Lune Rivers Trust

17/08/2026

E-fishing is an integral part of our yearly surveys to determine how our fish life is fairing across our catchment.

Our project officer Eleanor spent the day with Jono, Andy, Tony, Richard and Rob to see what it’s all about.

Thank you to all our volunteers for giving their time over the summer and for balancing so skilfully.

10/08/2026

BREAKING
England’s rivers, lakes and coastal waters remain in a challenging state with only around one in seven classed as being in good ecological condition, according to the first comprehensive assessment of their health in six years.

And no single waterway passed a separate test by the regulator for chemical pollution.

The findings come as much of England sits in official drought, with rivers running low and more than 20 million people facing hosepipe bans.

Lower flows can concentrate the very pollution the new data is designed to track, leaving fish and other aquatic life exposed to more dangerous levels.

Read the full news story at the link in our bio
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04/08/2026

We’re more than delighted to announce that we’re a partner organisation in this milestone collaboration to prevent white-clawed crayfish from disappearing from our northern river systems.

Together, we will support vital conservation work across the region, with a focus on crayfish surveys, population monitoring and identifying potential Ark sites - safe refuge habitats where white-clawed crayfish can be protected from invasive species and crayfish plague.

READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE 🦞
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62q9v7lp50o

24/07/2026

Couldn’t have picked a better day for the inaugural team “Walk and Talk” morning 🌾🐝🌞

We headed up to Orton village to look at the two contrasting strands of Chapel Beck, some impressive meandering and talk about opportunities in this most northerly part of the catchment.

Finished off with a cold drink and a bacon butty ☕️

16/07/2026

We’re Hiring | Love rivers, wildlife and delivering real environmental change?

We’re looking for a passionate and self-motivated person to deliver high quality farm advice across several farmer engagement projects and to develop LRT’s future farmer engagement programme.

We are open to considering candidates across a range of levels of experience. The grade, duties and responsibilities will be tailored to the successful candidate.

Join a team that turns funding into action!

🚜 Farm Advisor / Senior Farm Advisor

Closing date: Midnight on Sun 9th August

Find out more via the link in our bio!

09/06/2026

We’re Hiring | Love rivers, wildlife and delivering real environmental change?

We’re looking to fill three roles to advance/lead on our habitat creation, species recovery and farm advice programmes across the Lune Catchment.

Join a team that turns funding into action!

🦞 Aquatic Species Officer
🚜 Senior Farm Advisor
🌲 Project Officer - Woodlands

Closing date: Midnight on Sun 28th June

Find out more via the link in our bio!

06/05/2026

With an extra special thank you to our campaign champions
Garfield Weston Foundation 🏆

Big Give

28/04/2026

🚨Less than 24 hours to go🚨

There is still time to support our River Lune Aquatic Species Assessments through The Big Give.

This project will fund three years of essential monitoring across the Lune catchment, tracking the condition of key indicator species in our rivers 💧

Every donation made before the deadline will be doubled, helping us generate the evidence needed to protect and restore river habitats for the future

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https://tinyurl.com/LRTBG


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27/04/2026

CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR RIVERS? 🫗

The Big River Watch is a free, easy and mindful way to help restore our rivers!

There are still a few days left to take part in the Big River Watch and help survey your river: No expertise is needed; it's easy to get involved and use the free Big River Watch app

Google Play 📲
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.theriverstrust.bigriverwatch

Apple App Store 📲
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/big-river-watch/id6463412601

27/04/2026

‼️Donate to our Big Give appeal today‼️

By supporting this campaign, you will help deliver three years of essential river monitoring across the River Lune catchment.
This includes
• Annual fish surveys at 30 sites to track species presence and abundance
• Crayfish surveys at 4 sites to update records for this endangered native species
• Long term monitoring at sentinel sites to identify population trends
• New exploratory surveys to fill key data gaps across the catchment

This data will directly inform conservation planning, helping to identify priority areas for protection and restoration.

It will also strengthen understanding of how key species are responding to environmental change, ensuring future action is guided by robust scientific evidence.

Until 29th April, every donation will be doubled through The Big Give Green Earth Raise Fund – please visit the link below / in bio today to support us.

We are raising funds to support our work monitoring key aquatic species in the River Lune catchment, such as Atlantic …