The Wye Adapt to Climate Change? (WACC) project focuses on recovering nature and creating a climate-resilient landscape within the River Wye and its catchment. We aim to create a climate resilient landscape and promote nature recovery in the River Wye catchment. We hope to work with local communities and landowners to provide support and advise on ways to adapt and become more resilient to climate change.  The project is a partnership between the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, and Wye Valley National Landscape, funded by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund.

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The Wilder Lugg project is not concerned with ‘who is to blame’, but on working with those willing to implement solutions and creating the necessary change. The only way we can implement the level of change necessary to turn things around in our rivers is by working together – the Wilder Lugg project aims to empower the local rural community to bring about a long-term vision for the health and maintenance of the river Lugg. River users and concerned parties may have different ideas regarding how the river should be managed but almost everyone agrees they want to see a clean, healthy river, full of life and functioning as it should – and that is the ground in which we will stand on together, to guarantee the sustainability of the river Lugg for generations to come.

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The overall purpose of the post is to deliver on the trusts Campaign and Advocacy ambitions around the River Wye, rivers and water management within the upper catchments, championing a clear vision and messaging around the social, health, economic and wellbeing benefits of clean and healthy rivers with well managed water supplies.  

This key project will collate all relevant information from a variety of sources which will be shared if appropriate with policy makers and politicians especially Members of the Welsh Senedd and ministers.  

We’d like to thank supporters for helping to raise awareness about the serious condition of the water quality on the River Wye. In the first phase of our campaign, over 5,800 messages were sent to the Ministers for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, asking them to save the Wye. Then, an incredible 7,443 people took part in the second phase of our campaign, asking Welsh Government and Natural Resources Wales to work together to fund, resource and commit to an action plan to save the Wye. Your efforts helped to put the River Wye on the agenda!

In the most recent phase of Radnorshire Wildlife Trust’s campaigning efforts, a platform called PostBug was used to give supporters the opportunity to send a postcard to their Constituent Member of Senedd asking them to ensure that the new Agriculture (Wales) Bill helps to deliver the essential change needed on the Wye. A total of 106 postcards were sent directly to the door of MS's.

It is essential we continue to speak out for the river and its wildlife until an appropriately funded plan of action is committed to by the Welsh Government. We need our elected decision makers to take a lead, but we also need water companies and anyone involved in the supply chain for agriculture to take a lead too.