Taking The Initiative | The Wye and Usk Foundation Taking the initiative – blog by the Wye & Foundation 8th Nov 2021 In August we reported on our work with a group of Herefordshire farmers to reduce the impact of agriculture on the health of the river Wye. Hosted by Kate Speke-Adams, the Foundation’s Head of […]
Action needed to fix Somerset Levels and Moors’ phosphate level Natural England has downgraded the environmental condition of the Somerset Levels and Moors Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) due to water quality issues. Natural England and Environment Agency ‘Published 2 June 2021 – Phosphates are causing algal blooms in the Somerset Levels, like Tealham SSSI This […]
Phosphate-rich runoff from free-range chickens is causing the spread of algal blooms that devastate the river’s ecosystem Guardian: ‘The beauty of the River Wye has been acclaimed for centuries. “If you have never navigated the Wye, you have seen nothing,” wrote the travel writer William Gilpin 250 years ago. And its reputation still makes it […]