CLEAN RIVERS, THE NEXT CHAPTER
Celebrating Three Years of the CLEAN Afon Nyfer Project A Journey of Community, Conservation, and Collaboration As we reflect on the past...
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Visit our new website for this project here: nyferambyth.cymru
To complete our community survey about the riverplease click here
The CLEAN Afon Nyfer project (Catchment Level Environmental Action Network) worked with local people to monitor water quality, invasive species and the health of the river, and to come together to find ways to address the issues.
The Afon Nyfer (River Nevern) is a river of refuge for wildlife; linking the open habitats of the Preselis and the temperate rainforest of North Pembrokeshire with a marine conservation area.
It is a catchment which follows the trend across Britain of declining biodiversity due to pollution and disruption of natural processes. However, it is not as badly affected as many other rivers and offers an opportunity to demonstrate how to halt and reverse that trend, before it is too late!
We have published our baseline data in several reports which you can view here, and are starting to understand which areas are most heavily impacted.
Since the water sampling element of the project, the next phase of the project NYFER AM BYTH launched in 2024 to broaden engagement with the river, and draft a community catchment management plan.
If you are keen to know more about this project, or are interested about how you could be involved, contact the team.
Blog posts about the Afon Nyfer...
Some suggested links to websites worth checking out:
Dwr Cymru Combined Storm Overflows Explanation of CSOs and duration of sewage dumping into the rivers.
The Rivers Trust Raw Sewage In Our Rivers Explanation of raw sewage and further links.
River Action UK Charter For Rivers and other campaigning and lobbying.
Fresh Water Watch citizen science to monitor water quality.
Farming Connect riparian buffers on farms.
Save The Tefi links and resources from an adjacent catchment.
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