River Hayle Footpath Volunteer Day 15.08.23 POSTER

Calling all conservationists and anyone interested in helping protect the footpath between St Erth and Relubbus.

On Tuesday 15th August the Westcountry Rivers Trust is teaming up with Cormac and Cornwall Council to install Green Bank Repairs at points of erosion along the River Hayle where loss of the river bank poses a risk to the adjacent footpath. They are seeking volunteers to join them in an effort to build skills within the local community that will help prolong the life of the beloved footpath route into the future.

Green bank repairs are those that work with natural processes to reduce riverbank erosion. Often, they have additional benefits such as providing a better in-channel habitat for river wildlife like fish and insects and have successfully been used in the past to protect areas of footpath along the River Hayle which were of being lost as the river meanders across its floodplain. By securing bundles of willow and hazel brash to the bank at along the section eroding, it creates and buffer taking energy out of the waterflow and helping to trap any soil that does become loose.

Additional information about the project and volunteer session can be found at: Hayle River Community Project | Let’s Talk Cornwall