The Environment Agency has extended its partnership to the Wild Trout TrustYou can consult and do practical work with landowners, angling clubs, and other partners until 2025. The agreement will provide projects throughout the country that improve the natural world, resulting in more resilient rivers and fisheries habitats.
The partnership builds on the success of previous efforts. It will support grassroots conservation efforts as well as provide vital advice and recommendations for angling clubs in order to improve wild trout populations throughout England.
Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic the partnership was able improve more than 120kms of rivers across England in 2021. The partnership also continued to raise awareness through workshops and the media about river and trout conservation.
Kevin Austin, Deputy director of Fisheries with Environment Agency, stated:
We have had many years of productive collaboration with the Wild Trout Trust in improving rivers, trout populations, and other wildlife in England. I am happy to see this partnership continue. We hope that this renewal will allow us to increase our partnership to include more people and communities in conservation, and continue to provide vital services to anglers across the nation.
We are certain that angling will continue its growth and become a popular pastime by working together.
Shaun Leonard, Wild Trout Trust, stated:
We are very grateful for our partnership with the EAs fishing teams. England’s rivers are facing problems from climate change and pollution. We have done some great work together in advising and delivering habitat improvement projects with landowners, angling clubs and local community groups. We look forward to three more years of this successful partnership with the EA.
Each year, the partnership receives a minimum amount of 90,000.