What better way to spend a sunny Thursday morning than cleaning up the #river and pulling #HimalayanBalsam at Cromwell Bottom Nature Reserve! A huge thank you to all our volunteers that joined us, as well as the Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group, and Robin from Calderdale Council

The Calderdale Council Council Priority NFM Action Grant Scheme is now open! Does your organisation have an NFM project in mind that could benefit from this grant? You can request an application form by emailing [email protected]. eyeoncalderdale.com/the-priority-n…

Brilliant advise on #SuDS by Mary Long-Dhonau OBE, plenty of beautiful weather this weekend to make your home or community space more flood resilient!

Our patron, Jack Wallington, & partners The Wildlife Trusts & National Trust were part of the "Restore Nature Now” march in London with 350+ other organisations. Find out how you can educate election candidates on climate change, flooding, #NFM & #SuDS 🔗👇 mailchi.mp/edddbcfb09c5/j…

news.calderdale.gov.uk/pulling-the-pl… - Calderdale has large areas of blanket bog & peatland. Since starting as #Climate & nature lead I was determined to lead from the front, ending use of peat in our growing mediums. As part of #NetZeroWeek it’s only fitting we’ve finally achieved it. 🌱

Our flood newsletter is hot off the press. Find out about natural flood management initiatives, flood alleviation work, and staying prepared for summer flash flooding. Plus, updates from Environment Agency - Yorkshire & North East, Slow The Flow, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and more! 👉eyeoncalderdale.com/blog/newslette…

Yesterday we hosted our summer Calder Catchment Partnership meeting. This included a morning site visit to our restoration project on Black Brook, followed by an afternoon of networking and insighful talks from our guest speakers. Thank you to everyone who came and contributed!

As part of an annual awareness campaign, we're reminding residents to be prepared for the risk of flash flooding, as sudden and heavy downpours are more likely in the summer months. For more info and advice, visit news.calderdale.gov.uk/be-prepared-an…

It’s World Blue Mind Day today. A chance to reflect on and celebrate the benefits that healthy waters of all kinds can do for our emotional wellness. Freshwaters provide essential life support for human and wild life. We must do more to understand and protect them. #bluemind

A good bit of advice here from The Flood Hub 👇🏼

🔊Job opportunity - Are you a graduate interested in a career in peatland restoration with a focus on the use of green finance? Funded by @WaterLANDS the role is with the #GreatNorthBog team at North Pennines National Landscape Office & can be hybrid bit.ly/3LYOGBv

A lot of enthusiasm and scope for #SuDS at Meanwood Farm (plus a great place for a workshop and great coffee and food from The Barn Meanwood 👍). Fantastic to learn from other projects including in Hull from Alexander Osborne & Living with Water

Trustees from Slow The Flow have had a brilliant afternoon with our partners! We met at Broadhead Clough with the Reserve Assistant exploring some exciting leaky dam plans. Later we met the Hardcastle Crags Site Managers discussing our 7 year collaboration into 2025.