Riverfly Update
by Hannah Parry-Wilson
Date: 06th September 2023
Riverfly is a citizen science method of investigating water quality and chalk stream health by recording the presence and abundance...
News for Chilterns Chalk Streams Project
Chilterns Chalk Stream project appears on ITV Meridian News
Date: 13th October 2022
Watch again: Professor Kate Heppell of the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project on ITV Meridian News at Ewelme Brook.
The Heart of the Chilterns: Volunteers #3 Alice Dancer, River Chess Citizen Science volunteer
Date: 26th August 2022
Alice Dancer is a brand new volunteer who’s just got started with citizen science volunteering, helping to monitor the health of the River Chess chalk stream. Here, she shares what she’s been learning so far!
Smarter Water Catchment Update
Date: 01st August 2022
Find out what's been happening with Citizen Scientists and the Smarter Water Catchment!
“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.