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The Afon Bodesi – One of the Carneddu’s Last Free Rivers

On June 13th Save Our Rivers attended the National Trust's information day for their proposed Afon Bodesi hydro scheme in the Ogwen Valley. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bodesihydro Where is it: The scheme is proposed in the heart …
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January 16, 2024
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Help stop hydro without the need for planning permission

At the start of the summer the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), launched a consultation on proposals to allow Permitted Development Rights PDR for “small scale, low risk hydro schemes”. I.e allowing some hydro schemes to be …
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September 5, 2018
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Why we oppose micro-hydro in designated areas

Save Our Rivers is opposed to the development of wild and free flowing streams and rivers for hydro power, especially those that sit within designated areas. We believe that the minute amounts of power …
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September 5, 2018
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Gwydir Trails – Trash Free Trails

Trash Free Trails in the brain child of Dom, one of the main dudes at Surfers Against Sewage, and when he said he was after some venues to trial a bike version of their …
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May 24, 2018
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A Breathing Space for Welsh National Parks ?

Following the publication of the worrying Future Landscape Wales (FLW) document earlier this year much has change at the Welsh Assembly. Your letters and emails to AMs along with direct correspondence from both traditional …
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December 16, 2017
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Act now to protect our National Parks

Earlier this year the Welsh Assembly Government published its Future Landscapes Wales report (FLW); detailing its plans for our National Parks and AONBs. (1) Plans that would see the removal of the “Sandford Principle” …
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September 11, 2017
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The Plenary Debate on Future Landscapes Wales

The plenary debate on the Future Landscapes Wales (FLW)report was held on 6th June. Save Our Rivers would like to thank the hundreds of our supporters who took the time to write to their …
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June 8, 2017
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The Wisdom of Conservation

I met a lady beside the road in Nant Gwynant. ‘I thought I’d gone to heaven ‘, she said. From the East End of London she’d never seen such beauty. Beauty is sensed within …
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June 2, 2017
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National Parks Matter

The Welsh Governments Future Landscapes Wales (FLW ) review threatens the very nature of our Welsh National Parks. By removing the environmental protection they receive under the Sandford Principle they could be left open …
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May 25, 2017
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Outdoor Activity Tourism

The Welsh Governments Future Landscapes Wales (FLW ) review threatens the very nature of our Welsh National Parks. By removing the environmental protection they receive under the Sandford Principle they could be left open …
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May 22, 2017