River conditions remain the same.   Poor day yesterday with no further fish reports so far.
The question on everyone's lips is now.  'Where are the fish????   When will they come in???

Well things will pick up I am sure but to what extent remains to be seen at the moment.

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Some stuff WUF could apply for here.  A £50.00 grant on offer and a £10million pound fund to restore peat bogs though I thought they had already solved all these problems.

By the way I suspect the talk on  "Beavers- natures water engineers" will go down a storm!!!!!

News roundup for CaBA Partnerships April 2017 Twitter Website

Save the date! We are excited to announce that the next CaBA Conference will take place on Tuesday 6th June at The Kings House Conference Centre in Manchester. Confirmed speaker topics include 'Beavers – Nature’s Water Engineers’, and further presentation topics are likely to cover:  PR19: What can CaBA do for the Water Industry and vice versa? Water Stewardship - the role played by industry. CaBA - what have we achieved to date? Summary of the CaBA Evaluation & Monitoring forms completed by partnerships. Plus lots of time for informal discussion and networking! Keep your eye on the Discussion Forum for more details on the agenda in the coming weeks. You can now book via Eventbrite. Book now New £10 million fund to restore peatland A £10 million grant scheme to restore England’s iconic peatlands has been launched by the Government. The funding will be available for projects that restore upland and lowland peatlands to their natural state, increasing their capacity to prevent carbon entering the atmosphere, reduce flood risk by slowing the flow of rainwater and create habitats for vulnerable wildlife. The scheme will open in May and funding will target sites with the greatest potential for greenhouse gas reduction. Projects that deliver better value for money and maximise environmental benefits will be favoured for funding. Funding will be available for three years from April 2018 as part of Defra’s £100 million of capital funding for direct investment in projects that support the natural environment. More details, including how to bid for grants, will be provided when the scheme opens for bids. Read more Natural Flood Management 2017 competition Organisations and partnerships may bid for up to £50,000 for individual Natural Flood Management (NFM) projects in England. Projects will need to demonstrate how they will meet the following allocation criteria: reduce flood risk, or coastal erosion, to homes improve habitats and increase biodiversity contribute to research and development of NFM techniques and interventions support and develop partnerships working with and between communities Projects that require more than £50,000 in funding will need to find additional contributions from partners. The funding is for the initial project construction, which needs to be completed by 31 March 2021. There is no funding available for continued maintenance. Project proposals for funding will need to be submitted via the Catchment Partnerships (a list of Catchment Coordinators can be found here) by 19 May 2017. Read more Tesco Bags of Help – even more communities invited to apply for funding Community groups across the UK are being invited to apply for Tesco Bags of Help funding as the application criteria opens to allow for more communities to bag some cash for their project. As well as continuing to fund the development of and activity in outdoor spaces such as allotments and community gardens, grants will now be available to fund the purchase of items such as sports kits, camping equipment, spades, litter pickers or specialised medical equipment. Funding is also available for improvements to community buildings, for example, scout or guide hut, church or village hall or sports changing rooms. Groups looking to hold seasonal events and activities such as a Christmas lights can also apply for funding through the programme. To ensure that the programme is really local the number of projects funded every two months has been increased and there are new funding amounts – with £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 up for grabs.   Read more Freshwater and citizen science: A research hackathon Freshwater Watch is inviting early to mid-career freshwater ecologists to 'get their hands on' the FreshWater Watch dataset (17,500 data) with a view to carrying out some preliminary research. This will be during a 2-day event at Oxford Brookes Campus 25th to 27th May – fully funded except for travel. Book now On the CaBA forum recently: The Dorset Wildlife Trust is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Conservation Manager to lead on our award winning ‘Dorset Wild Rivers’ (DWR) initiative and play a key role in the county’s Catchment Based Approach. Click here for further information on how to apply.  Read more Share Tweet Forward