10/10/16
– Luton Lea news
Junior River Wardens launched
An exciting new project has just been launched to connect young people to the River Lea in Luton and Central Bedfordshire. The Junior River Wardens programme is a citizen science project which will engage 16 schools and four youth or uniformed groups in the Luton Lea catchment area to monitor the River Lea and its tributaries. Read more ...
10/10/16
– River Mimram events
Last Riverfly course of 2016
Places are still available on the last Riverfly training course of 2016 which will be held on Saturday 15 October at Digswell (near Welwyn Garden City) in Hertfordshire. Read more ...
05/10/16
– River Mimram events
Modular River Survey Training October 22nd
HMWT, the Environment Agency and Queen Mary University London are seeking volunteers who would be interested in being trained to conduct the new Modular River Surveys. Read more ...
26/09/16
– Lower Lea media coverage
Slimy Wrigglers featured in Hertfordshire Mercury
Slimy Wrigglers was featured on page 2 in the Hertfordshire Mercury on 22/09/2016. Read more ...
21/09/16
– Middle Lea news
Satellite technology tracks bird on non-stop 900km flight to Norway
A cutting edge bird-tagging project using GPS tags has tracked a green sandpiper, a small wading bird, from Hertfordshire all the way to Norway and back. Read more ...
21/09/16
– Luton Lea news
Updates from Houghton Brook
Houghton Regis resident Sally has been keeping an eye on the Woodside Link developments and helping to limit the impact they have on local wildlife. Read more ...
14/09/16
– Lower Lea news
Creating a passageway for Hertfordshire’s slimy wrigglers
Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT) together with support from Environment Agency and the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, has installed two new eel passes in the Lower River Lea to aid eel migration from the River Thames. Read more ...
05/09/16
– Middle Lea news
Underwater Hertfordshire
On September 1st new members of Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust were welcomed to Lemsford Springs nature reserve to explore the underwater world of Hertfordshire's chalk rivers. Read more ...
30/08/16
– Middle Lea events
River Lea Catchment Conference 19/10/2016
Join us for the first River Lea Catchment Conference to find out how the River Lea Catchment Partnership has been working to restore, conserve and enhance the River Lea and its tributaries for people and wildlife. Read more ...
03/08/16
– River Stort news
Restoration on the River Stort
Volunteers learned valuable river restoration skills at Wild Trout Trust habitat workshops last week, restoring valuable fish habitat in the River Stort in the process. Read more ...
This stretch of river suffers from heavy silt deposition caused by reduced flows, dredging in the 70s, and the ponding effect of a weir. The aim is to restore the river to a silt-free, gravel bedded, shallow, fast flowing stream, with riffles and pools capable of supporting water crowfoot and breeding trout.