The Catchment Partnership now has a Twitter account – @StortWildlife. The main purpose of this is to allow people to Tweet their wildlife sightings from in and around the river. This will automatically link to the 'Wildlife Sightings' section of this website.

Saturday 11th May 2013, 11am - 3pm
Explore the recently re-vitalised nature reserve at Thorley Wash and follow the brand new Wildlife Sculpture Trail. There will be regular guided walks throughout the day... who knows what you will discover on the way!

Cleared bank along the Beane

This represents the first major success of the Catchment Partnership and really demonstrates that we mean business!

11/02/13  News

The Stevenage Comet is the latest local paper to feature the launch of the Beane and Mimram catchment plan. 

They ran the story on 9th February.

Polluted water

Report any such leaks using the Environment Agency's pollution hotline 0800 80 70 60.

Polluted water

Report any such leaks using the Environment Agency's pollution hotline 0800 80 70 60.

CMP website launch

The article covers the launch of the Parnership website attended by Mayor Helen Bromley, explains the aims of the website, and that this is just the start of the improvement programme for the Mimram and Beane Rivers.

The Catchment Management Plan for the Rivers Beane and Mimram will be launched at an evening event at Bayfordbury on Wednesday, 23 January 2013. For more information, or to request a place, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Priority will be given to people who attended the planning workshops in autumn 2012.

The Catchment Management Plan for the Rivers Beane and Mimram will be launched at an evening event at Bayfordbury on Wednesday, 23 January 2013. For more information, or to request a place, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Priority will be given to people who attended the planning workshops in autumn 2012.

The Friends of the Mimram have called for local people to lobby their water company, to try and increase support for a reduction in abstraction.

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