The North Devon Catchment Partnership
Partners - local organisations, communities and individual stakeholders
The North Devon Catchment Partnership co-ordinates and promotes action for healthy rivers and streams across the whole of North Devon. It covers the River Taw and Torridge catchments, Hartland, Clovelly and Exmoor streams.
As part of the UK’s Water Framework Directive commitments, many actions are contained in the River Basin Management Plan and Flood and Coastal Risk Management Plan. More information on this catchment and projects.
As part of the UK’s Water Framework Directive commitments, many actions are contained in the River Basin Management Plan and Flood and Coastal Risk Management Plan. More information on this catchment and projects.
The area covered by the North Devon Catchment Partnership
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Please find the North Devon Catchment Management Plan for 2019 below:
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Catchment Partnership Update
During our review of data and opinions from across the area on priorities for water management projects in the next five years.
Our top priorities for 2016 - 2021 are:
During our review of data and opinions from across the area on priorities for water management projects in the next five years.
Our top priorities for 2016 - 2021 are:
- action on diffuse pollution from agriculture
- working with landowners to manage river banks
- encouraging best practice in forestry to reduce sediment pollution
- removing barriers to fish passage
- investigating the extent of sediment pollution in our rivers
- tackling the tricky issue of non native invasive species
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Healthy rivers and streams provide benefits for all and we need to find practical, affordable solutions for future management of these precious resources. Well-managed rivers bring life to our region and are good for the health, wealth and prosperity of North Devon.
The North Devon Catchment Partnership is led by Devon Wildlife Trust and supported by the North Devon Biosphere, and meets on a regular basis.
The Catchment Partnership includes Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT), Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), the Environment Agency, the North Devon Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) and the North Devon Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Catchment Partnership includes Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT), Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT), the Environment Agency, the North Devon Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) and the North Devon Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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This initiative is funded by Defra’s Catchment Partnership Fund and the 3C project, selected under the ERDF funded INTERREG IV A France (Channel) – England Programme.
North Devon Catchment Partnership Projects
Below is a web application showing the North Devon Catchment Partnership's currently active projects.
Please click the middle icon on the top right to select project layers. Clicking on the map will display a short project summary with external links to our partnership organisations websites for further information.
Please click the middle icon on the top right to select project layers. Clicking on the map will display a short project summary with external links to our partnership organisations websites for further information.
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Our current projects are:
Acland Natural Flood Management Project - led by the North Devon Biosphere Anchorwood Bank Mitigation project - led by Devon Wildlife Trust Biocultural Heritage Tourism - led by the North Devon Biosphere Braunton Facilitation Fund - led by Devon Wildlife Trust Braunton Natural Flood Management Project - led by the North Devon Biosphere Coastal Natural Flood management - Estuary modelling - led by the North Devon Biosphere CSI - Citizen Science Investigations - led by Westcountry Rivers Trust Culm Grassland Natural Flood Management Project - led by Devon Wildlife Trust CPES - Channel Payment for Ecosystem Services Project - led by Westcountry River Trust Devon and Cornwall Soils Alliance - led by Westcountry River Trust Electrofishing volunteer training program - led by Westcountry River Trust HMWB Taw/Torridge Estuary - led by the North Devon Biosphere Kenwith Valley Natural Flood Management Project - led by the North Devon Biosphere North Devon Focus Area Estuary Project - led by the North Devon Biosphere North Devon Landscape Pioneer - led by Natural England Northern Devon Nature Improvement Area - Torridge - led by Devon Wildlife Trust Plastic Free North Devon - led by consortium Risk Aqua Soils - led by Westcountry River Trust Riverfly - led by Westcountry River Trust and Devon Wildlife Trust Sustainable Intensification Platform - Taw - led by Exeter University Taw Valley Facilitation Fund - led by the North Devon Biosphere Torridge Headwaters Facilitation Project - led by Devon Wildlife Trust Torridge River Restoration Project - led by Devon Wildlife Trust Upstream Thinking's Working Wetlands Project - led by Devon Wildlife Trust Woods for Water - led by the North Devon Biosphere |
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Water Challenges and Choices ConsultationThe North Devon Catchment Partnership held a Water Challenges and Choices event on the 4th February 2020 on behalf of the Environment Agency to engage with as many water environment stakeholders as possible and discuss the challenges and choices we will need to make with regards to our watercourses.
This consultation subsequently informed the North Devon Catchment Partnership's consultation response to DEFRA which can be found below:
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Agriculture Table
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Free ‘Safer Seas’ app here to download, launched by Surfers Against Sewage.
If you’re using the app, it would be great if you could share the experience of the water quality feedback: catchments@northdevonbiosphere.org.uk |
How clean are the waters near you?
If water quality is important to you... please get in touch and share your views on the bathing waters near you. 
To view North Devon's national Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) website page, please follow the link here.
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