River Fly monitoring

[bagpuss]

Hi all,
I went on a training course on Saturday with Bristol Avon Rivers Trust/ River Fly partnership. The idea of the course is to get people monitoring their local rivers for changes in River Fly population which can indicate a pollution incident. I am Bristol based, so the river I choose to monitor will be local to me, but they are looking for people wherever there are rivers. As cavers we have an interest in the health of our local rivers, thought it might be of interest to people on here. The course just took a day, and you are only required to monitor once a month, ideally with a partner.

Apologies if this has been posted before.

Details of the river fly partnership :http://www.riverflies.org/
http://www.riverflies.org/rp-riverfly-monitoring-initiative

Bristol Avon Rivers Trust
http://www.bristolavonriverstrust.org/ (I believe they cover a wider area than Bristol so worth getting in touch if Mendip based)

 

[adam]

I usually run one of these each year at the Ribble Rivers Trust  - might be of interest for people in the Dales. Other rivers trusts are available.