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...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 6, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Monday 6th October, 2025 Last week, Wales’s Deputy First Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies MS, announced that legal protection would be applied to European beavers, in line with England and Scotland. Afonydd Cymru has, in principle, been supportive of beaver...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 30, 2025 | River of the Month, Uncategorized
Setpember 2025 Encouraged by cooling autumnal water temperatures and stronger river flows, a remarkable species of fish will shortly begin its annual migration upstream to spawn in rivers across Wales. To give their offspring the best chance of survival, the fish will...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 10, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Wednesday 10th September, 2025 The 2024 salmon stock assessments for Welsh and English rivers have been published today. Once again, they make for grim reading. In Wales, the salmon populations in all 22 “Principal Salmon Rivers” remain “at risk”, which means they are...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Aug 21, 2025 | River of the Month, Uncategorized
August 2025 In 1888, the shattered remains of a once thriving village in mid-Wales were enveloped by the rising waters of a new lake. Formed by the damming of the river Vyrnwy (Afon Efyrnwy), the reservoir had been built to supply the needs of a rapidly expanding...
