Save the Wye

 Last week, the Hereford Times published a special feature, the One Planet: Campaign.  It was bringing together information about the environment and climate change, with special attention on Herefordshire and the Borders.  This will be a monthly feature.  As part of the feature, they launched their Save the Wye campaign, calling on the authorities to tackle the pollution in the river.  This includes the River Lugg, which is a tributary of the Wye.  The area is already a Special Area of Conservation, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest - which begs the question: what are rivers like which do not have the same level of legal protection, since the Wye has been allowed to get into its present poor condition?

It has taken citizen science projects along the river to draw attention to the pollution in the water, when it should have been dealt with by Natural England and the Environment Agency - which have not been adequately funded by government.

The Hereford Times would like to involve as many people as possible in its campaign, and they welcome contributions from people who can tell the newspaper what they are doing to champion the natural world and combat pollution.

In the run-up to the COP 26 (UN Climate Change Conference) in Glasgow at the end of the month, this seems like a very good idea.