Projects
Access to Eden: breaking barriers, building bridges
Our £2.6 million partnership project that will break down barriers to Eden's rivers and nature - improving green and blue spaces and providing opportunities, tools and training so that more people have the confidence and ability to explore and enjoy our rivers.
Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve
Our aim is to create an accessible nature reserve in the heart of the town; loved, used and looked after by the local community.
PRISM - landscape recovery in the Upper Irthing
Working to create a mink-free buffer as part of a wider landscape recovery project in the Upper Irthing catchment.
Woodlands for Water
Making it easier for landowners to create new woodland, great for rivers, nature and natural flood management.
Petteril Vale: Where city and countryside meet
Reconnecting the river with the floodplain with enhanced wildlife areas, a place where the community relishes the river.
Cairn Beck NFM project
A three-year project to identify and install natural flood management (NFM) measures in the Cairn Beck catchment
Facilitation Fund farmers' groups
Helping farmers on the fellside make the most of Countryside Stewardship schemes
Thrimby river restoration
Reducing flood risk, safeguarding infrastructure and improving habitat on the River Leith
Better Becks
Using nature-based solutions at a catchment scale to reduce potential flood risk to communities, improve water quality and connect wildlife habitats
Changing the course, slowing the flow
Restoring reaches of Scandal Beck and the River Lyvennet, improving natural river processes, using natural flood management techniques and creating habitat.
Bringing back water voles to Eden
Our ambitious plan to reintroduce this much-loved creature back to Eden's waters!
Wallacefield
Working together, the local community, volunteers and ERT will plan, design and carry out the river restoration that will ‘unperch’ a straightened river channel.
Eden community tree nursery: Good things come in trees
Growing our first community tree nursery as part of our Access to Eden: breaking barriers, building bridges project.
Engine Lonning: A city haven for all
The site offers untapped potential for learning, enjoyment and to improve well-being by making it a better space for people and wildlife.