28 May 2026
Image description: A winding river flows through a forested valley in autumn. The image was taken in Symonds Yat, Ross-on-Wye, UK. Photo by Rob Wingate on Unsplash A rights of nature approach The Wye’s whole catchment has been formally acknowledged as a living ecosystem in what supporters call a UK first. Launched at the Hay-on-Wye literary […]
30 Apr 2026
Photo by Thomas Iversen on Unsplash The High Court has begun hearing on of the UK’s biggest ever environmental pollution claims, concerning the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk. Avara Foods, one of the UK’s largest chicken producers, and Welsh Water stand accused of negligence, causing private and public nuisance and even trespass, in a […]
16 Jun 2022
Enhanced by citizen science data, the Environment Agency is using water quality monitoring activity to prioritise how and where to tackle phosphate pollution on the River Wye. A press release from the Environment Agency states: ‘The Wye catchment is an iconic location and hugely important for biodiversity, principally due to the wide range of rare […]