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Apr 2024
Rivers charity seeks volunteers to join River Nidd improvement project
A charity in Pateley Bridge is recruiting volunteers to take part in a project to improve the quality of the River Nidd.
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust received £500,000 from Yorkshire Water last year after the company breached its permitted level of sewage discharge into Hookstone Beck, in Harrogate. The incident in 2016 led to the loss of fish and invertebrates.
The trust has now joined forces with the Wild Trout Trust and Nidd Action Group to deliver the iNidd scheme to improve the river and is seeking volunteers.
Charlotte Simons, senior project manager at the trust, said:
The charity is looking for 20 people to join the riverfly monitoring programme and monitor aquatic invertebrate populations in a certain part of the river.
Volunteers will be required between May and September. No prior experience is needed.
Ms Simons added:
The trust said all training, equipment and protective gear will be provided.
To sign up, email jennifer.lee@ydrt.co.uk.
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