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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mike is one of our volunteers helping with ford monitoring across our catchments to help gather data to check how passable they are to #fish 🐟 - part of our #GreatYorkshireRivers project - find out more on our website 👌 💦 Interested in volunteering? email: volunteering@ydrt.co.uk

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Checking the solar-run cameras installed on Hundwith Beck on the #dentonreserve helping us build a picture of how the channel behaves following recent removal of 2 barriers to #fish passage 🐟 👉This work was completed in partnership with #wildtrouttrust thanks to #GreatYorkshireRivers funding 🤩

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Read our latest #blog - and hear from our our #farming and #conservation officer Heather Challis about how healthy and aerated #soils are better for business as well as #rivers 👇 👇 www.ydrt.org.uk/improving-so...

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Improving Soil Resilience - by Heather Challis

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just 1 week left of our #Rivers4Life exhibition - an exciting mixture of #river facts, #films #artefacts #artwork, dress-up #photography & an amazing stop-frame animation! Ends Sun 27 Sept 😍 10 - 4pm everyday at the #DalesCountrysideMuseum Hawes. Entry £5 for adults & FREE for children under 16.

Two young people in dressing up clothes sat at a table colouring with an exhibition behind.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We've been busy this month 💪 💦 🐟 To get an update on all our projects - dip into our latest e newsletter: mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the... You can also sign up to receive this direct on our website 👌

An aerial shot of a stream with a digger breaking up a concrete ford within it.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Skeeby Ford removal and bridge replacement is now finished 🤩 Before & after pics below show how we replaced the concrete structure that impeded #fish & habitat connectivity – with a clear-span bridge – so the farmer can continue to access their land 🚜 More info at: www.ydrt.org.uk/removing-bar...

Before and after pics of a stream with a concrete ford that is then removed and replaced with a bridge.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dip into our latest #blog 🤩 - all about our surface water outfall survey and water quality monitoring on Crimple Beck, #Harrogate 💦 www.ydrt.org.uk/rainwater-or...

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Rainwater or Wastewater? The Importance of Outfall Surveys

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

8 teams of staff & #volunteers converged on the River #Ure and its catchment yesterday, to get a snapshot of its overall health & to monitor changes in water quality since last round of testing in 2024 💦 More info to follow soon 👉 sign up to our e news to be one of the first to hear 🤩 #pollution

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Skeeby Ford nr Richmond has been removed 🤩 & the gravel beds have been uncovered… supporting #fish migration up & down the water course - vital for breeding, feeding & refuge. 🐟 💦 We’ll post again when the project is finished 🫶 Part of #GreatYorkshireRivers project funded by #EnvironmentAgency

Digger breaking up a concrete ford and exposing the original gravel beds

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We’ve just started removing this ford over Skeeby Beck near Richmond. 💦The ford allows the farmer to access their land – but impedes #river health and connectivity for fish. 👉We will keep you posted with how the ford’s removal opens the river back up! #GreatYorkshireRivers #environmentagency

Concrete ford over a river with trees and fields either side.

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Yorkshire Dales National Park @yorkshiredales.org.uk · 17/08/2026

With much of England officially in drought, farmers across the Dales will already be managing the impacts of prolonged dry weather. For those looking for the latest information or further guidance, Defra has published a useful blog 👇 ow.ly/IXgJ50ZArjC

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Don't miss out 👉 Our latest #job vacancy for a - Catchment Manager on the River Ure - closes at noon next Friday 21 October 💦 Full details and application link below 👇 www.ydrt.org.uk/vacancies #jobvacancy #jobopportunity #riversjob #environmentaljob #rivers #yorkshiredalesjob #yorkshirejob

A rural river flanked by fields and trees.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Days off this #summer? 🌝Visit our #familyfriendly #Rivers4Life exhibition at Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes? 👉 find out more via #Blog link below 👇 Dive into #YorkshireDales #rivers #conservation #wildlife #ecology in a fun & immersive way 💦 🌿 @yorkshiredales.org.uk mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the...

Two young people dressed as river wildlife colouring in some pictures at a museum exhibition and laughing

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#Job👇 We're looking for a Catchment Manager to help improve the River Ure and its catchment 💦 Working with farmers, landowners, partners & volunteers, you'll develop projects to improve water quality, restore habitats & support nature recovery🚜 Full details at: www.ydrt.org.uk/vacancies

A river flanked by two grassy banks with hills behind.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🚜 Yorkshire Dales Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow 🚜 We are now taking bookings for a #soil health #event for #farmers and landowners in the River #Nidd catchment 💦 on 21 August 5.30-9.30pm See booking links for more details 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...

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Yorkshire Rivers Trusts Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow - Yorkshire Dales

FREE event about managing and maintaining your grassland for better soil health, improved resilience, and greater productivity.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🚜 Yorkshire Dales Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow 🚜 We are now taking bookings for a #soil health #event for #farmers and landowners in the River #Wharfe catchment 💦 on 19 August 5.30-9.30pm See booking links for more details 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yorkshire-...

