Natural England and the Environment Agency have welcomed the seriousness with which the Court has treated the severe and lasting damage to the River Lugg, which destroyed habitats and wildlife on a stretch of one of the country’s most unspoiled rivers.

A joint prosecution by Natural England and the Environment Agency for damages to the River Lugg has progressed following guilty pleas by the defendant.

Natural England and the Environment Agency have announced today they are beginning legal action against a landowner for damage to a protected area of the River Lugg in Herefordshire which has caused suspected significant and long-term ecological harm.

Natural England has downgraded the environmental condition of the Somerset Levels and Moors Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) due to water quality issues - phosphates are causing algal blooms in the Somerset Levels, like Tealham SSSI.

Natural England, the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission have mounted a joint investigation into extensive damage reported on a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) area of the River Lugg in Herefordshire.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has gone out to tender with a contract for a major 3 year project to improve the conservation status of Cornwall’s Goss Moor National Nature Reserve.