An Enforcement Undertaking is one of several regulatory options available to the Environment Agency when they are considering action against a polluter. Once agreed, it requires the polluter to admit their offence and to pay an agreed (with the EA) sum to an appropriate charity – which must then spend it on environmental improvements. We […]
Last year 13 groups joined the Aire Rivers Trust’s OurCleanRiver event. The highlights were clearing tons of debris at Bull Greave Beck and using the steam train in Keighley to transport rubbish and volunteers. In 2024 we want to involve even more groups in community action to improve our river from Gargrave to Leeds and […]
Project Officer Gareth Muir shares what the practical conservation volunteers have been up to along the catchment this month.
As a regular Aire Rivers Trust volunteer, Lucy went to Sheffield to learn more about the species we have been planting and to sneak a peek at the beautiful deconsecrated Victorian cemetery.
Outfall Safaris take you on a tour of the grim and gruesome along our river. Lucy talks about her experience of being a pollution hunting volunteer.
The ongoing pollution of our rivers by sewage is a topic of great concern, as are the roughly equal contributions of agriculture and urban runoff. Well done to Fergal Sharkey, Wildfish, The Rivers Trust and others for shouting from the rooftops and for highlighting the issue and finally getting it firmly on the agenda of […]
A volunteer from the Aire Rivers Trust, Robert Hellawell, was surprised to find an unwelcome new creature in his sample of river bugs from the River Aire.
A group of international students form the University of Leeds have been exploring Keighley’s River Worth. Join us to see what they have discovered.
Sometimes the path to healthier streams and rivers lies alongside and not in the water. Local environmental charity, the Aire Rivers Trust has been hard at work improving a Bradford footpath to reduce soil running into the stream – boosting water quality and encouraging wildlife to flourish.
