Site map
Flooding
- Check flood warnings
- 5 day flood risk outlook
- Sign up to receive flood warnings
- Update your details or cancel flood warnings
- Flood warnings cancelled
- Check your flood risk by postcode
- Check your flood risk on a map (Flood Risk Assessment Wales Map)
- Check your coastal erosion risk (National Coastal Erosion Risk Management map)
- Responsibility for rivers, streams, culverts, and canals
- Preparing for a flood
- What to do in a flood
- What to do after a flood
- Guidance for caravan and campsites owners and operators
- Flood map for planning
- Strategic flood consequences assessments
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Managing flood risk
- Flood defence projects
- Our river and coastal maintenance programme
- Drainage Districts
- Find flood defence structures near you (The National Flood Asset Database)
- Adding your flood assets (Grant Memorandum - Annex IV)
- Maps for Natural Flood Management
- How we forecast floods, issue warnings and assess flood risk
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Flood risk map guidance
- Flood risk map user guide
- Flood zones
- Flood defences
- Areas benefitting from flood defences
- Main rivers
- High risk of flooding from rivers
- Medium risk of flooding from rivers
- Low risk of flooding from rivers
- Very low risk of flooding from rivers
- High risk of flooding from the sea
- Medium risk of flooding from the sea
- Low risk of flooding from the sea
- Very low risk of flooding from the sea
- High risk of flooding from surface water and small watercourses
- Medium risk of flooding from surface water and small watercourses
- Low risk of flooding from surface water and small watercourses
- Very low risk of flooding from surface water and small watercourses
- Flooding from reservoirs
- Flood Storage Areas
- Recorded Flood Extents
- Understanding your flood risk results
- Shoreline Management Plans
- Nature-based solutions for coastal management
- How we plan and prioritise our flood risk management work
- Owning a watercourse
- flood warning service
- Check flood warnings – Page not found
- Challenging our flood maps
- Developing hydraulic models for flood risk
- Indicative 2D roughness values
- Model output requirements
- Modelling for Flood Consequence Assessments
- How we evaluate your hydraulic model
- Personal flood plan
- Business flood plan
- Community flood plan
- Preparing for a flood: Farms and agricultural land
- Disclaimer for our flood and coastal erosion risk mapping
- School flood plan
Permits and permissions
- Buy a fishing rod licence
- Check for a permit, licence or exemption (Public Register)
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Waste permitting
- Check if you need to tell us about your waste activity
- Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer
- Deciding if you are a waste carrier, broker or dealer
- Register or renew as a hazardous waste producer
- Register as a battery producer
- Register or renew your waste exemptions
- Register a waste electrical and electronic equipment exemption (WEEE)
- Registering waste exemptions for a linear network
- Apply for a new standard rules waste permit
- Apply for a new bespoke waste permit
- Apply to transfer all or part of a waste permit
- Apply to surrender (give up) all or part of a waste permit
- Apply to change to, or vary, a standard rules waste permit
- Apply to change to, or vary, a bespoke waste permit
- Apply for deployment of a mobile plant permit
- Submit a landspreading prenotification
- Bespoke waste permit applications: information about your waste activities
- Waste permit declarations
- Charges for waste permits
- How to pay for your waste permit application
- Waste Regulatory Decisions
- Waste standard rules and risk assessments
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Depositing waste for recovery
- Permission you need to deposit waste for recovery
- Prepare a waste recovery plan
- Send us your waste recovery plan
- Prepare a management system for a deposit of waste for recovery activity
- Carry out a risk assessment for a bespoke permit to deposit waste for recovery
- Check waste types used in a typical deposit for recovery activity
- Thank you for sending your waste recovery plan
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) guidance
- Importing and exporting waste guidance
- Extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR): information for producers, reprocessors and exporters
- Requirements for release from radioactive substances regulation
- Submit a CL:AIRE Code of Practice declaration
- Mining waste
- Waste standard rules not available to apply for
- Check before you register
- Regulatory Decision 013: Storing waste from formerly occupied property by Local Authorities or Housing Associations
- Regulatory Decision 029: Storage of waste aerosol containers
- Regulatory Decision 043: Storing contaminated waste waters from gas pipelines
