** POACHING INCIDENT April 6 2025 **
Stretch closed - Severn Trent installing new bridge
Severn Trent are installing a new bridge on our waters, for access to the sewage works at High Peak junction.
Please see below an aerial picture of the area which we as a club are closing with immediate effect as of today 30/3/2025 to ensure the safety of our members during the bridge installation (highlighted in yellow).
To confirm this is from the locked gate upstream of the bridge to the foot bridge, inclusive of both banks.
We will let you know when the work has been completed
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust appeal to save the River Derwent
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj9e3zgl7do
A wildlife trust has launched an urgent appeal to "save the River Derwent" in Derbyshire.
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust's (DWT) Derwent Survival Plan aims to raise £195,000 before winter to restore the river and "create thriving habitats for native species on the brink of extinction".
It said the money would fund projects like planting riverside trees to stabilise riverbanks and provide shade, adding reedbeds to slow water flow, and removing pollutants.
Jennifer Kril, living rivers officer at DWT, said creatures that live in the river, including white-clawed crayfish, lamprey, otters, water voles, and Atlantic salmon, were under threat.
DWT said the "iconic" river was polluted
The organisation said the health of the river was in "rapid decline".
Threats to the waterway included pollution, increased fluctuations in water levels, and large-scale felling of riverside trees, said DWT.
It added the funding would help them to focus on the most urgent projects for nature’s recovery.
'Must act now'
DWT also plans to use the money to undertake projects like creating habitats for birds - for example, bitterns - and bypassing weirs to allow passage for species like Atlantic salmon.
Ms Kril said: “The Derwent catchment is an incredibly important ecosystem in Derbyshire, but human actions have degraded and polluted this iconic river, destroying habitats and threatening species.
"We must act now before it is too late.
"White-clawed crayfish are at risk of extinction, lamprey are red listed, otters are red listed, water voles are endangered, and Atlantic salmon are under threat."
Cressbrook & Litton Bugs and Burgers Evening
Another work parry alteration!
Wednesday WP back on! Even though we can't plant ranunculus we can achieve other tasks! Meet at lodge 5pm.
Work Parties cancelled
Due to the weather and high water both evening work parties on Tuesay 14th and Wednesday 15th have been cancelled .
River Closure
Centrepin / trotting demo and fishing session - book now
WATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK REPORT
Under the guidance of Tim Ireland our club was one of the first to sign up to the new WQMN testing regime set up by The Angling Trust. Their first ever annual report has now been published. Whilst our stretch of the Derwent is extremely healthy that is not the case in much of the country and the report is well worth reading......
WQMN - First Annual Report - 30.01.2024.pdf