumping Station
- Pant; Cole End Farm
- Himalayan Balsam control on the River Blackwater
- Pant; George's Farm Wimbish, Downstream
- Pant; The Grange Wimbish
- Pant: Graves near Radwinter
- Pant; Hall View, Radwinter, Upstream
- Pant; Bridgefoot, Radwinter, Downstream
- Plough Hill Farm
- Pant; Radwinter
- Remove weir, install woody debris and reduce impact of dredging
- Reprofile to create natural bank structure
- Remove weir
- Billericay and District Angling Club pond renovation
- Remove weirs so that the mill race and main channel have better connectivity
- Find solutions to pollution from sewage treatment works and create inchannel habitats.
- Use scrapes and ponds to increase wetland areas along the banks.
- Remove weir or reduce the impact of the barrier
- Connect ditch network and cut off channels to the main channel
- Improve banks within the urban area
- Improve bankside and inchannel habitats
- Historic river corridor data on the NBN Gateway
- ‘Slow the flow’ beaver and natural flood management project, Finchingfield
- River Brain projects
- River Cam projects
- River Can projects
- River Chelmer projects
- Paper Mill Lock habitat enhancement
- Little Waltham Meadows back channel creation and wet woodland enhancement
- Felsted Mill and Felsted Fen wetland enhancement
- Reinstatement of meanders at Hoblongs Bridge
- Great Dunmow Park reinstatement of meanders
- Duton Hill hedgerow planting
- Chelmer; Hammer Hill habitat creation
- Chelmer; Whiteleys wet woodland enhancement
- Chelmer Valley Local Nature Reserve: Phase Two
- An 'Ark' site for crayfish in Essex
- Giant Hogweed removal
- Chelmer Valley Local Nature Reserve: Phase One
- River Colne projects
- River Crouch projects
- Improve buffer strips and create wetland habitat
- Improve barrier to reduce impact on fish
- Improvement to grassland area on bank of the Crouch
- Improvements to ford to prevent disturbance to river bed
- Improving buffer strips along arable land from Barleylands to Church Road, Ramsden Bellhouse
- Create flood plain habitat
- Improve management of bankside habitat
- Improve pony grazing area
- Thinning of overhanging vegetation to reduce shading.
- Reducing the impact of Himalayan Balsam
- Tackle urban drainage and the impact it is having on water quality
- Reprofile banks to create better bankside habitat for marginal plants.
- Survey for non-native invasive species
- Woody debris installation, Wickford Memorial Park
- River Ingrebourne projects
- Improve flow and open up channel near lower Ingrebourne Marshes
- Tackle polluted water from outlet
- Improve wet grassland area upstream of Squadrons Approach
- Back channel creation
- Reconnect cut off meanders
- Improve current wetland near River Drive
- Improve habitat for Water Voles
- Improve rough grassland, Harold Wood
- Projects on Paine's Brook and Carter's Brook
- River Lea projects
- River Mardyke projects
- Restore intertidal area between the Mardyke and the Thames
- Removal of concrete reinforcement and opening up bankside habitat (Scrub removal)
- Improvements to the flood plain grassland
- Watt Wood, improvement to bankside habitats
- Improvement to existing habitat creation
- Upminster sewage treatment works reed bed
- Improving in-channel habitats in the floodplain
- Public access creation along the Mardyke between Tank Hill Road, Purfleet to Ship Lane
- M25 and A13 area
- Improve sewage overflow point near viaduct.
- Davy Down
- Field of Peace water gauging station
- Change of management needed between Stifford Bridge to Heath Farm
- Improve field drain network to reduce impact of silt and diffuse pollution.
- Recreating Bulphan Fen and Orsett Fen
- Improvement to drainage ditches entering the channel
- Misconnection investigations and education
- Invasive species surveys and removal
- River Roach projects
- Reducing reinforcement to create natural banks
- Engage the community to reduce the impact of urban run-off.
- Creating areas for marginal vegetation to establish.
- Improving off-channel ditches to improve habitats.
- Improving water quality by reducing the impact of urban runoff.
- Reduce the impact the concrete barrier is having to fish migration
- Thin out vegetation on banks
- Improvements to path to reduce run-off.
- Better management of site to reduce possible contaminants.
- Create a natural river structure
- Woody debris installation and buffer strip creation.
- Wetland Creation near Sutton Road
- Improvement to Prittle Brook as it joins the Roach Estuary.
- Habitat creation to improve habitats for aquatic flora and fauna
- Weir removal and lake improvements within Cherry Orchard Jubilee Country Park
- Improvement to buffer strips that separate the arable land from the channel
- River Roding projects
- Rivers Rom and Beam projects
- River Stort projects
- River Stour projects
- River Ter projects
- River Wid projects
- Roman River projects
- Sixpenny and Tenpenny Brooks projects
- Stour Estuary projects
- Thames Estuary – Lower projects
- Thames Estuary – Upper projects
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- Chelmer and Blackwater Catchment Partnership
- Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation – Essex Waterways Ltd
- Parish Councils and the Rural Communities Council for Essex (RCCE)
- Landowners and farmers
- The Rivers Trust
- Essex County Council
- Essex FWAG (Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group)
- Dedham Vale and Stour Valley Project
- About us intro
- What is the WFD?
