We are delighted to share the responses to the questions that were submitted during the sixth Connecting the Culm forum. The event focused on the topic of nature recovery on the Culm and you
T he sixth Connecting the Culm Forum, hosted by the excellent folk at Cullompton Community Centre, saw nearly 100 people gather for a fascinating evening focusing on nature recovery on the Culm. The
Tim Dafforn, Countryside Manager for the National Trust at Killerton, describes the changes in wildlife seen on the Culm floodplain at Coumbjohn since the Trust lifted grazing pressure and undertook some earthworks to improve
How can we fairly fund farmers to deliver the work that needs doing to reduce flood risk on the River Culm? Slowing down water on farmland during floods is an essential way to reduce damage
Over the last 3 years the CtC team have been working with landowners to design and deliver a range of ‘nature-based solutions’ (NBS) on land within the Culm catchment. A number of different NBS
A major part of the Connecting the Culm project is our focus on co-designing and co-creating nature-based solutions (NBS) and the Blueprint with stakeholders and communities across the Culm catchment. Due to the COVID pandemic
Late in September this year the Connecting the Culm project hosted a knowledge-sharing visit from our partners in the Interreg 2 Seas funded Co-Adapt programme. The CtC team coordinated the 2-day visit which, as
From 9th to 12th September 2022 CtC storyteller Clare Viner embarked on a storytelling pilgrimage along the River Culm, this is her blog from along the way...... In 2023 we aim to publish a
We have been back enjoying face to face events out and about in the Culm catchment. Here is a roundup of what has been going on during the first half of this year. We
We've had exciting news that Connecting the Culm has just been awarded an £73,000 grant by DEFRA’s Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF) to help us attract private green finance for nature-based solutions in
