March 2015 has seen a total area of 13.25 hecatres of land being planted for the Forest for Life - Rockingham Project.

Here at the RNRP we are looking forward to a productive year ahead due to securing a full time Project Support Officer and retaining our River Restoration Adviser, if only on a part-time basis at the moment.

The Countryside Stewardship Water Capital Grants 2015 are now open. Due to the targeted nature of the scheme this information is not being emailed to customers, information and guidancehas been published on GOV.UK. Grants on a range of capital items are available for farm infrastructure improvements to reduce water pollution from agriculture. The maximum grant payable is £10,000. The grants are available to farmers in CSF target areas only.

Have your say on the Catchment Management Plan for the River Nene.

Save Our Waters is a site that will be allow you to put your views and opinions across.

Be sure to check it out as soon as you can. There's only 8 weeks left to have your say!

It is with great sadness that we announce the unfortunate loss of our Chairman Christopher Davidge. Christopher played a key role in setting up the company in 2007 and remained our Chairman until his passing in December 2014.

WILDLIFE, communities and local economies are reaping the benefits of England's new Nature Improvement Areas, according to a report published on the 14^th November.

The Nene Valley is one of these twelve Nature Improvement Areas (NIAs) set up by the government in 2012, which have helped farmers to access EU grants, made valuable contributions towards university research and boosted the £210 billion rural economy.

They've also attracted outside investment – more than £730,000 from business partners and £7.8 million from NGOs and not-for-profit organisations.