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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.

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

Read more about the project, its achievements and partners.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 

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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.

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