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The Environment Agency is working with Northumbrian Water to open up the River Tyne to migrating eels, as well as carrying out a fish counter refurbishment.
Christopher Stokes prosecuted under Operation Angola
House boat owner given criminal conviction and £5,000 costs after failing to remove boat from public moorings following warnings
Swift action by Environment Agency officers has led to the closure and clearance of an illegal waste site at Parnell Street, Houghton-le-Spring.
Teams from BAM Nuttall, the Environment Agency and Bury Council have completed their “Helping Quinn” Project.
Tony Briggs-Price, of Barnby Road, Balderton, was successfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency for storing, treating and disposing of waste on land
Programme Programme includes locks, docks and three new fish channels
Over the last 18 months, the Environment Agency's Waterways team has been working hard to create a pollinator paradise along the River Great Ouse.
Simon Mason illegally stored and burned waste at Holbeach home.
The Environment Agency has launched a 12-month pilot with Hello Lamp Post to give residents and visitors to Exmouth the opportunity to have a ‘conversation’ with the Exmouth tidal defence scheme.
A popular footpath on the lower Otter estuary will be closed for several weeks as vegetation clearance and the creek excavation stage of the work gets underway.
A month-long enforcement campaign will crack down on illegal fishing and build on efforts to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour on river banks.
Anglers are urged to be vigilant this summer following reports of salmon with possible Red Skin Disease in Devon and Cornwall.
Environment Agency consults on changes to better protect the environment and long-term water security
A consultation proposal to grant a permit for temporary fish barriers at the entrance to Hoveton Great Broad, Norfolk, is being launched today.
The £2.1m government-funded Weardale Natural Flood Management scheme is led by the Environment Agency and is using nature based solutions to reduce flood risk.
The Environment Agency is appealing for help from York residents to decide where new trees should be planted as part of the city’s flood defence scheme.
Environment Agency to renew flood defence revetment with improvements to the seafront and shoreline.
16 anglers were served notices for fishing offences in Lincolnshire during a multi-agency clampdown on illegal fishing.
Multi-agency operation sees 36 vehicles stopped and waste collectors’ paperwork checked.
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