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The Rivers Trust
The Rivers Trust (RT) is an environmental charity No. 1107144, and an umbrella organisation for 60 member trusts concerned with rivers in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. The Trust's headquarters are in Callington, Cornwall. The Rivers Trust along with its members work to protect, promote and enhance freshwater ecosystems for both people and wildlife. The Rivers Trust was founded in 2001 as the Association of Rivers Trusts.About The Rivers Trust
(accessed 27 October 2016).
Its founding associations were four River Trusts: the Eden Rivers Trust, Tweed Foundation, , and the

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Callington, Cornwall
Callington ( kw, Kelliwik) is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston. Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had increased to 5,786 in the 2011 census. Geography The town is situated in east Cornwall between Dartmoor to the east and Bodmin Moor to the west. A former agricultural market town, it lies at the intersection of the south–north A388 Saltash to Launceston road and the east–west A390 Tavistock to Liskeard road. Kit Hill is a mile north-east of the town and rises to with views of Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and the River Tamar. The hamlets of Bowling Green, Kelly Bray, Frogwell and Downgate are in the parish. Railway station Callington railway station was the terminus of a branch line from Bere Alston, the junction with the Southern Railway's Tavistock to Plymouth line. The railway line beyond Gunnislake to the Callington terminus was c ...
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Rivers Of Wales
This is a list of rivers of Wales, organised geographically. It is taken anti-clockwise from the Dee Estuary to the M48 Bridge that separates the estuary of the River Wye from the River Severn. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction, starting with those closest to the sea. The main stem (or principal) river of a catchment is given, left-bank tributaries are indicated by (L), and right-bank tributaries by (R). Note that, in general usage, the 'left (or right) bank of a river' refers to the left (or right) hand bank as seen when looking downstream. Where a named river is formed by the confluence of two differently named rivers, these are labelled as (Ls) and (Rs) for the left and right forks. A prime example is the formation of the River Taff from the Taf Fawr and the Taf Fechan at Cefn Coed-y-cymmer. The list includes more or less every watercourse named on Ordnance Survey mapping and thus many of the main rivers of Wales (as defined by Natural Resources Wa ...
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Rivers Of England
This is a list of rivers of England, organised geographically and taken anti-clockwise around the English coast where the various rivers discharge into the surrounding seas, from the Solway Firth on the Scottish border to the Welsh Dee on the Welsh border, and again from the Wye on the Welsh border anti-clockwise to the Tweed on the Scottish border. Tributaries are listed down the page in an upstream direction, i.e. the first tributary listed is closest to the sea, and tributaries of tributaries are treated similarly. Thus, in the first catchment below, the River Sark is the lowermost tributary of the Border Esk and the Hether Burn is the lowermost tributary of the River Lyne. The main stem (or principal) river of a catchment is labelled as (MS), left-bank tributaries are indicated by (L), right-bank tributaries by (R). Note that in general usage, the 'left (or right) bank of a river' refers to the left (or right) hand bank, as seen when looking downstream. Where a named river de ...
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Organisations Based In Cornwall
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, includin ...
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List Of Navigation Authorities In The United Kingdom
This List of navigation authorities in the United Kingdom is a list of links to any navigation authority in the United Kingdom, relating to any navigable waterway, aqueduct, canal, navigation, river or port. These include: * narrow canals, broad canals, or ship canals * rivers which have been made navigable * the Broads * the navigable drains of The Fens. Examples of navigation authorities The "Big Three" * Canal and River Trust – charity replacing British Waterways in managing the majority of the canals and many navigable rivers * Environment Agency – environmental regulatory body, manages its waterways as part of its water management obligations. * Broads Authority – has status similar to other British national parks but alone amongst them also exercises a navigation function. The "Sandford Principle" as applied in other national parks does not apply h ...
