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Completed Projects

Each of the below projects have taken us closer to achieving our goals of river restoration, supporting the rural economy and increasing the understanding of how river ecosystems work and how they should be managed.

Partners and funders are listed within each project page.

For details of the projects the Foundation is working on now, please see the Current Projects section.

Restoring Our Amazing River (ROAR)

2019 - 2021

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Enhancing degraded habitat, eradicating invasive weeds and reducing diffuse agricultural pollution in Herefordshire Wye.

Read more about the project, its achievements and partners.

Published: 30th December, 2017

Updated: 16th September, 2022

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Lugg & Arrow Leader+

2006 to 2007

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Lugg and Arrow Leader+ was our first initiative in this part of the Wye catchment.

The project involved habitat restoration, fish access, education and bringing more anglers to these rivers.

Read more about the project, its achievements and partners.

Published: 31st December, 2017

Updated: 15th January, 2019

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The Usk Project (UP!)

2003 to 2008

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UP! was the first major project undertaken under the Wye and Usk Foundation. It's objective was to boost Usk salmon and trout numbers in a sustainable way.

Within the project, the Foundation restored over 36km of Usk tributary habitat, built 3 major fish passes (and several smaller easements to migration) and launched the Fishing Passport in this catchment.

Read more about UP!, its achievements and its partners.

Published: 1st January, 2018

Updated: 22nd May, 2018

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The Irfon Special Area of Conservation (ISAC) Project

2010 to 2013

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The ISAC project was an EU Life+ funded initiative to restore water quality and habitat to this major upper Wye tributary, as well as protect its Annex II species.

Although the project finished in 2013, it has received more publicity recently with the news that the captive breeding programme for white clawed crayfish started within ISAC has been successful. 

Read more about the ISAC project here.

Read more about the results of ISAC's white clawed crayfish captive breeding programme.

Published: 1st January, 2018

Updated: 11th May, 2018

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The Powys Habitat Improvement Project (pHish)

2002 to 2006

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Financed by European Regional Development Funds, pHish remains the largest project the Foundation has undertaken to date (£2.1M budget).

It enabled us to build on the previous WHIP project and to expand our operations into a number of different areas. The project's areas of work were correcting acid waters, habitat and fish access work and the start of the Fishing Passport.

Read more about the pHish project, its partners and what was achieved.

Published: 2nd January, 2018

Updated: 11th May, 2018

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The Wye Habitat Improvement Project (WHIP)

1998 to 2004

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With a budget of just over £1M, WHIP was the Foundation's first major project. It was also our first foray into European funding and the complexities that come with it.

With our partners, we delivered habitat improvements to 25km of upper Wye tributaries and two fish passes. We also learnt the processes we would use for future habitat restoration projects and the methods that are still employed today.

Read more about the WHIP project, its partners and its achievements.

Published: 3rd January, 2018

Updated: 11th May, 2018

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Delivering the Nutrient Management Plan

2018 - 2020

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Find out more about this project here.

Published: 16th September, 2022

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Better Utilising Nutrients (BUNS)

2018

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Published: 16th September, 2022

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The Wye Ithon Severn Ecosystems (WISE) Project

2018 - 2021

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The Wye Ithon Severn Ecosystems (WISE) Project involved working with farmers to protect and enhance natural resources in a way that benefits agricultural businesses, rivers and the wider community. The project was in partnership with Severn Rivers Trust and involved areas such as nutrient management, soil health, water quantity and biodiversity.

Find out more about the project here.

Published: 16th September, 2022

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Go Wild in the Curl

2016 - 2021

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Find out more about this project here.

Published: 7th October, 2022

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