Category Archives: River News

Message copied below for any members that are interested In the run up to Invasive Species Week (16th -22nd May) The Environment Agency (EA) and Groundwork East are inviting you to join our next lunchtime webinar on 5th May, 12-1pm, (more…)

We have some exciting news about the Angling Trust Get Fishing Fund. We have been awarded £2200. Special thanks must go to Phil Francis, Sarah Turner and Pete Cowan for achieving the funding. The grant will be used to promote (more…)

To read the latest newsletter from the Colne Valley Regional Park please click here to download the pdf directly from their website (more…)

News received from CVFC today: We have just received this from a member club. Please make your members aware of the issue and ask them to report any similar events to the police without delay. “Sadly we have seen a swan (more…)

Thanks to the work by Dave Lawson, NHWAS has been awarded £3000 by the EA as part of the Fisheries Improvement Program. Dave submitted the application on behalf of the Society in the latest round of bids. The EA grant (more…)

We are continuing with the program to tackle some of the tree issues around Springwell Lake. Tree surgeons will be on site from the end of March to early April (approx 6 days in total). There may be some disturbance (more…)

For those that are interested below is the current plan of major tasks that are targeted for this year’s working parties on Springwell Lake. Springwell-Lake-Schedule-of-Works-2022-website-compressedDownload (more…)

This was received through CVFC. It is free, if you are interested please register using the link below Rediscovering the River Colne – FREE Webinar 17th March with the EA’s Martin Van Heerden Claim your ticket here 17th March – 6-7pm. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fish-and-the-watford-colne-webinar-tickets-290423553667 (more…)

The following update is from Tony Booker. Through his role as Chairman of the Colne Valley Fisheries Consultative (www.cvfc.org.uk) Tony is involved in a number of projects, some directly benefiting the Society. Main River Colne Back in the days before (more…)

The date for the 2022 AGM is the 17th May 2022. Details will be confirmed nearer the time. As usual, members wishing to vote on the proposals at the AGM have the option on the renewal form to appoint the (more…)