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List Of Waterway Societies In The United Kingdom
This List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom is a list of links to waterway societies, charities, trusts, associations, clubs and other non-governmental waterway organisations, concerned with the restoration, regeneration and use of the waterways in the United Kingdom. A *Accessible Boating Association, Hampshire / Disability * Airedale Boat Club, Yorkshire *Anderton Boat Lift Trust * Anglers Conservation Association *Ashby Canal Association, Leicestershire, Staffordshire *Ashby Canal Trust, Leicestershire, Staffordshire * Association of Nene River Clubs * Association of Rivers Trusts *Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs *Aylesbury Canal Society, Buckinghamshire B * Barge Association (DBA) * Bedford and Milton Keynes Waterway Trust *Birmingham Canal Navigations Society *Bridge 19-40 Canal Society, Scotland *British Canoe Union (BCU) *Broads Society, Norfolk, Suffolk *Burslem Port Trust - for the restoration of the Burslem arm of the Trent & Mersey Canal. C * ...
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Tyne Rivers Trust
Tyne Rivers Trust is the charity which acts as the guardian of the River Tyne in northeast England. It works with people and communities to protect and enhance the River Tyne and its tributaries, so they are healthy, biodiverse, and an asset for present and future generations. The Trust has been working to improve the Tyne catchment since 2004. In that time the Trust has reduced the number of barriers to fish migrating upstream, improved huge amounts of river habitat and improved the quality of water so that aquatic life can thrive. Working with schoolchildren and communities that live along the Tyne, it also helps future generations to understand the value of the river. The charity works with volunteers who carry out practical tasks to keep the river in good health from removing invasive species to restoring riverbanks and planting trees Tree-planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purpose. It differs ...
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Rivers And Fisheries Trusts Of Scotland
The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS) (also known as the Association of Scottish River & Fishery Management Trusts) is a waterway society, an unincorporated association, a Scotland, Scottish Charitable organization, charity, and an umbrella organisation for river trusts in Scotland, based in Edinburgh. RAFTS is the representative of all of Scotland's river systems. It develops Codes of Conduct and educational opportunities. The work of RAFTS includes research, monitoring, conservation ethic, conservation, education, training, practical restoration work, and provision of advice to fishery and riparian owners. RAFTS works with schools, local authority, local authorities, biodiversity action groups, public bodies, government bodies, businesses, private individuals, fishery owners, Fisherman, anglers and district salmon fishery boards. List of members: * Atlantic Salmon Trust * Argyll Fisheries Trust * Association of Salmon Fishery Boards * Galloway Fisheries Trus* ...
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Voluntary Association
A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association, association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteering, volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose. Common examples include trade associations, trade unions, learned society, learned societies, professional associations, and environmental movement, environmental groups. All such associations reflect freedom of association in ultimate terms (members may choose whether to join or leave), although membership is not necessarily voluntary in the sense that one's employment may effectively require it via occupational closure. For example, in order for particular associations to function effectively, they might need to be mandatory or at least strongly encouraged, as is true of trade unions. Because of this, some people prefer the term common-interest association to describe groups which form out of a common i ...
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Wye And Usk Foundation
The Wye and Usk Foundation is an environmental charity based in Talgarth, Powys in Wales which seeks to secure and improve the natural environment of the River Wye and River Usk for the benefit of local communities, anglers and others. Founded in 1995 in response to a decline in Atlantic salmon, it is a member of The Rivers Trust and operates both in the Welsh and English parts of the catchments. The foundation maintains webcams on the two rivers and on the Wye's major tributaries, the River Lugg and the River Monnow. The Trust carries out habitat conservation work such as managing riparian vegetation and fencing out grazing animals to decrease trampling, not just on the main rivers but also on numerous tributaries. Other work includes construction of fish passes around weirs, litter clearance, re-gravelling of sections of river depleted of their natural supply and dealing with invasive non-native species such as giant hogweed and American signal crayfish The signal crayfish (''P ...
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Westcountry Rivers Trust
The Westcountry Rivers Trust is a waterway society and a registered charity No. 1135007 in the West Country of England, United Kingdom. The Trust was founded in 1995 and aims to protect and enhance the West Country's rivers and streams, and to work with the region's landowners, farmers and the wider community, mainly through education projects. The Westcountry Rivers Trust's approach to river restoration focuses on the entire river catchment and highlights the additional benefits to farmers, water companies, tourism, estuary dredging, and human health. The Trust's work has expanded significantly since its inception, and its approach has been adopted by over 54 river trusts across the UK. Currently, the Trust is delivering the second phase of the South West Water-funded Upstream Thinking project, which aims to improve water quality in rivers and reduce the need for resource-intensive treatment processes. The Trust works with landowners in five important river catchments to r ...
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