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- Bringing the Old Brain back to life
- Himalayan Balsam – A Roman River Success Story
- Catchment Management Partnerships for Essex – What are they and what will they do?
- Calls for "back to nature" flood prevention approach
- Tony Juniper calls for a rethink on flood prevention
- Floods and dredging - a reality check
- Riversearch Needs You
- The Impact of Extreme Events on Freshwater Ecosystems
- Successful Survey Volunteer Event at Writtle College
- It's Good to be Shady...
- Working Together for Healthy Rivers
- Managing Metaldehyde in the River Wid catchment
- Workshops Planned for September!
- Little Waltham is a go
- Our Rivers need YOU!
- Workshops are a success.
- Using Large Woody Debris in River Restoration
- Essex Wildlife Trust awarded funding under the NBN Data Capture Initiative 2014
- An insight into our rivers as they were 30 years ago
- Hand-drawn maps to be digitised
- Cover Crops that can benefit your farm
- Essex Wildlife Trust Volunteer Day 2015 - Date for your Diary!
- Free advice for local landowners on CAP Reform and changes to agri-environment schemes
- The Invasive Quagga Mussel has been found in the UK
- Little Waltham Meadows is nearing completion
- A Message from the Environment Agency- Quagga Mussel
- Whats happening in our water environment? A talk by Mark Iley 25/11/14
- EVENT: The River Stour catchment, Managing Rivers for Multiple Benefits
- Volunteer Day
- Bocking Blackwater Local Nature Reserve River works
- EVENT: River Colne Water Vole Project Update Meeting
- University Societies Pledge to Clean up the Colne
- Colne Meeting a Success
- Successful volunteer open day recruits new surveyors for Essex!
- White-Clawed Crayfish Strategy for Norfolk Suffolk and Essex
- Another River Warden Success
- First River Wardens Newsletter
- Record your fishing experiences!
- Farmers/ Operators: Dates for your diary!
- EVENT: Meeting for Colne Volunteers
- Essex Rivers Hub Consultation Meeting
- Latest Riversearch Newsletter
- CRF project update
- BioHavens - What are they good for.
- Essex Records Website is LIVE!
- Digitised River Corridoor Surveys on NBN
- How valueable has the Catchment Based Approach been to its hosts, Essex Wildlife Trust?
- Student Volunteer Needed!
- Keeping invasive species at bay in the Stour Valley
- Giant Hogweed FAQ
- Local Wildlife Sites Twitter Q & A - Tuesday 28th July
- Last known river based population of White-clawed Crayfish in Essex could be in trouble.
- Survey techniques course a success!
- Wardens Canoe down the Colne
- The Collaboration between Essex Wildlife Trust and the Environment Agency
- Halsted River Walk with Braintree District Council
- Friends of Hoppit Mead LNR
- Beach find on EWT reserve reveals secrets of migratory fish
- Himalayan Balsam in 2015
- Essex Wildlife Trust Volunteer Day 2016
- Defra Consultation: Tackling Diffuse Water Pollution
- Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems in the Stroud Valleys
- Volunteers needed in Witham
- Free events for farmers from Farming Advice Service
- Invasive Shrimp Species Update
- Save a River....Save the Ocean
- Chelmer and Blackwater Catchment Partnership Newsletter Autumn 2015
- Crayfish Plague on the River Wensum
- A chance to get involved- Where Does Water Go? Project
- South Essex Catchment Plan now available
- Roding, Beam and Ingrebourne Catchment Plan now available
- Essex Wildlife Trust Volunteer Day 2016 Agenda Released
- News Update from the Angling Trust & Fish Legal
- Nature's River Restorers
- Updated River Basin Management Plans
- Woody Debris - A Quick and Easy Way to Install Habitat into a River.
- New factsheet and Case Studies added
- Colne River Cleaners, Halstead
- The return of the lamprey
- The benefit of Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems to reduce flooding
- Wivenhoe Rivercare Group
- Native Crayfish - Good News for Essex
- River Wardens feature in latest Essex Wildlife Trust Members Magazine
- Essex River Wardens win national award!
- Helping Water Voles on your Land
- Future farming: changes to farming in England
- Coastal and River Wardens Event-Book your place now!
- Thames Water's latest newsletter now available
- Drought Planning Guidance open for consultation
- Stour and Colne Autumn Newsletter 2019
- Farm Business Update 2020 – Book your place now!
- 25th Anniversary Essex Otter Survey-From Extinction to Recovery
- Training for eDNA volunteers this December
- Drought Planning consultation response
- Living Seas in Essex talk
- Wildlife Recording Nature Course
- Chelmer and Blackwater Catchment Partnership Newsletter December 2019
- River Roding Outfall safaris-volunteers needed
- 2018-19 CaBa Benefits Report available to download
- Winter/Spring 2020 Riverfly Partnership Newsletter
- Stour and Colne Autumn Newsletter 2020
- Upcoming Riversearch training courses
- River and Coastal Wardens Event
- Contact us