Catchment Management

Catchment Projects

Our biosphere is leading efforts to find practical and affordable solutions to manage these precious resources at a catchment level and hosts the North Devon Catchment Partnership.

Agriculture is a key land use in the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere and crucial to catchment management. Supporting farmers to manage the land in ways that help improve water quality, lessen run off and improve biodiversity is an effective management intervention in rural catchments like ours.

• Taw River Improvement Project
• North Devon Nature Improvement Area
• Catchment Sensitive Farming
• Catchment Based Approach
• Estuary Project
• Defra Facilitation Funds

Catchment Plan
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River Taw

"Iron Bridge" over the River Torridge near Bideford

Something to avoid

Maize fields can be a major source of sediments to water courses

Saltmarsh at the mouth of the River Caen

Taw Torridge Estuary

Kayaking at the Rolle Canal bridge near Torrington

Ploughing at Saunton

Kingfishers (c) NorthDevon+

Flooding near Torrington

Shell of endangered freshwater pearl mussel

Wading through non-native Himalayan Balsam