After two years of effort and much discussion here is the outcome of the efforts 33 Stakeholders took part in an engaging session held at Bawdeswell Village Hall. The day started with an exhibition in the adjacent activities room, with displays from WACA, EA, BASG, Chris Turnbull and others informing people of the history, reference…
Wensum Stakeholder Workshop and Exhibition After two years of effort and much discussion, we have set a date to bring all the stakeholders together to agree a new governance structure to support the river and its challenges. The work in bringing together the Wensum Past Present and Future report, led us to believe anglers alone…
The document led from an investigation of issues impacting on roach within the Wensum, but as members Tim Ellis and Cass Singleton soon found. The surrounding catchment is having a real impact on the river, much of which was heavily reported and investigated back in 2009/10, but even with 1000’s of pages of documented evidence…
After some continued dialogue with the Agency, we have finally seen the reforms being forced on abstractors along the Wensum Valley. The process overseen by Natural England, protecting the health of the SSSI/SAC designated river is broken into 3 sections. Source to Fakenham (AP5), Fakenham to Swanton Morley (AP7), Swanton Morley to Hellesdon Mill (AP8).…
BASG updated its strategy and launched it at it’s event held in Norwich in May 2018. This document aligns to the wider 5 year BA Broads Plan and EA national angling strategy. It develops new themes from the previous plan developed in 2013 and extends BASG to cover the upstream rivers and a wider range…