Smarter Water Catchment Update
Date: 01st August 2022
Find out what's been happening with Citizen Scientists and the Smarter Water Catchment!
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“Chalk Streams First” coalition puts forward proposals to cease abstraction from the Colne and Lea chalk streams
Date: 14th July 2022
A coalition of conservation and river organisations is working to tackle a major threat to our chalk streams in the Chilterns: groundwater abstraction for our water supply.
Save Water to Save our Chilterns Chalk Streams!
Date: 09th June 2022
Water Saving Week 2022 ran from 23rd to 30th May. The River Chess Smarter Water Catchment Project team put together some pointers on being mindful of saving water.
Chalk Streams Project Education Update
Date: 28th April 2022
Find out more about the Chalk Streams Project's schools activities and new school opportunities!
Restoring Hope for Water Voles
Date: 27th April 2022
The Chalk Stream and Wetlands Meadows project to extend the habitat for local populations of water voles at Restore Hope, Latimer, has already begun but more needs to be done!
Update on River Chess Smarter Water Catchment
Date: 26th April 2022
Read the River Chess Smarter Water Catchment Team's latest update on how the project is progressing and how they are working to create a place where people are working together to protect and improve the water environment for everyone.
Water in a Dry Landscape – Project Update from the Chilterns Chalk Stream Project Team
Date: 15th February 2022
Part of the Chilterns Conservation Board’s £2.4 Million pound National Lottery Heritage Funded, Landscape Partnership Scheme, Chalk Cherries and Chairs, Water in a Dry Landscape is a project which aims to find out more about the health of the chalk streams which rise from the foot of the northern scarp of the Chiltern hills.
Chalk Streams and Wetland Meadows Project – Update February 2022
Date: 11th February 2022
Back in July, the Chilterns Conservation Board and The Chiltern Society secured £294,000 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund for the Chalk Streams and Wetland Meadows Project. Here's an update on work so far by the two new project officers, based at the Chiltern Society.
25th Anniversary of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project
Date: 25th January 2022
The Chiltern Chalk Streams Project has reached a big milestone – 2022 is the project’s 25th anniversary. Here's a look ahead to what 2022 holds for this longstanding project dedicated to protecting and enhancing these these rare and special threatened habitats in the Chilterns.
New Chalk Streams Strategy Launched to Protect ‘England’s Rain Forests’
Date: 15th October 2021
Today saw the launch of the first Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy, published today by Catchment Based Approach’s (CaBA) Chalk Stream...