The North Wales Rivers Trust has been working alongside the Mining Remediation Authority to investigate opportunities for improving water quality within the Conwy catchment through the use of nature-based solutions and natural flood management (NFM).

The North Wales Rivers Trust team recently spent two days in the Ogwen Valley completing electrofishing training with Paul Coulson from the Institute of Fisheries Management (IFM).

We're hiring! We're looking for a River Intern to join our team this summer (June–September) and help deliver our conservation work across North Wales.

Last month the team and volunteers began the process of making straw eel ropes, which will be installed on the Afon Glaslyn. These simple but effective devices are designed to help juvenile eels (elvers) move upstream by giving them a rough, climbable surface to navigate barriers like weirs, culverts, and other in-river structures.

Last Friday we visited the Clwyd Lab Dwr Hub to provide training in invertebrate sampling and bankside identification. The Clwyd Lab Dwr Hub is coordinated by the Ruthin Friends of the Earth group, who have been collecting chemical data on the Afon Clwyd and its tributaries for the last 18 months.

Partnership Forum Public Forum Meeting

As part of our Freshwater Pearl Mussel project we’ve been conducting monthly surveys along the Afon Eden. Long-term monitoring like this is a great way to pick up on any new pressures and to measure the effects of our habitat restoration work. Past works have included planting native trees, reprofiling banks and adding gravels to support spawning fish.

As part of our Roots project our project staff have been doing monthly water quality monitoring of the Afon Cegin. These surveys aim to identify general trends in water quality across the catchment and assess the impact of permitted discharges. Permitted discharges allow companies or properties to release waste to the river within limits specified in the permit. There are 17 permitted discharges on the Afon Cegin, covering treated sewage, CSOs, road run-off, and industrial waste.

Afonydd Cymru delved into the data to see whether or not Welsh Water’s overflows were being operated as intended….

The North Wales Rivers Trust are launching a community project this year to shine a light on one of our most mysterious and overlooked species, the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).

Young people from Maesgeirchen have created a powerful river rap for the Afon Cegin—blending music, creativity and environmental action to find their voice and stand up for their local river.

Every day in the UK, we drink around 98 million cups of coffee—but what happens to the materials that bring those beans to our shores? At the North Wales Rivers Trust, we’re giving used hessian coffee sacks a second life, repurposing them to support river restoration and improve habitats across our catchments.

Aspen was once a familiar sight along Welsh riverbanks, but grazing pressure has left it clinging on in isolated pockets across the landscape. In this post we explore how our Roots project is helping to bring it back.

Big thankyou to all of the volunteers who helped with the big Cegin clean up last week. Together we were able to remove lots of single use pollution from the river making it a healthier and nicer environment for both people and wildlife.

At the Aberlleiniog Sculpture Trail in Ynys Môn, the Roots Project brought creativity and community together—inviting people to share their stories, explore their connection to local rivers, and discover simple solutions to protect them.

Our work to protect and restore populations of the Freshwater pearl mussel has continued this month, building on the solid foundations already put in place during phase one.

Over the past month, we’ve completed a series of riparian and important river restoration works across Ynys Môn. The focus has been on fencing, planting, and reconnecting habitat

Leaky dams and bunds installed within the catchment are helping to slow runoff from historic slate spoil areas, reducing sediment entering the river and improving conditions for aquatic habitats.

We’re excited to share a new film about the Torgoch project, highlighting ongoing efforts to study and protect this rare glacial fish found in the lakes of Eryri.