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Yorkshire Rivers Trusts Aeration & Soil Health Roadshow - Aire and Wharfe

FREE event about managing and maintaining your grassland for better soil health, improved resilience, and greater productivity.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Dip into our latest e #news - full of #rivers news from across the #YorkshireDales 💦 Includes #INNS #Groundswell2026 #Rivers4Life #Vacancies & update on our #DVRN #CatchmentPartnership and more! Sign up to receive it direct via our website homepage 💪 mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the...

Cattle grazing with a show field behind.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Want to help shape the future of Yorkshire #rivers? 💦 We are now seeking #Treasurer #Trustee to provide strategic financial leadership & governance. Use your financial expertise to support a charity dedicated to improving water quality #biodiversity & river #habitats www.ydrt.org.uk/join-our-team

A group of people stood beside a lake taken from above.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It's not too late to book for #TALKS and a guided #rivers #WALK at our #OpenDay at the #DalesCountrysideMuseum Hawes this Saturday 27 June. All are free to book and entitle you to #free entry to our #Rivers4Life exhibition too! Find out more & book here: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

a re-wriggled river in the landscape taken from above.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Our #Rivers4Life exhibition at the #DalesCountrysideMuseum showcases through film, music, art, soundscapes, drama, photography & storytelling, the challenges facing our #rivers and their #wildlife & the solutions helping to protect them. Running until 27 Sept & supported by #lotteryheritage 💙🌊

Adults dressed up as river wildlife at an exhibition.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Great morning surveying surface water #outfalls near #Harrogate with the some of the team... look out for the #blog and info reel coming soon 👌 Why not sign up to our monthly e news at www.ydrt.org.uk to be the first to hear 💦 🫶

Two women stood in a beck with lots of undergrowth on the sides.

Two people walking down a beck with trees either side.

Two women looking at a phone with a surface water outfall in the background.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Dip into our latest e newsletter...💚 Sign up on our website to receive this direct 💦 #YorkshireDales #News #Rivers mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the...

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

May 23 is #WorldFishMigrationDay Read more about our work at #YDRT - removing or mitigating against barriers to fish passage within our catchments in the #YorkshireDales and how this improves #fish and #riverhealth in our latest blog: www.ydrt.org.uk/removing-bar...

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Look what we spotted! 🤩 A slow worm or common lizard whilst on a #reptile survey in Nidderdale. The data from this will be be used to inform diffuse pollution designs for a historic mine site. Look closely - can you see the tail regrowing on the lizard?🦎 Photo credit to: Long-Rigg Conservation

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We just want to say a sincere THANK YOU to everyone that donated / shared our posts in this week's #EarthRaise #BigGive match funding campaign! 🤩 🫶 We achieved our £5000 target directly funding and supporting the work of our amazing #volunteers! #YorkshireDales #rivers 💦

Group of people wearing waders stood in a river

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Until midday 29 April - all #donations to our #volunteering projects will be doubled 💦 #BigGive #EarthRaise match funding campaign is doubling public donations to support charities tackling urgent environmental issues 🌿 Please support us at👉https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000AbnC5YAJ

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Ousewem: A catchment-wide approach to flood resilience - good to see the Yorkshire Post highlighting the benefits of #NbS and #NFM as a means of mitigating flooding and supporting #nature and #wildlife. #ousewem www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sponsored/ou...

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

We need #volunteers for tree planting on Wed 25 March 10 -2pm Near Skeeby #Swale catchment 🌳 Hedges are great for intercepting rainfall, slowing surface water & improving soil's capacity to absorb water & improving habitats & their connectivity. Email: volunteering@ydrt.co.uk for further details!

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Meet Ellen - one of our Diffuse Metal Pollution Project Officers 🤩💦🌿 Sign up to our YDRT newsletter at www.ydrt.org.uk to be directly notified when the #Blog about Ellen's work on the site of a disused metal mine is published 🤩 #metalmineremediation #MetalMines #MetalMinepollution

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

We now have a brilliant resource available on our website - our #DVRN #StoryMaps which pictorially guide you through the current condition and issues in the #Swale #Ure #Nidd #Ouse #Wiske and #Foss catchments, using available data, including active and completed projects: www.ydrt.org.uk/dvrn-org-uk

Young river meandering through its valley in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The #GreatYorkshireRivers website is now live 🫶 www.greatyorkshirerivers.org On it you can meet Kate Colledge who's leading the prioritisation and removal/mitigation of barriers to fish passage. 💦 If you have a ford / sluice / weir or culvert on your land then Kate would love to hear from you! 🐟

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A great day at the first Yorkshire Agricultural Society Farming Conference - engaging discussions and plenty of great networking. 🚜 🌿 Hopefully see you next year! #Farmers #Farming #yorkshireagricultrualsociety

