Our Aims

The Bidwell Brook Partnership aims to help:

  • Look after and improve the Bidwell Brook’s water quality in the Bidwell Brook and its tributaries.
  • Conserve and increase the biodiversity of the Brook and its catchment.
  • Reduce the risk of flooding from the Bidwell Brook
  • Increase public understanding of and engagement with the natural environment of the Bidwell Brook and its catchment.
  • Monitor and help to mitigate the impacts of drought.

 

Our Actions

Our initial actions include:

  • Creating a team of Citizen Science Investigators to monitor water quality, including both direct measurement and river fly monitoring. We already have around 40 volunteers signed up.
  • Engaging with key organisations such as SW Water, Environment Agency, South Devon Catchments Partnership, Westcountry Rivers Trust and Devon Wildlife Trust.
  • Seeking funding for expert advice for landowners and expert ecological assessment of the Brook and its catchment.
  • Engaging with people who own/use land adjoining the Brook.

 

BBP Goals 2023

Local organisations, farms, businesses, and individuals in a collaborative endeavour to create a nature-rich landscape where people and wildlife flourish, clean water flows and farms and businesses thrive - achieved through: