MANIFESTO FOR THE WYE With the general election due 4 July, today we unveil our urgent plan to #SavetheWye. This has been created by our network of local groups and is based on the best scientific understanding of the problems the river faces. 🧵 👉wyemanifesto.org/

Charlotte Church is urging people to support nature recovery efforts in Wales, warning that the country’s wildlife and natural habitats are under significant pressure despite its reputation for scenic beauty wp.me/p8Mk4U-1mXm

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now young people will be able to get to know & love the natural world & gain vital skills to protect it @curlewcalls🌷🌳 🦅🦡 theguardian.com/education/20…

The EA's underwater probes are tracking water temp, oxygen, ammonia and algae on the Wye and Lugg in real time and you can watch the data yourself. 🔗 telemetry-data.com/open?prof… #RiverWye #SaveTheWye #CPREHerefordshire

Huge congratulations to Andrew McRobb, voted Chair of the CPRE National Assembly. A brilliant recognition of everything he gives to CPRE Herefordshire. Well done, Andrew! 🎉 Meet us at our Centenary event, 21 June: shorturl.at/BLXCw #VolunteerWeek #CPREHerefordshire

Latest news from the campaign to save the Wye. Rights of Nature, record temperatures and how to get involved, all on World Environment Day: mailchi.mp/e4cff23b8b0c/gath…

Yet more greenwashing from Ofwat. Welsh Water were caught. thanks to the efforts of the public, illegally dumping sewage into the enforcement, on a mechanised industrial scale. Where are the investigations into executives, where are the prosecutions? Nada, nothing, zero, zilch. What a joke.

🌍 World Environment Day 2026 We cannot have a healthy planet without healthy rivers. Rivers provide drinking water, support wildlife, nourish our landscapes and connect communities to nature. Yet across the UK, they are being treated as dumping grounds for sewage, agricultural pollution and industrial waste. If we want thriving wildlife, climate resilience and healthy communities, we must restore and protect the rivers that sustain them. This World Environment Day, take action for your local river. Write your councillor and urge them to support stronger action to tackle river pollution. ⏱️It only takes two minutes. Contact your local councillor today: bit.ly/3REu7jX #RescueOurRivers

BRILLIANT C4 report on the pioneering river guardianship of @paulpowlesland whilst our regulators are missing in action

500 volunteers test water across the Wye catchment, building evidence of where pollution enters the river. No specialist knowledge needed, just a love of the Wye. 💧 Meet us and our volunteers: shorturl.at/BLXCw #VolunteerWeek #RiverWye #CPREHerefordshire

What’s been happening on the Upper Wye this spring? Working with farmers to support land management that benefits businesses river health 👩‍🌾🌿 ✔️ Buffer zones reducing erosion ✔️ 10,000 trees planted ✔️ “Slow the flow” helping water levels ✔️ Invasive species work ahead #NRW

@CPRE blog by our Director Andrew McRobb: 💧 50,000 samples taken 📈 Biggest river dataset in England 🐔 ~72–73% of Wye phosphate is agricultural Read: cpre.org.uk/opinions/how-vol… #RiverWye #SaveTheWye

Smaller patches than previous years but still a joy to see ranunculus on The Mill Stream in Eardisland. It doesn’t grow on the main river directly adjacent, even though they split from the same source just above the village. Possibly flow conditions?

Honoured to take part in the launch of the River Wye charter, a landmark recognition of the rights of our beloved river and the urgent need to do everything possible to protect and restore the Wye catchment💚

New charter gives River Wye the right to be free from pollution bbc.in/4v03Zyq

River will take decades to recover from 'vandalism' bbc.in/4tWNJgG

River Wye granted rights in UK first that could help in fight against pollution @guardian “The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river” Wonderful news theguardian.com/environment/…

The River Wye has become the first river in the UK to claim cross-border rights from source to sea - a landmark declaration that rivers are not drains for pollution, but living ecosystems worthy of protection, respect, and a legal voice. @SaveTheWye @RiverActionUK

"The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river." theguardian.com/environment/…

The launch of The River Wye Charter - a joyous event with a dedicated group of people who all love the catchment & want it to prosper. Very happy to represent Border Oak & other small local builders & individuals and to pledge charter support from the The River Arrow Trust

An historic day, as the River Wye becomes the first river in the UK to have its rights recognised by local authorities across its catchment. Hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the river to watch as representatives from Monmouthshire, Forest of Dean & Powys Councils, Herefordshire County Council, the Wye Valley National Landscape & Bannau Brycheiniog National Park signed the pledge recognising the rivers rights and then spoke about why they had done so what it would mean for the relationship of their organisation to the river. It went beyond legal formalities into something of a service of thanks & honour to the river, with poetry, a choir singing songs, & offerings to the river. It has been a real honour to witness & be part of the surging movement towards river rights & guardianship on the Wye. Four years ago I met & advised Herefordshire Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst, who wanted to put a voice of the river on the Wye Nutrient Management Board. A year ago I sat around a fire on the banks of the river with other Wye guardians & Earth lawyers as the idea of a charter was first mooted. To see it become a reality, & supported by 6 public bodies, in just a year is astonishing. Now, of course, comes the hard work of making those rights a reality. But given the hundreds of active river guardians, & increasing public pressure to protect & restore the river, if it can be done on any river, it will be done on the Wye.