Save The Wye Coalition

#SaveTheWye campaigns for a better future for our river. It is made up of local groups from across the catchment fighting to save the Wye.

[Save The Wye Coalition @SaveTheWye]

MANIFESTO FOR THE WYE
With the general election due 4 July, today we unveil our urgent plan to #SavetheWye.
This has been created by our network of local groups and is based on the best scientific understanding of the problems the river faces. 🧵
👉https://t.co/K3KVx5baLL

[Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher]

BRILLIANT C4 report on the pioneering river guardianship of @paulpowlesland whilst our regulators are missing in action

[Save The Wye Coalition @SaveTheWye]

@JackPerksPhoto .@FriendsUpperWye have produced The Riverside Code, a useful 16-page pocket booklet. Just as the Countryside Code was designed to help people respect, protect and enjoy outdoor spaces, FORW created this to protect rivers and streams. Read more https://t.co/yrb9PVY5Ra

[CPRE Herefordshire @CPREHfdshire]

500+ volunteers test water across the Wye catchment, building evidence of where pollution enters the river. No specialist knowledge needed, just a love of the Wye. 💧

Meet us and our volunteers: https://t.co/SVSqiLxj4k

#VolunteerWeek #RiverWye #CPREHerefordshire

[Upper Wye Restoration Project @AdferGwyUchaf]

What’s been happening on the Upper Wye this spring?
Working with farmers to support land management that benefits businesses + river health 👩‍🌾🌿
✔️ Buffer zones reducing erosion
✔️ 10,000+ trees planted
✔️ “Slow the flow” helping water levels
✔️ Invasive species work ahead
#NRW

[CPRE Herefordshire @CPREHfdshire]

@CPRE blog by our Director Andrew McRobb:

💧 50,000+ samples taken
📈 Biggest river dataset in England
🐔 ~72–73% of Wye phosphate is agricultural

Read: https://t.co/xYgHDR8OBq

#RiverWye #SaveTheWye

[Merry Albright @MerryAlbright]

Smaller patches than previous years but still a joy to see ranunculus on The Mill Stream in Eardisland.
It doesn’t grow on the main river directly adjacent, even though they split from the same source just above the village.
Possibly flow conditions?

[Dr Ellie Chowns MP @EllieChowns]

Honoured to take part in the launch of the River Wye charter, a landmark recognition of the rights of our beloved river and the urgent need to do everything possible to protect and restore the Wye catchment💚

[BBC Hereford & Worcester @bbchw]

New charter gives River Wye the right to be free from pollution https://t.co/F68ie0agT5

[BBC Hereford & Worcester @bbchw]

River will take decades to recover from 'vandalism' https://t.co/pNSWKb5KZ2

[Philip Lymbery @philip_ciwf]

River Wye granted rights in UK first that could help in fight against pollution @guardian
“The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river”
Wonderful news
https://t.co/SbgatjGt3H

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

The River Wye has become the first river in the UK to claim cross-border rights from source to sea - a landmark declaration that rivers are not drains for pollution, but living ecosystems worthy of protection, respect, and a legal voice.

@SaveTheWye
@RiverActionUK

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

"The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first that campaigners hope will help save the highly polluted river."
https://t.co/ALag1RU4o1

[Merry Albright @MerryAlbright]

The launch of The River Wye Charter - a joyous event with a dedicated group of people who all love the catchment & want it to prosper.
Very happy to represent Border Oak & other small local builders & individuals and to pledge charter support from the The River Arrow Trust

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

An historic day, as the River Wye becomes the first river in the UK to have its rights recognised by local authorities across its catchment.

Hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the river to watch as representatives from Monmouthshire, Forest of Dean & Powys Councils, Herefordshire County Council, the Wye Valley National Landscape & Bannau Brycheiniog National Park signed the pledge recognising the rivers rights and then spoke about why they had done so what it would mean for the relationship of their organisation to the river. It went beyond legal formalities into something of a service of thanks & honour to the river, with poetry, a choir singing songs, & offerings to the river.

It has been a real honour to witness & be part of the surging movement towards river rights & guardianship on the Wye. Four years ago I met & advised Herefordshire Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst, who wanted to put a voice of the river on the Wye Nutrient Management Board. A year ago I sat around a fire on the banks of the river with other Wye guardians & Earth lawyers as the idea of a charter was first mooted. To see it become a reality, & supported by 6 public bodies, in just a year is astonishing.

Now, of course, comes the hard work of making those rights a reality. But given the hundreds of active river guardians, & increasing public pressure to protect & restore the river, if it can be done on any river, it will be done on the Wye.

[Save The Wye Coalition @SaveTheWye]

Beautiful and informative interview on BBC Today with Robert Macfarlane and Dr Louise Bodnar, Voice of the River Wye, ahead of the Rights of the River Wye charter launch tomorrow in Hay on Wye. Listen from 13.40 minutes: https://t.co/gflpHmNNBR

[Mark Seddon @MarkSeddon1962]

This is the beautiful River Wye on the Welsh borders. Once one of the most famous Salmon rivers in Britain. Yet another river suffering increased levels of pollution. The Environment Agency is next to useless.

[Powys County Times @CountyTimes]

'Without doubt, there is a crisis' - council backs Wye charter https://t.co/bW0FjBgR7N

[Peter Powell @powell_peter]

Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are the only organisations that can enforce environmental legislation.

It must be their priority!

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

The next time some tells you that the regulators, the EA and Ofwat don't have the power call them out on it, it's a lie.

One example right here... 👇👇👇 don't accept the lie, don't accept the fraud, enforce the law.

[CPRE Herefordshire @CPREHfdshire]

🌊 CPRE Herefordshire endorses @FriendsUpperWye's new Riverside Code — a practical guide for everyone using the Wye.

Anglers, paddlers, swimmers, walkers, dog-walkers — read it. Share it. Use it.

🔗 https://t.co/dBnCD8jeNy

#RiverWye #SaveTheWye