Join the #AnglersAgainstLitter survey. Participate in our 5-minute litter pick challenge. Record your findings in the Epicollect5 app. Running through the closed season, check out the story & links to Survey Volunteer Pack & Survey Sheet: ecs.page.link/STLWj #KeepBritainTidy

Spare just 2 minutes of your time please.
What we had to what we have in May 2024.
Do not accept this as the new natural.
This is what complete failure to protect our rivers looks like. Nearly finished me
Jim Murray Feargal Sharkey Windrush WASP
WildFish Angling Trust

“The Freshwater Emergency: From Scarcity to Abundance”, a RiverActionUK panel chaired by CEO James Wallace:

💧 Lawrence Gosden @southernwatermedia
💧 Feargal Sharkey Activist, SERA Chairman
💧 Lila Thompson @BritishWater
💧 Phillip Duffy Environment Agency
💧 Helena Horton The Guardian

Lots of wriggling sticks & stones in the Pang today. Riverfly Partnership Action for the River Kennet (ARK) #chalkstream #trout #anglersagainstpollution

Road runoff enters rivers directly at highway outfalls. It also goes into combined sewage systems via drains. When sewage is discharged into rivers, as well as human waste, it may contain arsenic, heavy metals & PAHs from roads. A double hit for wildlife.

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‘4 weeks on the trot filming, not one fish’.

Don’t let them tell you this is the new natural.

Permitted ❌ Illegal ✅ Profitable ✅

“Exceptional conditions.” ❌ Shoddy ✅ Illegal✅ Profitable ✅

Beach day.

Lead was eliminated from petrol years ago but Stormwater Shepherds found it in road runoff at several sites. Even low levels of lead may harm tadpoles, frogs & fish. (Taddlers below are nowhere near a road.🐸)
New report by @ciwem & Stormwater Shepherds👇🏽
stormwatershepherds.org.uk/2024/05/08/bol…

“What’s gone wrong with Thames Water?” Big question. Listen to find out. The Briefing Room - Why is the water industry in so much trouble? bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Water companies in England have incurred debts of more than £64,000,000,000.

We won't get the water infrastructure we need with privatised water.

I have co-sponsored Early Day Motion 738, calling for English water companies to be brought under public control.

Nobody monitors highway outfalls - we just don't know how much road runoff there is. For sediment alone, (dust from road surfaces, tyres, exhaust, gears, brakes) National Highways estimates 2 tons per hectare is washed off roads each year - that's a lot of toxic sludge in rivers.

'Staggered' 🙄

shout out to farmers, land managers, wardens within range of this ‘River Summit’ on the river Wandle, 21 May

I’m moderating a farming panel, with roving audience mics, book by 17 May

theriversummit.com/the-uk-river-s… The River Summit & Festival

The Angling Trust is deeply frustrated with Defra's failure to meet crucial environmental targets, highlighting the disconnect between their ambitious plans & actual results. Anglers are witnessing the degradation of our waters, we need immediate, actions not more empty promises.

Don’t let them tell you this is the new natural.

'I would therefore strongly advise residents not to enter the River Test and to keep domestic animals away from the water.'

It's come to this, the Test, the finest example of a chalk stream on the planet and people are being advised to stay away. 🤬 🤬🤬

hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24305392.…

We’re looking to appoint new non-executive directors to our board who will help us deliver our “Fishing for Good” strategy. Join us in our mission to fight for fish, fishing, and the environment.
anglingtrust.net/2024/05/08/joi…

#anglingtrust
#fishingforgood

The public has been warned not to forage for wild garlic at a riverside park in Wiltshire due to the risk of e-coli.

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