- Regulatory Decision 049: Storing and treating asphalt waste
- Regulatory Decision 053: Storing and treating waste fire extinguishers for recovery
- Regulatory Decision 090: Storing and dewatering street sweepings
- Regulatory Decision 061: Storage of waste sheep dip at a place controlled by the producer
- Regulatory Decision 071: Storing and drying waste wood before burning in a Part B co-incinerator
- Regulatory Decision 088: Storing and dewatering non-hazardous iron ochre sludge from abandoned coal mines
- Regulatory Decision 093: Storage of sewage effluent at a marina or lock site
- Regulatory Decision 020: The storage and treatment of litter, straw, slurry and washwater from a notifiable animal disease outbreak
- Regulatory Decision 106: Collecting and storing mixed fuel from incorrectly filled vehicles
- Regulatory Decision 026: Retaining parts on end of life vehicles for reuse
- Regulatory Decision 086: Unpacking and storing unused personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Regulatory Decision 098: Temporary secure storage of fly-tipped waste and waste from trash screens and public bins
- Regulatory Decision 099: Waste collection authorities - when you can operate additional temporary collection sites without an environmental permit
- Regulatory Decision 059: Disposing of trees and plants affected by disease or pests
- Regulatory Decision 060: Disposing of waste from clearing blocked sewers
- Regulatory Decision 019: The disposal of infected straw, manure and litter by incineration or co-incineration during an outbreak of a notifiable animal disease
- Regulatory Decision 095: The disposal by burning (other than at a dockside) of waste plant tissue and wood as required under a Plant Health notice
- Regulatory Decision 094: Denaturing of controlled drugs at a place other than the production premises
- Regulatory Decision 021: Spreading waste milk on land from an animal disease outbreak identified by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
- Regulatory Decision 097: Burning waste on campfires and bonfires
- Regulatory Decision 035: Small-scale heat treatment of waste plastics for recovery
- Regulatory Decision 058.2: Treating and disposing of invasive non-native plants
- Regulatory Decision 111: Treating, storing, and using carbon dioxide from anaerobic digestion
- Regulatory Decision 091: Treating waste from separator (composting) toilets at a depot
- Regulatory Decision 036: Liquefied petroleum gas flaring at end of life vehicle sites
- Regulatory Decision 051.2 Storing and managing excavated waste from utilities installation and repair
- Regulatory Decision 096: Waste effluent treatment plants - when an environmental permit may not be needed
- Regulatory Decision 076: Acceptance of portaloo/chemical toilet waste at wastewater treatment plants
- Regulatory Decision 044: Using unbound incinerator bottom ash aggregate in construction activities
- Regulatory Decision 100: Using waste clay in slurry lagoons or irrigation reservoirs
- Regulatory Decision 101.1: Using waste fire extinguishers for training
- Regulatory Decision 102: Using waste car tyres to construct escape ladders in water storage reservoirs
- Regulatory Decision 055: Using whole waste tyres in construction
- Regulatory Decision 002: Using unbound pulverised fuel ash and furnace bottom ash in construction
- Regulatory Decision 012.1: Use of end of life vehicles (ELVs) and other wastes within training exercises, teaching activities and public awareness displays
- Regulatory Decision 025: The movement and use of treated asphalt waste containing coal tar
- Regulatory Decision 073: Land contamination small scale remediation
- Regulatory Decision 114: pEPR producer data requirements
- Regulatory Decision 32.1: Accepting metal shredder residues and post shredder treatment residues at landfills
- Regulatory Decision 118: pEPR – definition of fibre-based composite material (FBC)
- RD119: pEPR recyclability assessment obligations for January to June 2025
- Environmental permits
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Water discharges and septic tanks
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Septic tanks and private sewage systems
- Register your septic tank or small sewage (package) treatment plant
- Running and maintaining a septic tank or small sewage plant
- What to do if you have been refused a registration for a septic tank or private sewage treatment system
- Apply for a permit to discharge domestic sewage
- Change (vary) an existing permit for a discharge of domestic sewage
- Private sewage treatment in an area with a public sewer
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Discharges to surface water and groundwater
- Find out if you need a permit for discharges to surface water and groundwater
- Water discharge and groundwater activity exemptions
