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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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