Since we ran the stakeholder meeting to engage all Broads stakeholders on the emerging risks to the Broads Environment following the Environment Agency saying they couldn’t provide the resources to manage the Broads Environment. To publicly now hear the area director state, they can’t resource either proactively or re-actively respond to incidents as government budget…
EA Fisheries Engagement The comments below reflect the outcomes from discussions with the EA management team led by Simon Hawkins, which started in Oct-22 and progressed to a workshop on the 23rd June 2023. Simon introduced the meeting he had called with us and positioned the EA as being put into a corner by government…
Well, after a week’s fishing in Holland in early June the river season has started here at home and judging the Broads results from both Andy’s and Tony’s matches the Broads again is delivering the goods for both the competitive and pleasure angler. Right is Simon Smith at Cold Harbour in the Broads Pairs Festival…
Please see the attached minutes and actions from the meeting 22nd May 20223 Ecology Group Meeting Notes and Actions Wensum Working Group Presentation Wensum Ecology Group Action Plan Riverfly Update 26-June-23
It’s again been a busy month focussed on our strategic issues facing the Broads and Wensum. The national focus on our Water. May saw our rivers finally getting the £10b support they need from government, but this is only the start of the journey, as fixing this will take decades after 20 years of under…
April saw our focus move more into a strategic direction, with our approach to improving environmental outcomes in the Broads moving forward and traction on raising spotlight on salinity and maintaining the Broads freshwater ecology becoming a national and international issue. On the National and International stage. Duncan and I went to the joint IFM/EA…
Following our campaign over the Winter on Salinity incursions which obtained great traction on social media, a reporter from the US asked if she could look further into these challenges facing the Broads. Rachel Parsons published her report in the Thompson Reuters Context magazine, under the headline What’s the context? As Britain tries to achieve…
Following the AGM in January 2023 and the agreed change of direction in our objectives, we issued the following notice to Northumbrian Water, Rollesby Parish Council & Norfolk Wildlife Trust. This means BASG has no liability and access rights on Rollesby Broad from 16th June 2023. Sent: 03 April 2023 13:15 To: Cc: Subject: Rollesby…
Minutes from the General Meeting held on the 30th Mar 2023. Oaklands Hotel from 19:00 – 21:00 Present Kelvin Allen, Duncan Holmes, David Todd. Tony Gibbons, Tim Ellis, Colin Howlett, Martin Burgess, Alan Kirby Apologies received from, Martyn Page, Time Colman, Simon Slater, Nick Cheeseman, Steve Burgess The following members have stood down following the…
I trust you managed to get some end of season action in, despite the weather. BASG on the National Stage Our move to focus on the strategic challenges facing the Broads, took a step forward in recent weeks. The follow up actions with the Environment Agency has led to a wide reaching agreement with the…