A scheme to provide real-time pollution monitoring along the entire length of a chalk stream is believed to be the first of ...

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The way we use water is putting increasing pressure on the natural environment. If we are to protect it for future generations, we need to be saving water right now ...

Chalk-stream salmon should be officially classified as a sub-species, new research suggests. Scientists from the University of Exeter and INRAe (France) carried out detailed genetic testing of salmon ...

Salmon from the chalk streams of southern England are genetically unique, researchers have discovered. The fish are classified as Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), but research by the University of ...

Surveying shows one of England’s important chalk streams has suffered “a decade of decline”, campaigners warn as they call for more action to protect the globally rare habitat. Monitoring at five ...

More than 100 campaigners have marched alongside a rare chalk stream, calling for action to protect it from pollution. The Old Basing and Lychpit Environmental Campaign highlighted Thames Water's ...

The world has fewer than 300 chalk streams — and England has most of them. These streams occur only where chalk bedrock meets the Earth’s surface, making them globally rare. Their stable, cool, ...

Eco-campaigners have vented their fury at rural folk driving their 4x4s over a protected chalk stream. Protesters say the waterway in Hampshire is being 'ripped up' and used as a 'fun splash route' by ...

Part of the river project focused on improving conditions for endangered water voles A £1.72m chalk river restoration project has been completed after two years of work which is set to enhance local ...