Projects

Projects

Our project work includes practical river restoration, habitat management, research and monitoring, education and community engagement.

Projects

Hamble Brook Restoration

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Catchment Management River: Chess Working on a catchment scale to restore one of the Chilterns’ finest chalk streams to health.

Smarter Water Catchment

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Catchment Management River: Chess Working on a catchment scale to restore one of the Chilterns’ finest chalk streams to health.

Chess Valley Walk

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Access River: Chess Access Improvements, improved way-marking and new interpretation for this much-loved route.

Ewelme Brook Community Project

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Community River: Ewelme Brook Supporting the local community in the management of their chalk stream.

Water in a Dry Landscape

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Research & Citizen Science River: Scarp Slope Streams Monitoring the health of the scarp slope streams.

Gadespring Discovery Days

Completion Date: June 2022 Project Category: Education & Engagement River: Bulbourne Delivering Education Activities for the first time on the River Bulbourne

River Chess Restoration, Latimer

Completion Date: November 2022 Project Category: River Restoration River: Chess Creating a better habitat for water voles at Restore Hope, Latimer.

Water Vole Recovery Scheme: R. Chess

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Research & Citizen Science River: Chess Preventing the extinction of Water Voles from the Chilterns AONB.

The Chilterns, Hertforshire and Middlesex Riverfly Hub

Completion Date: Ongoing Project Category: Research & Citizen Science River: Chess Preventing the extinction of Water Voles from the Chilterns AONB.

Wye Dene, River Wye

Completion Date: 2018 Project Category: River Restoration River: Wye Restoring the chalk stream at this former watercress beds.

Bulbourne River Restoration

Completion Date: January 2017 Project Category: River Restoration River: Bulbourne River restoration along the Bulbourne to create a more natural chalk stream

High Wycombe Town Centre, River Wye

Completion Date: 2016 Project Category: River Restoration River: Wye Working with the community to restore an urban chalk stream.

Meades Water Garden: River Chess

Completion Date: June 2008 Project Category: River Restoration River: Chess Restoring chalk stream habitat through an ornamental lake in central Chesham