Several years ago I undertook a documentry about the opening up and cleaning the Rivers Calder & Brun around Burnley and Pendleside up here in Lancashire.
I've re-edited it and shortened it but I hope it gives you a flavour of the Ribble Rivers Trust massive undertaking.
The project was completed in 2015 and whilst it was a great success certain factors have now evolved since then which is beyond the controi of the Ribble RiversTrust, such as the volume of water in the rivers and the flooding of the river system which on more than one occasion has washed out all the potential spawning areas along the rivers and streams.
Another problem which has steadily worstened over several years is the decline of the Atlantic Salmon with far fewer fish returning to our rivers for spawning.
This has been a big dissappointment to me because after exploring many suitable spawning habitats for the past 8 years on many of our local rivers and streams, I've yet to see my first Salmon or Salmon Spawning in the area that I've lived in all my life.
#Salmon Spawning #Ribble RiversTrust #Lancashire
5 сен 2024