- Develop an Environment Management System for the discharge of up to 20 cubic metres per day of sewage effluent
- Permits and licences needed for a heat pump
- Apply for a permit to discharge water from a heat exchanger into surface water
- Apply for a permit to discharge trade or mixed effluent
- Change (vary) an existing permit for a discharge of trade or mixed effluent
- Transfer your permit for water discharges
- Surrendering (giving up) your permit for water discharges
- Environmental Risk Assessments for discharges to water
- Guidance on applying for and complying with water discharge permits
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Water company discharges
- Permits for water company discharges from Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO)
- Permits for discharges from water company sewage networks
- Permits for emergency discharge from foul sewer pumping stations
- Apply for a Water Industry Act consent
- How to pay for your Water Industry Act consent
- Discharging from a reservoir: preparing a risk assessment and management systems
- Water discharge consent application complete
- Herbicides
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Septic tanks and private sewage systems
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Using land we manage
- Check if you are allowed to use land we manage
- Apply to use land we manage
- Applying to use land we manage: prepare a map
- Applying to use land we manage: create a risk assessment
- Newborough horse riding permit application received
- Charges for using land we manage
- Charges for holding events on land we manage
- Filming and photography on land we manage: our fees
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Flood risk activity permits
- Check if you need a flood risk activity permit (FRAP)
- Apply for a flood risk activity permit (FRAP)
- Flood risk activity permit application (FRAP): Information you will need to provide
- Flood risk activity permit application: calculate your charges
- Flood risk activity permit application complete
- Change or transfer a flood risk activity permit
- Surrender (cancel) all or part of your flood risk activity permit
- Flood risk activity exemptions
- Flood risk activity exclusions
- Surrender (cancel) your flood risk activity permit: application complete
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Species licensing
- Apply for a protected species licence
- Species licensing charges
- Charge waivers for species licensing
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List of protected species
- Adder, grass snake, slow worm and common lizard licensing
- Badger licensing
- Bat licensing
- Bat licences for development, infrastructure or maintenance work
- Bat licences for surveys and conservation work
- Beaver licensing
- Deer licensing
- Dormouse licensing
- European protected species of plant licensing
- Fish licensing
- Frogs, Toads and Newts licensing
- Great crested newt licensing
- Great crested newt licences for development, infrastructure, or maintenance work
- Great crested newt licences for surveys and conservation work
- Invertebrate licensing
- Marine European Protected Species licensing
- Natterjack Toad licensing
- Otter Licensing
- Pine Marten, Polecat, Shrews and Stoat Licensing
- Red and Grey Squirrel Licensing
- Sand Lizard Licensing
- Seal Licensing
- Trapping of shrews
- Small Mammal Licensing
- UK Protected Plant Licensing
- Water vole licensing
- Whales, Dolphins, Turtles and Porpoises licensing
- What to do if you find bats in your home
- Deterring birds from farms, fisheries, airfields, landfill sites and urban environments
- The use of environmental DNA test for Great crested newt licensing purposes
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Bird licensing
- Bird specific licences
- General licences for birds 2025
- Managing problems caused by wild Birds - alternatives to lethal control
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General licences 2025
- General Licence 001
- General Licence 002
- General Licence 004
- General Licence 005
- General Licence 006
- General Licence 018
- General Licence 007
- General Licence 016
- General Licence 015
- General Licence 008
- General Licence 009
- General Licence 010
- General Licence 011
- General Licence 012
- General Licence 013
- General Licence 014
- Possess, transport, sell or exchange a protected species
- Employ an ecologist
- Service level agreements for protected species licensing
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Invasive alien species
- Invasive alien species regulations
- Apply for a licence to move and keep an invasive alien species
- Apply for a licence to manage an invasive alien species
- Apply for a licence for activities associated with the rapid eradication of newly arrived invasive alien species
- Invasive non-native species in woodlands
- Protected species licensing report 2020 to 2021
