Archives for Author: Groves

Citizen Science work highlighted in new film

Recently our River Chess Smarter Water Catchment team were delighted to contribute towards an ambitious digital campaign spearheaded by The Chartered Institution of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM) and in collaboration with Content With Purpose (CWP). The campaign titled “The Ripple Effect: Inspiring a Resilient Environment” showcases the essential work of water and environmental management...

Chilterns National Landscape secures funding to develop ‘Not Bourne Yesterday’

The Chilterns National Landscape has received a £350k grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for Not Bourne Yesterday: Chalk Stream Communities of the Chilterns, an exciting project that will restore and protect the Chilterns’ chalk streams. Made possible by National Lottery players, the project aims to restore and rejuvenate the Chilterns’ fragile chalk streams...

Ewelme Brook Catchment Plan

Check out our new Storymap collection! It sets out the catchment plan for the Ewelme Brook, one of nine major chalk streams which rises in the Chilterns National Landscape. Local groups contacted the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project for help to draw together a plan to restore this much loved local stream. Partners Benson Nature Group,...

Wild about Benson

An article from Val Siddiqui, Benson Nature Group “Brilliant, beautiful” “I couldn’t bear to tear myself away as it was SO interesting…… Such a great event and so inspiring for all ages.”   856 people visited “Wild about Benson” on 8 – 9th March and these comments were typical.   In his opening address Dr...

New Wetland for Hamble Brook

The low-lying land adjacent to many of our chalk streams would have provided unique habitat for a wide variety of plants, birds, insects and small mammals. These wetland areas also provide refuges during the temporary drying phases of the main channel, protection from predators for over-wintering birds and, in wetter times, flood storage for communities...

Mending the Misbourne

In response to growing calls from the local communities for a plan to ‘Mend the Misbourne’ we recently held a workshop to begin the work of developing an evidence-based catchment plan for the River. The workshop was well attended by representatives of local community groups, conservation charities, town, parish and county councils, water companies and...

HS2 and the Chilterns Chalk Streams

Since its inception there have been concerns about the impact of HS2 on the Chilterns landscape. While the destruction of ancient woodlands made headlines, there has been less media attention on the impact on local rivers and particularly on the chalk aquifer.

Good news for chalk streams

The Chiltern Society & Chilterns Conservation Board receive grant of £294,000 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund. The Chiltern Society and the Chilterns Conservation Board’s project: “Chalk Streams and wetland meadows: guarding the irreplaceable for people and nature” has been awarded a grant from the government’s £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.# The grant...