Volunteering
Pennywort Alert on the River Great Ouse
Rivercare are offering free Pennywort Alert materials to river based organisations and towns and villages near rivers to help spread awareness, and get more people involved in an ambitious citizen science mapping project. A huge number of local people use and value the River Great Ouse – and we need your help preventing the spread…
Read MoreReeds & Waterweeds: Aquatic Plants Workshop
The UBOCP River Wardens programme held an “Introduction to Aquatic Plants Workshop” for 12 river wardens at Priory Country Park in Bedford. A nice warm sunny September day we met outside the café at 10am for a quick run through of the event and the necessary health and safety brief, it was Friday the 13th…
Read MoreSplashing in Puddles… for Adults!
Whoever said adults couldn’t have fun splashing around in water has never met the Environment Agency! Though there is more to the Environment Agency than just having fun in the water, the EA have dedicated teams that survey our rivers to obtain all sorts of data from chemical compositions to hydro-morphological form and fish to…
Read MoreRiver Warden Invertebrate Workshop
Want to learn how to survey river invertebrates? The River Wardens Scheme with our partners in the Environment Agency are holding a workshop session at the Gamlingay Eco-hub on the 19th September to introduce the subject for newbies and provide further guidance for those who have already had some experience. As the workshop will have a…
Read MoreRiver Wardens’ Walk Over training
We will be holding a session to train River Wardens in walk over surveys at Jordans Mill, Biggleswade on the morning of the 29th of March 2017.
Read MoreVolunteer training events
In March and April 2017, UBOCP will be hosting a number of volunteer training events to highlight the range of ways in which we believe communities and individuals can assist the U&BOCP in caring for, and enhancing, our rivers and watercourses. Our hope is that following these events, many volunteers will ‘sign up’ to a…
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