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River Beane Restoration Association
(opens in a new tab)We're a volunteer-run not-for-profit group working to protect and improve the River Beane for the benefit of all. We work closely with Herts Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency and other members of the River Beane Catchment Partnership riverbeane.co.uk
Some lovely feedback from the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project – one of the river groups who joined us on Tuesday, where alongside project core partners the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, Affinity Water and the Environment Agency we outlined the flagship restoration plans for the River Beane over the next ten years at an event at the Woodhall Estate. Thank you for coming along, and glad you enjoyed your day.If you've not already read about this, you'll find more about this ambitious and exciting project, delivering the CaBA (Catchment-based Approach to Restoration of England's unique chalk streams) in the 'projects' section of our website.
Thank you so much to HCC Chair, Cllr Sandy Walkington for joining us for the day by the River Beane. Delegates from as far away as Dorset and Yorkshire were here for an event run by Affinity Water with Woodhall Estate, Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and the RBRA to showcase recent restoration carried out on the River Beane, and to promote the River Beane Flagship Project, a significant 10-year programme of work to be delivered under the CaBA Catchment Based Approach to Chalk Stream Restoration . The Beane has been selected as one of nine Flagship demonstrations for this scheme. Read more about this from our website: RiverBeane.co.uk/projects
Have you got 15 minutes to spare over the next few days? Why not visit your local river and fill in the Big River Watch – a handful of easy questions on their smartphone app 🙂
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Help improve our rivers. From 24th and 30th April 2026 , t ake part in The Big RiverWatch survey!
Today is #WorldWaterMonitoringDay. Which means that today, and over the weekend as part of FreshWater Watch and Earthwatch Europe�#GreatUKWaterBlitzBlitz, you may spot RBRA volunteers carrying out riverside tests#nitratesrates#phosphateshates. These unwanted nutrients get into rivers from fertilisers, farm run off and sewage spills and c#eutriphicationation — basically enriching the water which makes excess algae grow. That in turn reduces oxygen levels and impacts fish and invertebrate life in the river.
The MP for North and East Hertfordshire speaking yesterday…
More locally, volunteers helping create in-stream habitat by felling trees into the River Hiz and creating in-stream obstacles to provide variations in the speed and depth of the flow – vital for healthy fish and invertebrate life.