The following is an advert going into two local newspapers to inform of intended works on the Stevenage Brook at Bragbury End.

Notice of work at Stevenage Brook

Catchment Sensitive Farming are hosting an event for farmers in Hertfordshire on 18 May at Great Gaddesden Parish Hall (see invite link below).  There will be a presentation from Defra and workshop with Mel Holloway on building resilient soils.

Catchment Sensitive Farming  

See below for some of the presentations at the conference:

EA Presentation

Thames River Basin Eel Conservation

HMWT Update

To read the herbicide water quality update for the River Lea catchment for the period Sept 2024 to Aug 2025 click here

RSWT are sharing a petition calling for funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network.  The link is here.

Click here to read about the campaign to plant 100 new Black Poplars in Hertfordshire.  Please note the request for information!

• Summer Environmental Newsletter – covering a number of business wide updates here
• Water resources update for Thames Valley – areas impacted by the hosepipe ban here
• Water resources update for Non-Thames Valley – for areas not impacted by the hosepipe ban here

Hertfordshire County Council have published the Local Nature Recovery Strategy for Hertfordshire.  It looks at what we need to do to help nature recover, how we need to do it and where we need to do it.

 You can read the full report here

The water quality update for River Lea and tributaries for winter 2024/5 can be viewed here

The Upper Lea Catchment Spring Newletter can be read here