About Us
The Wye & Usk Foundation is a charity concerned with restoring the habitat, water quality and fisheries of the rivers Wye and Usk. The Foundation is not merely a lobbying organisation: through a series of partnership projects we have raised and spent significant sums of money to remedy problems such as habitat degradation, water quality, access and over-exploitation.
In 2000 we were granted registered charity status with the following charitable objects:
To conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the salmon and other indigenous species of animal and plant life of the rivers Wye and Usk, their tributaries, streams and watercourses ("the River") and the banks, riparian lands and catchments of the river ("the River Corridor") and ...
To advance the education of the public in the conservation of rivers, river corridors and their animal and plant life and the need for conservation, protection, rehabilitation and improvement of such environments.
About this website
We hope this website explains what needs to be done and how we have set about restoring two of the most interesting, beautiful and challenging rivers in the British Isles. We have tried to give a balance between too many facts, figures, references and jargon and oversimplifying what is a complex subject. Included are details of our projects, the results and how we manage over 1,500km of main river and tributaries. You will find information about how to fish the Wye and Usk through the famous "Wye & Usk Passport", educational material, related links, in fact almost all you would ever need to know about us or the two rivers. Please tell us what you think.
