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This is where we are aiming to post about all our amazing Tees Rivers Adventures. The idea behind our blog is to get all the wonderful people who love our rivers involved in what we are doing! This will include our visits to the site, our ongoing projects and what we are doing to try and improve the environment and the community!

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An update on Geotextile Trial at Tees Rivers Trust: One of many approach's to tackling Giant hogweed

We’re trialing geotextile to control Giant Hogweed, adapting as we go, with plans to reuse it and plant wildflowers once the trial ends.

Jan 133 min read

Geotextile Trial: Step 2

Following our preparation at the geotextile site last year (see our first blog for step 1 here), we have been back to put the geotextile...

Feb 20, 20242 min read

Geotextile Trial: Step 1

Back in June, our INNS team took a trip to Estonia to visit their environmental board and see how they deal with their invasive species....

Dec 7, 20232 min read

Biosecurity

What is Biosecurity? Biosecurity is a term that gets thrown around a lot, more so within the environmental sector. But what actually is...

Sep 27, 20232 min read

INNS MAPPER

INNS Mapper has launched! The new app and website for reporting sightings, surveys and management of invasive non-native species (INNS)...

Aug 15, 20231 min read

Giant Hogweed: Control

We often get a lot of people asking us how we control giant hogweed. It's no secret that we use chemical - but we want to give the...

Jul 13, 20233 min read

Tees Rivers Trust in Estonia

This month, some of our team went out to Estonia to meet some wonderful people from their environmental board and the ministry! Keep...

Jun 29, 20234 min read

INNS WEEK! MAY 2023

Welcome to our blog about invasive species week! There are loads of topics to run through below which will give you an insight into...

May 20, 20234 min read

TOPHOG: Brush Cutting

Happy New Year! The first blog we are kicking off with in 2023 is about brush cutting. You may have seen recently on our social media...

Jan 20, 20232 min read

Native Oysters Return to the Tees

After nearly 100 years of absence the Tees is now once again home to native oysters. On the 28th of September we marked the completion of...

Oct 31, 20222 min read

Floating Pennywort

What is Floating Pennywort? Floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) is an aquatic plant that was introduced to the UK in the 1980s...

Oct 12, 20222 min read

Don't let giant hogweed fool you...

Over the summer months, there is a lot of awareness spread about giant hogweed and what to look out for. Which is understandable! During...

Sep 22, 20222 min read

We have Seagrass in the Tees!

Well, I say seagrass, right now it’s many bags of sand filled with seagrass seeds. This past Sunday (11/09/22) the Tees River Trust was...

Sep 14, 20224 min read

Environmentally Friendly Living

Have you ever wondered what you could do to help the environment? Sometimes the smallest changes we can make, can make the biggest...

Sep 8, 20222 min read

Himalayan Balsam: Progress

Himalayan balsam is one of the top 3 invasive plant species that we work on in the Tees catchment, along with Japanese knotweed and Giant...

Aug 23, 20223 min read

Tees Operation Hogweed: Progress

As you know, we have been working on combating giant hogweed from the Tees catchment for years... in order to eradicate the plant it...

Aug 8, 20223 min read

Seawilding Weekend

Over the weekend our estuaries team was up in Argyll and Bute learning more about seagrass and oyster restoration from Seawilding....

Jun 24, 20222 min read

World Ocean Day: The Power of Citizen Science

Today is world ocean day! What better way to celebrate than by recognising all the hard work citizen scientists have been doing and...

Jun 8, 20222 min read

Biocontrol: Working with Newcastle University

Last year we had the pleasure of working with Newcastle University on our bio-control work. One student, Zoe Gilroy, has kindly written a...

May 30, 20222 min read

Migratory Fish: From Source to Sea

Around the world, numerous fish species are known to undertake migrations. Some fish, like salmon, migrate across vast distances covering...

May 13, 20222 min read

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