Turtle Tally UK

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Category: Invasive Alien Speicies (IAS)

Published: 01 March 2022

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Turtle Tally UK

The project is aimed at collecting observational data on the locations where we see turtles and terrapins in our local lakes and ponds in the UK. If you spot them in local waterbodies, you can submit your sighting to the survey link below. Your input is so important and working together we can collect information to understand more on this topic. We have two survey links, one for the general sightings and another specifically for anglers to complete. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions and take a look at some of our pages to learn more.

https://www.turtletally.co.uk/

LFCC Annual General Meeting 2022

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Category: General

Published: 20 February 2022

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Annual General Meeting March 2022

The Lodddon Fisheries & Conservation Consultative will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 3rd March 2022 at The Davis Room, Swallowfield Village Hall, Swallowfield. 7.30pm - 9.30pm. If your membership is overdue then please arrange to bring payment with you.

Please look to arrive for 7.15 as there is a prior hall booking on this day and as a result the carpark may be busy. Although mask wearing is now not mandatory we would encourage all of those attending to please wear one. Covid is still present.

The Meeting agenda can be found at the link below:

https://lfcc.org.uk/downloads/category/9-agenda?download=221:lfcc-agenda-march-22

SERT - New Catchment Officer Vacancy

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Category: Conservation

Published: 10 February 2022

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The South East Rivers Trust are currently recruiting for a new Catchment Officer to work on the River Loddon and with you all. This role will identify and implement projects to improve the river, it's catchment and improve our effectiveness in running the Catchment Partnership. 

The Job Description can be found by following the link https://lfcc.org.uk/downloads/category/8-general?download=220:catchment-officer-job-description

Information on how to apply can be found here: https://www.southeastriverstrust.org/staff-vacancies/

Wild Trout Trust - Chalk Stream Abstraction Report

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Category: Abstraction

Published: 04 February 2022

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This new report by independent and highly respected consultant, John Lawson, is a review of chalk stream abstraction rates as a percentage of aquifer recharge for 55 named rivers and tributaries.  Chalk streams, and the chalk aquifers that supply their water, are a very valuable source of clean water for domestic and industry use. Over-abstraction leads to dry rivers and damage to the unique and valuable ecology of the chalk stream. This report has been commissioned by Defra and the CaBA chalk stream restoration group as part of the work contributing to a national strategy for improving chalk streams.

The objectives are:

- to help understand the scale of over-abstraction of chalk aquifers and chalk streams in southern and eastern England and - to investigate ​“abstraction as a % of aquifer recharge” (A%R) as a simple and accessible method for determining acceptable levels of abstraction in chalk catchments and prioritising action.