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- Establishing native bankside vegetation
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- Enhancing fish passage
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- Increasing water efficiency in Stevenage
- Key Stage 2 'rivers' curriculum tie-in
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- River Beane Catchment Partnership meeting - 7 Oct 2019
- Defra consultation: Measures to reduce personal water use
- Event report: Restoring Soils and Rivers in the Beane Catchment, 11 July 2019, Woodhall Park
- What's Beane Happening - Summer 2019
- What's "Beane" Happening - Autumn 2018
- Government seeks consultation on new water resources national policy statement
- Abstraction reduction for the River Beane
- Hertford Mayor Officially Opens New Waterford Heath Walk
- Lamprey found at Waterford Heath
- February Meeting of the River Beane Restoration Association
- Latest Issue of RBRA Newsletter
- Waterford Launched
- Launch event for Waterford Marsh!
- River Beane Restoration Association AGM
- Another pasture pump for Waterford Marsh!
- Waterford Marsh project nearing completion
- River Beane car stickers now available!
- Phase 2 works underway at Waterford Marsh
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- Pasture Pump installed at Waterford Marsh
- Affinity Water granted 'enhanced' status for plans to reduce river abstraction
- Project progress at Waterford Marsh
- Is your plumbing connected right?
- Winter issue of 'What's Beane Happening?' now available
- Funding secured for vegetation restoration project on the Beane!
- Funding secured for local development of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative!
- Sewage leak on River Beane
- New project added to Beane catchment management plan
- Network Rail contributes £49,000 to the Waterford Marsh project
- The Environment Agency identify the 'Challenges and Choices' facing our catchments
- The first project outlined in the Beane and Mimram Catchment Plan has been completed!
- Sewage leaks have occured on both the Beane and Mimram over the past few weeks
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- Our rivers take centre stage in BBC Radio 4's Face the Facts!
- Can you Face the Facts?
- BBC Radio 4 to visit the Beane
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- Our chalk rivers on Three Counties Radio
- Stevenage Comet features the Catchment Plan
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- Event - Restoring Soils and Rivers in the Beane Catchment
- River Beane Restoration Association AGM 29th June
- River Beane Walk - Whitehall to Walkern
- River Beane Walk - Watton to Hertford
- 19th April 2015 "On the banks of the Beane" Film evening
- 9th October 2014 Film Premiere 'On the Banks of the Beane'
- Tuesday 18th November: Full Beane and Mimram Annual Catchment Partnership Meeting
- River Beane AGM
- Himalayan balsam - help needed
- Free practical river habitat workshops
- Help us get rid of Himalayan Balsam!
- The Science of Chalk Streams
- Beane and Mimram Catchment Management Plan launched!
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- River Restoration at Digswell Lake
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- River Restoration at Tewin Water House
- River Restoration at Sherrardswood
- Reintroduction of Heptageniidae to the River Mimram
- Bypassing weirs at Digswell
- Stream bed improvement at Singler's Marsh
- Riverfly Monitoring on the Mimram
- Opening up the river at Poplars Green
- Black Fan Lagoon
- Panshanger Park
- Improving the river between Mimram Valley Marsh and Fulling Mill
- Fencing the river between Digswell and Welwyn
- Improving fish movement along the Mimram
- Improve Singler's Bridge Entrance
- Improving the river channel upstream of Codicote Mill
- Keeping the River Mimram clean at Sherrardswood
- How to manage more water on Singlers Marsh?
- River and reedbed restoration at Duck Trap Wood
- Bringing light to the river at Whitwell
- Revisit failed river restoration at Digswell
- Restore the river flow near Pulmer Water
- Utilise the River Mimram as a classroom
- River path clearance at Singler's Marsh
- River bed improvement upstream of Tewinbury Farm
- Restoration of wetlands and ponds at Archer’s Green
- Improving river flow at Singler's Marsh
- Desilting Tewin Water
- Enhancing Tewinbury SSSI
- Reduce water consumption
- Mimram restoration – Digswell to Poplars Green
- Achieve protected status for the River Mimram
- River Warden Scheme
- Increasing public appreciation
- Windows of Vision at Singler’s Marsh, Welwyn
- Tackling invasive plants along the Mimram
- Eradicate mink from the Mimram
- Stop the abstraction from the Mimram
- Pond and river restoration at Digswell playing fields
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- URGENT - Drought Planning Consultation - Open to 18 Oct
- Riverfly Monitoring Training Courses in 2019
- New trail highlights rare habitat in Welwyn
- Hundreds Attend Festival of Wildlife
- Riverfly Partnership 2016 Photography Competition
- Sir Oliver Heald MP visits Tewinbury Nature Reserve
- Sherrardswood River Restoration - Phase 2
- Tree works at Tewin Water
- Whats that fish? - New Living Rivers Blog
- UK National Fish Vote
- CaBA on Twitter
- A cosy evening with the Mimram Riverfly group
- Riverfly Monitoring Workshop
- Next Riverfly course 14th March
- Fish Survey Singlers Marsh October 2014
- Let There Be Light... Project 8 Complete
- Promising results from Riverfly sampling at Singlers Marsh
- A lake at the source of the Mimram!
- Affinity Water granted 'enhanced' status for plans to reduce river abstraction
- Panshanger Park now open to the public!
- Is your plumbing connected right?
- Blueprint for Water abstraction reform consultation
- Funding secured for local development of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative!
- Singler's re-gravelling project completed
- The project to remove silt from the river Mimram at Welwyn and replace it with gravel has started.
