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In 2017 the North Wales Rivers Trust surveyed the habitat along the 10 largest rivers on Anglesey in the Anglesey Rivers Project funded by Anglesey Council’s AONB Sustainable Development Fund (SDF)

The overall aim of the project was to survey ten of the most significant river systems on Anglesey to provide base data and evidence for further action …

Welcome to our spring 2018 edition of the Clwyd, Conwy & Gwynedd Rivers Trust Newsletter.

The Trust is currently carrying out habitat surveys on the 10 major rivers in Anglesey to identify areas that could be improved.

Torgoch or Artic Charr are an iconic fish species in Llyn Padarn, Llanberis in north Wales; one of only three natural populations in Wales.

This was the barrier to fish passage, which was prioritised as the potentially most important to remove from the Clwyd system. A large excavator "pecking away" the rock face. The completed project which now allows fish access to the river above, creating about 7Km of...

Click here to access the form for the River Clwyd system records. Click  here to add records for the River Conwy system records. As the year 2013 comes to an end, we are pleased to announce that much progress has been made on the River Conwy. The efforts to eradicate...

Campaign for the Protection of Welsh Fisheries takes over responsibility for tributary improvement project. Following the Trust’s extensive habitat improvement work on a two-mile length of the Dwr Iâl, a small tributary of the Afon Clwyd, the Campaign for the...

Project Introduction: The Trust is pleased to announce that it is now in a position to think seriously about biding for funding to enable it to put in hand much needed improvement works to the Clwyd and Conwy river systems. However in order to secure this funding it...

In September 2008, the Trust launched an Education project with three local primary schools, two in Conwy and one in Denbighshire. This programme builds on a programme that has been operating for some years where a fish tank with salmon eggs is placed in the classroom...

River flies, along with other freshwater invertebrates, are at the heart of the freshwater ecosystem and are a vital link in the aquatic food chain. Their common characteristics of limited mobility, relatively long life cycle, presence throughout the year and specific...

Background and scope: The Afon Wybrnant enters the Afon Lledr on the right bank just downstream of the Pont Gethin Viaduct. It is approx 3km long but only the lower 400m is accessible to migratory fish due to impassable waterfalls. Over the years, spates had washed...

This project, identified by the Seiont, Gwyrfai & Llyfni Angling Association and organised by Afonydd Cymru on behalf of the Clwyd, Conwy & Gwynedd Rivers Trust, was completed in December 2013. The work involved cutting back and removing undergrowth on the...

The section of the River Clwyd at Pont Dafydd near St Asaph had been a cause for concern for the Clwyd & Conwy Rivers Trust, Environment Agency Wales and the landowner for some time. When the river flooded, its steep soil banks would be eroded, leading to...

The Clwyd, Conwy & Gwynedd Rivers Trust has expanded its educational programme into Gwynedd and has been working with staff and pupils at Ysgol Bontnewydd near Caernarfon on a salmon breeding project. The programme enabled pupils at the school to follow the process...

Trust uncovers environmental problems in the uplands. A survey carried out by the Trust on the upper Afon Conwy during September has produced worrying evidence about the health of the river which it is hoped will be investigated further as a matter of urgency by...

As the 2013 salmon and sea trout spawning season gets under way, anglers and conservationists are eagerly looking for signs of success of a project to improve access by migratory fish to a Gwynedd stream as the result of the recent removal of a major obstruction. The...

A habitat restoration scheme to improve sea trout spawning potential on an Ynys Môn stream has just been completed thanks to a project carried out by the Trust and Afonydd Cymru involving the Bodorgan Estate and an independent landowner. The scheme was launched as a...

Background and scope The Afon Iwrch Rehabilitation Project was an Environment Agency Wales (EAW) Challenge Fund project which took place in 2009. EAW, now Natural Resources Wales (NRW) established the fund to assist the new Rivers Trusts in Wales gain expertise in...

Background and Scope This project was the second undertaken by the Trust in response to the Environment Agency Wales Challenge Fund, a fund made available to bidding rivers trusts to enable them to get valuable experience in best practice habitat improvement planning...

Environment Agency Wales surveys of spawning streams in the Afon Conwy catchment have declined from an annual survey down to one every five/six years and evidence pointed to a decline of fish stocks in the upper Conwy both of wild brown trout and migratory salmonids....

Welcome to our spring 2017 edition of the Clwyd, Conwy & Gwynedd Rivers Trust Newsletter.

Welcome to our autumn 2016 edition of the Clwyd, Conwy & Gwynedd Rivers Trust Newsletter.

A fishing conference organised by the North Wales Rivers Trust and backed by Natural Resources Wales has been deemed a success. Over 60 people with a passion for Fisheries came to the visitor centre at Coed y Brenin to listen to and discuss lectures on topics relating...

A recently completed project to improve a 150 yard length of the Afon Rhos in Gwynedd has opened up more than a mile of productive spawning ground for native brown trout and sewin which was previously difficult for fish to access. Click here to read the full report...