- Protected bird licensing report 2019 to 2021
- Species licences for development, infrastructure, or maintenance work
- Species licences for survey and conservation work
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Marine licensing
- Activities that need a marine licence
- Activities that may be exempt from requiring a marine licence
- Environmental Impact Assessment for marine activities
- Request an environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening opinion for a marine licence
- Request an environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping opinion for a marine licence
- Request a sampling plan for a dredge or disposal marine licence application
- Marine licensing low risk activities (band 1)
- Apply for a band 1 marine licence
- Prepare a method statement for a band 1 marine licence application
- How to give coordinates and a map for your marine licence application
- Contacting consultees before you apply for a band 1 marine licence
- You cannot apply for a band 1 marine licence
- Application received for a band 1 marine licence
- Applying for a marine licence
- Marine licence application forms
- Applying for a marine licence for projects using adaptive management or project phasing
- Marine licence fees
- Apply to change or transfer (vary) a marine licence
- Apply to discharge conditions and/or for monitoring approvals of your marine licence
- Submit data to the Marine Noise Registry
- How to carry out a Water Framework Directive (WFD) assessment for a marine licence application
- How a Habitats Regulations Assessments (HRA) is undertaken in the marine licensing process
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Water abstraction and impoundment licences
- Find out if you need a water abstraction or impoundment licence
- What to do before applying for a water abstraction or impoundment licence
- What evidence do I need of right of access to an abstraction point
- Prepare an application for a groundwater investigation consent
- Apply for a water abstraction or impoundment licence
- Charges for abstraction and impoundment licence applications
- Pre-application advice service for water abstraction and impoundment licences
- Other permissions you may need for your abstraction or impoundment
- Submit your water abstraction return
- Apply to renew or change an existing abstraction or impoundment licence
- Apply to cancel your water abstraction or impoundment licence
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Hydropower
- Approvals, licences and consents needed for hydropower schemes
- Applying for licences for hydropower schemes
- Abstraction rates for hydropower
- Hydropower schemes affecting designated sites, protected species and supporting habitat
- Licensing weirs for hydropower
- Understanding geomorphology for hydropower scheme design
- Siting an intake weir for hydropower
- Design principles for hydropower weirs
- Intake screening for fish
- Fish passes for hydropower weirs
- Routing a penstock for a hydropower scheme
- Designing the outfall for a hydropower scheme
- Assessing the cumulative and in-combination impacts of hydropower schemes
- Licensing competing hydropower schemes
- Hydrological reporting and analysis for hydropower schemes
- Geomorphology photo surveys for hydropower developments
- Location plans and technical drawings
- Low risk impoundments
- Restoring Sustainable Abstraction (RSA)
- Drought permits and drought orders
- Find out if you need a licence for dewatering a mine, a quarry or for a civil engineering project
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Installations
- Find out if you need an Environmental Permit for your installation
- Find out if your installation qualifies for a low impact Environmental Permit
- Apply for an Environmental Permit for a new installation
- Apply to vary (change) a permit for installations
- Apply to transfer an installations permit
- Apply to surrender an installations permit
- Charges for installation Environmental Permits
- Apply for a permit to produce hydrogen by electrolysis
- Permits required for hydrogen production facilities
- Guidance on complying with an environmental permit for an installation
- Applying the R1 Energy Efficiency Formula
- How to carry out a risk assessment for an Environmental Permit
- Information needed in an installations Environmental Permit application
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Best Available Techniques (BAT) to help you comply with an installations Environmental Permit
- Combustion related processes Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Mineral processes Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Chemical processes, including refineries, Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Metallurgical processes Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Food, drink and milk Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Paper and pulp Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Intensive farming Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Waste Treatment Best Available Techniques and additional guidance documents
