by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Feb 3, 2026 | News, Uncategorized
Tuesday 3rd February, 2026 Welsh Government has today published a Green Paper on the reform of the water sector in Wales. It follows the Independent Water Commission’s review in 2025 (Cunliffe review) and subsequent Defra White Paper, issued earlier this month...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 21, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Tuesday 21st October, 2025 Wales’s Deputy First Minister gave a statement in the Senedd this afternoon regarding the reform of regulation of the water industry. This followed the joint Wales/England review of the sector led by Sir Jon Cunliffe that reported in July....
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 9, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Thursday 9th October, 2025 Welsh Government’s latest River Summit took place at the end of September, the sixth such meeting since the first was hosted by the then First Minister, Mark Drakeford MS, in the summer of 2022. While that and subsequent summits have...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Oct 6, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Monday 6th October, 2025 Last week, Wales’s Deputy First Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies MS, announced that legal protection would be applied to European beavers, in line with England and Scotland. Afonydd Cymru has, in principle, been supportive of beaver...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 30, 2025 | River of the Month, Uncategorized
Setpember 2025 Encouraged by cooling autumnal water temperatures and stronger river flows, a remarkable species of fish will shortly begin its annual migration upstream to spawn in rivers across Wales. To give their offspring the best chance of survival, the fish will...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Sep 10, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
Wednesday 10th September, 2025 The 2024 salmon stock assessments for Welsh and English rivers have been published today. Once again, they make for grim reading. In Wales, the salmon populations in all 22 “Principal Salmon Rivers” remain “at risk”, which means they are...
