Led by the Chilterns Conservation Board, the Chilterns
Chalk Streams Project is a partnership of statutory agencies,
local authorities and voluntary bodies committed to conserving
the chalk stream environment.
The Chalk Streams Project aims to conserve and enhance all major
chalk streams in the Chilterns AONB and to encourage enjoyment
and understanding of them. The Project achieves these aims by:
Raising awareness of the importance of chalk streams
and the need to conserve them
Giving advice to landowners and managers on riverside
management
Practical conservation to improve the streams for
wildlife
Carrying our surveys to assess the quality of wildlife
habitats and locate rare species
Providing education resources for schools to help
children understand the chalk stream environment
Improving physical access to the streams where
appropriate, and providing information about their special
qualities
The Chilterns Chalk Streams Project partners are:
Countryside Agency
English Nature
Environment Agency
Chiltern Society
Chiltern District Council
Buckinghamshire County Council
Dacorum District Council
Hertfordshire County Council
South Bucks District Council
Wycombe District Council
St Albans City and District Council
Thames Water
Three Valleys Water
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust
education pack
The Project has produced an education pack for schools on the
special
features, wildlife and history of Chilterns chalk streams. The
pack
consists of a CD ROM and booklet and is available free to schools
and other
education facilities. Please contact the Chilterns Conservation Board for a copy.
newsletter
The Projects' newsletter 'Tales of the Riverbank' is now incorporated into the
Board's newsletter 'Chalk and Trees' which can be ordered from the Publications
page. You can download back copies of Tales of the Riverbank here:
