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All the Latest on our Beautiful Rivers!

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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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Biosecurity

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

INNS MAPPER

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Floating Pennywort

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Seawilding Weekend

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

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...

INNS WEEK 2022: Day 5

An introduction to biosecurity. We are already on day 5 of #INNSWEEK 2022! INNS Week is a national initiative to raise awareness of the...

INNS WEEK 2022: Day 4

The impact of Invasive non-native species on people and urban environments. Today is day 4 of #INNSWEEK 2022. INNS Week is a national...

INNS WEEK 2022: Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of #INNSWEEK 2022. INNS Week is a national initiative to raise awareness of the negative impact of invasive species...

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