by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Apr 7, 2026 | Consultations, Uncategorized
This Green Paper provided stakeholders with a unique opportunity to contribute towards the co-design of Water Reform in Wales. While we welcomed Welsh Government’s recognition that Water Reform is required, to deliver the necessary outcomes it must reform more than...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Mar 17, 2026 | News, Uncategorized
North Wales Rivers Trust have produced a fantastic film about their work to protect an ancient relative of the salmon. A specialist of deep, glacial lakes and found in just three llyns in North Wales, the Torgoch (literal translation: “red belly”) or...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Feb 25, 2026 | River of the Month, Uncategorized
February 2026 Night fishing for sewin can be an unnerving business, even to the most resolute angler. Standing in a river as darkness falls, senses become heightened. Small, innocent sounds – the rustle of a small rodent, the breath of a cow, the distant barking...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Feb 3, 2026 | News, Uncategorized
Tuesday 3rd February, 2026 Welsh Government has today published a Green Paper on the reform of the water sector in Wales. It follows the Independent Water Commission’s review in 2025 (Cunliffe review) and subsequent Defra White Paper, issued earlier this month...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 21, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Tuesday 21st October, 2025 Wales’s Deputy First Minister gave a statement in the Senedd this afternoon regarding the reform of regulation of the water industry. This followed the joint Wales/England review of the sector led by Sir Jon Cunliffe that reported in July....
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 9, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Thursday 9th October, 2025 Welsh Government’s latest River Summit took place at the end of September, the sixth such meeting since the first was hosted by the then First Minister, Mark Drakeford MS, in the summer of 2022. While that and subsequent summits have...