- Riverfly training gets underway on Mimram
- The Environment Agency identify the 'Challenges and Choices' facing our catchments
- Minister Richard Benyon announces £1.6 million in funding to help restore the country's rivers
- National rollout of Catchment Approach launched from Beane & Mimram Partnership!
- Mimram project 19, 'Windows of Vision' at Singlers Marsh, Welwyn, has been completed
- Timber! Mimram project 19 continues
- Sewage leaks have occured on both the Beane and Mimram over the past few weeks
- Media coverage
- Mimram Catchment Partnership is on Twitter
- New film charts Mimram restoration project
- Our rivers take centre stage in BBC Radio 4's Face the Facts!
- Can you Face the Facts?
- Defra blog features Beane and Mimram Partnership
- Our chalk rivers on Three Counties Radio
- Welwyn Hatfield Times covers Mimram website launch
- River Mimram campaigners’ call to lobby Affinity water firm
- Local residents’ association ‘digs in’!
- Events
- Last Riverfly course of 2016
- Modular River Survey Training October 22nd
- The Festival of Wildlife at Panshanger Park 30th & 31st July
- Tuesday 18th November: Full Beane and Mimram Annual Catchment Partnership Meeting
- Panshanger Park walk Saturday 12th July
- Himalayan balsam - help needed
- Free practical river habitat workshops
- Date of the launch of the Catchment Based Approach confirmed
- Help us get rid of Himalayan Balsam!
- Beane and Mimram Catchment Management Plan launched!
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- Sawbridgeworth Marsh Nature Reserve
- Keeping Kingfisher's Nesting on the Stort
- Stort Valley Meadows
- Bishop's Stortford Towpath Project
- Bishop's Stortford Piazza Project
- Access improvements at Pishiobury Park
- Sworders Field Masterplan
- Riverside Piazza Enhancement
- Glen Faba Restoration
- Stort Springs
- Stort Navigation in Bishop's Stortford – Reedbeds
- Red White and Blue at Bishop Stortford
- Hunsdon Mead to Harlow
- Hunsdon Mead Diffuse Water Pollution Plan
- Stort Riverfly Partnership
- Managing the Stort Valley for Water Voles
- Thorley Wash Nature Reserve
- Mill Fen Sawbridgeworth
- Pincey Brook restoration
- Restore otters to the Stort
- Reducing Metaldehyde Pollution
- Kingfisher bank at Tednambury farm
- Catchment Sensitive Farming advice
- Community Involvement
- Canons Brook restoration
- Grange Paddocks
- Understanding the Stort Valley’s importance to invertebrates
- Bringing Barn Owls back to the Stort Valley
- Restoring the Stort at Hunsdon Mead
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- River Stort Partnership Meeting - 24 Oct 2019
- Restoration on the River Stort
- Four lovely ladies arrive at Thorley Wash
- Misconnections resolved in Bishops Stortford town centre
- Affinity Water granted 'enhanced' status for plans to reduce river abstraction
- Is your plumbing connected right?
- Blueprint for Water abstraction reform consultation
- Funding secured for local development of the Riverfly Monitoring Initiative!
- A project to help restore riverine habitat at Hunsdon Mead is due to start next week
- A leak of foaming agent turned the Stort into a 'giant bubble bath' over the weekend
- Did you know that the Environment Agency locally produces monthly water situation reports?
- Thorley Wash, Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust's flagship Stort Valley reserve, is proving extremely popular with visitors!
- Buffaloes and Butterflies at Thorley Wash
- Stort Valley Meadows, Harlow - a fantastic success story!
- 'Make Friends' with Pishiobury Park! Would you like to become a Friend of Pishiobury Park?
- First Stort project completed!
- The Environment Agency identify the 'Challenges and Choices' facing our catchments
- Water buffalo at Thorley Wash!
- A new sculpture trail has been installed at Thorley Wash Nature Reserve
- Get Tweeting about wildlife!
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- Meanders through the Meads
- Restoring the river at Castle Farm
- Reed Fen Habitat Creation at Batford Springs
- Boardwalk at Batford Springs
- Delivering the Batford Springs Local Nature Reserve Plan
- River Enhancement at Leasey Bridge
- Monitoring Impacts of River Restoration
- The Meads
- Eel pass at Lemsford Mill
- Eradication of Invasive Plant Species
- River Enhancement at Marford Farm
- Riparian grazing management
- Castle Farm Management Plan
- Integrated Management Plan for Melissa Field and Croft Farm
- East Lane Car Park
- Melissa Field
- River Bank Protection at Croft Farm
- Water quality analysis at Batford Springs
- Creating Wildlife Habitat at King Edward Place
- Riparian Rights and Responsibilities
- Rural SUDS
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- World Rivers Day 2019 - Protest in the Park!
- Vote for River Lea project funding - closing 27 August!
- Affinity Water £3000 Community Grants
- New Water Environment Grant launched
- Wheathampstead Meads project completed
- Local volunteer wins national River Champion award
- Wheathampstead volunteers improve River Lea
- Wheathampstead volunteers improve river habitat
- Bags of Help
- Pollution in Wheathampstead
- Good Friday: a good days sampling on the Upper Lea
- Delivering Together
- Nominations invited for 2016 CPRE Rural Living Award
- St Albans Residents Volunteers Needed!
- Trust Hosts Successful Riverfly Day
- Judicial Review secured a major step forward for the protection of our most important rivers and wetlands
- New rules for septic tanks and small sewage treatment plants
- New project added to Upper Lea catchment plan
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Invasive species are having a devastating effect on native wildlife, and can even cause economic and physical harm to people. This project aims to map and monitor invasive plant species and mink, and coordinate their systematic eradication from the catchment.