Three people stood behind a conference stand

Farm machinery on display at a conference

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We'd love you to dip into our latest #rivers #news from the #YorkshireDales 😀 💦 💦 To receive this direct sign up via the link on our website homepage. mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the... Image of the Buttertubs in #Swaledale by David Armitage

Deep limestone crevices with a waterfall by David Armitage.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If you would like to actively support #riverrestoration we have volunteering opportunities coming up in the River #Ure catchment on the 14, 20 January & #Swale catchment on 22 January. Email: volunteering@ydrt.co.uk to find out more. #rivers #volunteering #volunteers #treeplanting #INNSRemoval

Trees with plastic guards in foreground and snowcapped hills behind.

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Scrapes & ponds in the landscape have big environmental benefits 🌿🌳💦 They hold water during heavy rain, reducing #flood risk downstream & slow and store surface runoff, allowing water to infiltrate the soil. They also boost #biodiversity, creating habitats for #amphibians, #insects & #birds #NFM

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Best wishes for the festive season 💚 On behalf of staff and trustees we would like to say a big thank you to all our partners, volunteers, donors and supporters. We very much hope that you will continue to engage with our work in 2026. To keep updated sign up to our monthly e news: buff.ly/w7PMkqc

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We have delivered our largest #Ousewem project so far: Re-wriggling the artificially straightened Brompton Beck on the Hauxwell estate to create a 9 hectare wetland habitat. Before & after pics show the improved land & river which is now moving freely & more slowly for first time in over a century!

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We've shortlisted 16 catchments across the region that would benefit most from nature-based solutions #NbS to restore river health and mitigate flooding. We are now looking to work in partnership with landowners & farmers to deliver on the ground solutions: www.ydrt.org.uk/shortlist-of...

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Help us double up for #children this #Christmas! All donations to our #Rivers2U #Education Project are doubled until Tuesday 9 December. Please help us reach our target of £4000 by donating now 👇👇 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #For1WeekOnly #Rivers #YorkshireDales

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Our major survey of #Harrogate’s becks has uncovered many misconnections in the drainage network adding pollution. Read the full report on #News page of our website 💦 We also hosting an event on Wed 26 Nov 6-8pm at St Peters Church #Harrogate to present results. Book at: bit.ly/3JlIMNv

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Harrogate Outfall Safari: Results & Update

Discover what Harrogate’s first Outfall Safari revealed about pollution in local rivers including Oak Beck and Bilton Beck.

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Friends of the Dales @friendsofthedales.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Missed the online launch of our latest #campaign - #EyesontheSkies speaking out about the ongoing criminal persecution of #BirdsofPrey with Kate Jennings, UK Head of Site Conservation & Species Policy at RSPB - watch it here now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAM9... #YorkshireDales #RaptorPersecution

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Eyes on the Skies launch - Speaking Out Against Birds of Prey Persecution

YouTube video by Friends of the Dales

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Are you interested in learning a new skill? If so we'd love to teach you - as we've still places available at our willow spiling #volunteering day - next Wednesday 12 November at #Hawes 🌳💪💦 Email: volunteering@ydrt.co.uk #YorkshireDales #WilowSpiling #GetInvolvedGetInspired #Rivers #RiverRestoration

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The latest #rivers #news from the #YorkshireDales Includes our #Harrogate #OutfallSafari report, latest project news and a sneak preview of our new website! mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the... Pic of Early River Ure, Lunds Fell by David Armitage

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British Hedgehog Preservation Society @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This week, we're talking about #bonfires! 🦔 🚫 🔥 We've put together top tips on how best to reduce the risk of harming #hedgehogs this #bonfirenight - please share it far & wide! STOP. MOVE. CHECK! ⬇️ www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/rememberhedg... #rememberhedgehogs #LookBeforeYouLight

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Respond to the #Consultation to have your say on the introduction of new, stronger penalties for offences committed by water companies - responses from all customers, businesses and NGOs welcome. Closes 3 Dec. #Pollution #WaterComapnies #WaterCompanyFines consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector...

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Read the full story about our #flagship Natural Flood Management project at Hauxwell: The #Ousewem delivery team - led by us - has created a new 9 hectare #wetland reconnecting Brompton Beck to its #floodplain which will store around 2994 cubic metres of water! www.ousewem.co.uk/news/article... #NFM

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The Rivers Trust @theriverstrust.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

💧 What’s next for water in the UK? Mark Lloyd explores what the Cunliffe and Corry reviews mean for our rivers and how we can secure a future that protects and restores our vital waterways. Read the full blog on our website 👇 theriverstrust.org/about-us/new...

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Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust @yorkdalesrt.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The latest #rivers news from the Yorkshire Dales - sign up on our home page to receive this monthly update direct! mailchi.mp/ydrt/all-the...

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