ResearchThe Trust’s research programmes gather information about the health of the River Eden and the results are used to target conservation work. Our main research programmes are: Electro Fishing Surveys: to establish the health of fish populations throughout the catchment. Around 200 sites are surveyed each year. Crayfish Surveys: to establish the health of the native white-clawed crayfish populations in the Eden Valley. This is particularly focused on the Rivers Leith and Lyvennet near Penrith and the Hoff and Helm Becks near Appleby. Aerial Surveying: A combination of aerial photography, environmental modelling, ecological surveying and a Geographical Information System (G.I.S.) are used to give an overall picture of the catchment and to pin point areas that need restoration and conservation work. Trout Stream Management in the Real World: In March 2010 we held a very succesful Trout STREAM Management Worskhop, as part of our Esmee Fairbairn funded project. Details of the event, including presentations can be found here. Adaptive Land Use for Flood Alleviation (ALFA): It is an EU-funded project (INTERREG IVB NWE) which aims to protect people in the North West Europe region against the risk of flooding due to climate change. This will be done by creating new capacity for water storage within river catchments in Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom and The Netherlands. Partners of the ALFA project can learn from each others’ flood and land management approaches. More details can be found here.
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