A huge thank you to all the speakers who contributed to yesterday’s Sandwich Session webinar on ‘Supporting Nature at Work’ Orphans Press @herefordshireWT HerefordshireCouncil

Don’t worry if you missed the event, a recording of the session is now available here: bit.ly/3xVvJfx

*Job Opportunity*
Nature Reserves Officer to manage a suite of fantastic sites in #Herefordshire including the stunning Queenswood Arboretum & Country Park
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Reserves Officer with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust based at Queenswood Country Park, HWT Nature Reserves and working from home, 37 hpw, fixed term position c-js.co.uk/49Uu0Ex

Thanks to Gavin McEwan for covering this scandal.

Despite raising the alarm with the Environment Agency for months about the most polluted site that we monitor in the Wye catchment - we’re still waiting for action.

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🌳 Exciting news! Thanks to Ludlow Firewood, we've acquired 350 oak saplings for our WACC project! 🙌 Our team's already planting them across Radnorshire to connect habitats. Interested in helping out or learning more? Get in touch! Herefordshire Wildlife Trust The National Lottery Community Fund Wye Valley National Landscape

Do you want to know how you can make your workplace more nature-friendly?

Join us tomorrow for a 30-minute webinar on ‘Supporting Nature at Work’ - which will be delivered by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust CEO Jamie Audsley

Click here to register for the event: bit.ly/3Ugff90

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*THANK YOU - WE DID IT!*
We have raised over our £20,000 target for our Reconnecting our Riverscapes appeal thanks to your generous donations and match funding from the Postcode Green Trust through the @biggiveorg Green Match Fund.

Register for this mini webinar and find out how your Herefordshire #business can provide benefits for #nature through expert knowledge, local examples and available resources. 🌱

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The waters are staying on the meadow for far longer than in the past as our climate changes and is certainly cause for concern. Part of our current project to restore particular floodplain plant species here is looking at just this
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Thanks to everyone who's chipped in to get us to 60% of our fundraising target through Big Give !
We're fundraising to Reconnect our Riverscapes - can you help us reach 100%?
Through the #GreenMatchFund all donations are DOUBLED until we hit our target. 👇
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There are 4 weeks to go to #WalktoSchoolWeek !
Last year, we worked with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust to help schools discover nature on their walk to school. Why not try out some of their fantastic activities on your #walktoschool !
Visit tinyurl.com/ye8bfb45 to find out more!
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A short film featuring one of the farms we worked with in the Upper Lugg catchment in north #Herefordshire as part of our #RestoringourRivers project, supported by Environment Agency
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Bluebells looking, and smelling, gorgeous Queenswood Arboretum & Country Park between the showers today.

Join us for #30DaysWild ! Do something wild every day this June and feel all the benefits of spending time in nature. 💚

Taking part can help improve your physical and mental health. 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild

We've put up some info at #BartonshamMeadows sharing plans for our management of the site - some areas to be restored as #floodplainmeadow , some low-intervention areas where nature will do its own thing! Wide paths will criss-cross & circle the site.
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*Where to see bluebells*
Our favourite five nature reserves to enjoy bluebells in Herefordshire 🪻💙🌳💚👇
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📸Paul Lloyd

Double your donation!
Thanks to Big Give , any donations made towards our *Reconnecting our Riverscapes* appeal this week will be doubled so your gift will have twice the impact! 👇
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Free training from Herefordshire Wildlife Trust - a great opportunity for those wanting to get into this line of work

Our key concerns with UK Government’s ‘Plan’ for the Wye:
⚠️Plans are familiar ground; how will this one be different?
⚠️With no binding and monitorable targets, how will progress be driven?
⚠️How will the risk of embedding unsustainable practices be avoided? 👇