Greater Manchester Virtual Environmental Hustings next Monday 15th April, 5:45-7pm! Lancashire Wildlife Trust Cheshire Wildlife Trust

🚨 Calling all citizen scientists free between 3rd-6th May to help The Rivers Trust gather crucial data 🚨

Pet flea and tick treatments contain pesticides that end up washing into the environment - here’s how theconversation.com/pet-flea-and-t… via The Conversation

Growing your own food just got easier - thanks to a brand course run by Grow Blackpool.
If you live near @At the grange Blackpool - drop in to find out more. The 2 hour sessions are FREE & take place every Tuesday. No experience needed. All equipment provided. Blackpool Council

For 40+ years Groundwork UK has played a key role in helping young people access green jobs.
So we're delighted programmes like New To Nature are enabling young people like Sam to pave the way to their future careers as tomorrow's guardians of the planet
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We are proud to announce a £6m programme with Cadent Foundation supporting those living in fuel poverty in England. Stay Warm, Stay Well provides help for households struggling with energy bills, with Groundwork Green Doctors offering guidance on energy saving:

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I'm really looking forward to the finished results. This is going to be epic for fish, 'phibs, birds and people. Outstanding!

Lad and dad thoroughly enjoyed Green Sefton Natterjack Toad guided walk, last night. These toads are truly stunning creatures and we were honoured to have experienced them. The GS team are smashing it over on the Sefton coast - Much admiration all the way from Skelmersdale 🐸🐸

I'm made up to see this just now - Pied Flycatcher - Tawd Valley Park. Unfortunately, I only have my phone camera on me.

Samuel Gibson & Sam Phillips are on a mission to ensure we all play our part in improving river water quality. They've become known locally as 'The Super Sams'. Some super heroes wear capes, but for them, its waders! Douglas Catchment Friends of Tawd Valley Love My River! groundwork.org.uk/wigans-wader-c…

By 2050 England will have a water shortfall of 5 billion litres a day.

The chances of securing that lie somewhere between negligible and none.

Planning barely started for the huge infrastructure projects required & efficiencies hugely ambitious.

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Water butts are great, every gardener should have one or ten, but we often forget the biggest reservoir we have is the soil under our feet. Healthy, deeply aerated soil, shades by a complete canopy or mulch is what we need to keep the water where we need it. 1/2

🚨 We’re introducing a whistleblowing portal to make it easier for water company workers to safely report wrongdoing they’ve witnessed at work.

Reports will be treated in confidence and we may use findings to support our enforcement work.

Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

“You’re a happier person when you live in a green surrounding, so every slab you flip is 900 square centimetres of potential happiness.
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Fancy upskilling your riverfly knowledge with experts in the field? Don’t miss your chance to book onto the FBA courses below ⬇️

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We are committed to working with partners to restore and protect freshwater habitats. 🤝

Defra UK's #PlanforWater includes new interventions needed to tackle key pressures and restore natural function to freshwater habitats.

Find out more in our blog: naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2023/04/04/wat…

This is a video of a brook as it passes alongside a maize field.👇

The first discharge is water coming from a land drain, and the second is from overland flows.

The colour changes from clear to murky brown with all the additional sediment.

A short 🧵 about maize 🌽

Today we’ve activated the Farming Recovery Fund, providing eligible farmers with up to £25,000 to restore their land following flood damage.

We continue to support farmers, and since 2015 we’ve protected over 900,000 acres of agricultural land from flooding.

Find out more 👇

💧 Our Water Restoration Fund is now open for applications!

🏞️ Up to £11m of funding from water company fines and penalties is available for local projects that will improve the water environment.

Learn more: gov.uk/government/new…

#PlanForWater

Ponds are amazing spaces for wildlife 🐸🪲🦆

Yet numbers have seen a big decline in recent years. However, we want ponds to make a comeback, along with the wildlife that relies on them! 💙

So, can you make space for wildlife in your garden?

Read more at ribbletrust.org.uk/bringing-natur…