- At times it felt like Apocalypse Now: Paul Shorrock (aka SharkeyP) reports from the early season Lancashire Colne… and sparks a keen debate on the merits of urban river cleanups!
- Salford Friendly Anglers launch a restoration plan for the Dirty Irk (backed by this report from the Wild Trout Trust)
- Smelts in the city: ZSL’s new project to study a rare cucumber-scented fish in the Thames
- We’ve run out of bags! SPRITE’s voluntary February river cleanup on Sheffield’s River Don exceeds all expectations …
- … while the Guardian revisits some key Full Monty locations in the Steel City
- 200 car tyres from one stretch of the Wandle… reckon there’s a wrecking business somewhere nearby?
- Going mainstream: urban river daylighting techniques including regenerative design get coverage in the National Geographic
- More news from the US: cleaning up urban storm runoff by running it through dirt
- Spring in the West Country: Dominic Garnett revisits some favourite urban trout streams
(Photo: Paul Shorrock)
