tony bostock - the severn in trust
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Tony Bostock MBE, MIFM, CEnv.
Chief Executive - Severn Rivers Trust
www.severnriverstrust.com
Tel: 01886 888394
Mob:07817 622919
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River Severn (Afon Hafren)
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Severn Rivers Trust Founded 2008
Incorporating
Teme Rivers Trust
Charitable Status February 2010
Delivered projects over £4m
in the last two years
8 full time employees
3 Part time employee
Full Members of:
Afonydd Cymru (Rivers Trust Wales)
The Rivers Trust (Formerly the
Association of Rivers Trusts)
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Magnificent Severn(Managing the total Severn Catchment)
• Severn Rivers Trust – The only organisation
with an holistic approach to the management of the
Severn catchment
• 10 Wildlife Trusts
• 6 Water Companies
• All Statutory bodies – i.e. NRW, NE, EA & FC etc.
• Local, regional & national Government.
• Ecosystems Services Approach.
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Benefits of our work
• Reduced erosion and soil Loss
• Habitat improvement
• Increase in biodiversity
• Promoting best practice in agriculture
and land management
• Reducing flood risk
• Water quality Improvements
• Improving fish passage
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Run-Off & Sedimentation
Year One Year Two
Year Three Year Six
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• 30% of the UK ‘s topsoil lost in the last 40 years.
• Rate of loss increased by 300% in last 30 years.
• 2.2m tonnes of topsoil deposited in our rivers every
year.
• Loss to replenishment ratio 14 to 1 in Europe.
• 44% of arable land is at risk of water erosion
• 2006 Guidance to DEFRA - value of loss of soil by
erosion £264m/year across the UK
• The UK’s top soil could be lost within 6 decades!
We Treat Soil Like Dirt !
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River Teme Project
“Springs of Rivers”
£4.2m project over 4 years(£3.1m from the Heritage Lottery Fund)
Fish passes
Education programme
Teme Way
Habitat Restoration
Fisheries improvements
Invasive species
Trainee/Apprentice scheme
Public & Community Engagement
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River Teme – Dinham Fish Pass
Funded by the DEFRA River Improvement Fund & European Fisheries Fund
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£19.4m - LIFE & HLF Project
“Unlocking the Severn for
People and Wildlife”
ObjectiveRestore A. fallax to its historic spawning range on the River Severn and the River Teme Site of Special Scientific Interest by removing nine major barriers to migration. This will open up an additional 230km of spawning grounds to the current distribution.
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Angler’s Mail – 14th May 1972
Angler’s Mail – 21st May 1975
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People
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Diglis Weir
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Diglis Weir
Deep vertical slot Pass
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Linking our natural, cultural & industrial heritage
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Source:
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Severn Estuary Elver Catches
1972 - 2013
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Source: Rivers
(Nigel Holmes & Paul Raven 2014)
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River Severn & Teme Total Salmon
Catches (all methods), 1869 - 2015
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
1869
1879
1889
1899
1909
1919
1929
1939
1949
1959
1969
1979
1989
1999
2009
Source: Cefas
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Severn Catchment Egg Deposition
&Conservation Limit (1980 –2015)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Year
Nu
mb
er o
f E
ggs
(Mil
lion
s)
Source: Cefas
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Catchment Based Approach
(CaBA)
www.catchmentbasedapproach.org
~100 De-
centralised
partnerships
~70% rivers trust
host or co-host
role
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CaBA Partnerships
Worcestershire
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CaBA Partnerships
The Severn Vale Catchment Partnership
• Steering Group• Catchment Workshops• Ecosystems Services Approach (Mapping &
Consultation)• Project Register• Catchment Partnership Action Funf (CPAF)• Riverfly Workshops• Severn Vale Events
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SRT Volunteers & Community Groups
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Riverfly
Workshops
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Citizen Science – Riverfly Monitoring
• Trained 335 riverfly monitors
since 2009
• Sampling 116 locations on 57 different
rivers and streams.
• Largest Riverfly Monitoring Group
in the UK
• Diatom & water quality sampling
planned.
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Severn Vale ESS Mapping
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Thank you
www.severnriverstrust.com
Jean
Jackson
Trust