- Guidance on emerging techniques (GET)
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Medium combustion plants and specified generators
- Find out if you need a permit for your boiler, engine or turbine
- What to do before you apply for a standalone Medium Combustion Plant (MCP) permit between 1 and less than 20 MW thermal input
- What to do before you apply for a standalone Medium Combustion Plant (MCP) less than 50 MW thermal input that is also a Specified Generator (SG) or Part B activity
- Apply for a permit for a standalone medium combustion plant between 1 and less than 20 MW thermal input
- Apply for a permit for a standalone Medium Combustion Plant (MCP) that is also a Specified Generator or Part B activity
- Charges for medium combustion plant and specified generator permit applications
- Regulatory Decision: RD075 Specified generators used for research and development
- Apply to transfer a medium combustion plant or specified generator permit to yourself
- Apply to cancel your standalone medium combustion plant or specified generator permit
- Apply to change your standalone medium combustion plant or specified generator permit
- Medium combustion plant or specified generator permit declarations
- How to pay for your medium combustion plant or specified generator permit application
- Working in protected areas
- Apply for land drainage consent
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Carbon emissions
- Emissions trading and the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme
- Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
- The UK Emission Trading Scheme (UK ETS)
- UK Emissions Trading Scheme charges
- The UK Emissions Trading Registry and Free Allocation of Allowances
- UK ETS permitting, monitoring, reporting and verification
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Non-nuclear radioactive substance sites
- Information about radioactive substance sites
- Apply for a bespoke permit for a radioactive substances site
- Apply to surrender a radioactive substances permit
- Apply to transfer a radioactive substances permit
- Apply to vary (change) a permit for a radioactive substances site
- Is your radioactive substance activity exempt or ‘out of scope’?
- Standard Rules Permits for radioactive substances sites
- Shipping radioactive sources between the UK and EU
- Charges for non-nuclear radioactive substance permits
- Coast Protection Act 1949 Consenting
- Waste carriers, brokers and dealers public register
- WEEE approved authorised treatment facilities and approved exporters public register
- Waste exemptions public register: repairing or refurbishing waste electrical equipment (T11)
- End of life vehicles treatment facilities public register
- Scrap metal dealers public register
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Permit applications, consultations and decisions
- Public participation: how you can take part in our permit and licence consultations
- Our permitting service levels
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Current consultations: environmental permit applications
- Mr Phillip Morgan and Mr James Holder - East Jordeston, St Florence, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8NT
- Westland Horticulture Limited - Tata Llanwern Works, Llanwern, Newport, Monmouthsire, NP19 4QZ
- Coleg Cambria - Llysfasi, Pentrecelyn, Nr. Ruthin, Clwyd, LL15 2LB
- Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd - Trawsfynydd Decommissioning Site, Trawsfynydd, Blaenau Ffestiniog, LL41 4DT
- Morgan Sindall Construction and Infrastructure Ltd - Penrhos Works, London Road, Holyhead LL65 2UX
- Current consultations: environmental permit draft decisions
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Current consultations: applications to abstract or impound water
- Licensing decision statements
- How and where to view full details of an application
- Applications for full licences to abstract or impound water
- Applications to vary or revoke existing licences to abstract or impound water
- Natural Resources Wales applications for full licences to abstract or impound water
- Natural Resources Wales proposals to vary or revoke existing licences to abstract or impound water
- Find out about the process of advertising abstraction licence proposals
- Current consultations: applications for drought permits and drought orders
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Marine licence applications: current consultations
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Marine licensing: decisions
- MMML1670 Variation to marine licence for aggregate dredging in the Severn Estuary
- SC1712 Scoping opinion Enlli Tidal Energy Scheme
- SC1803 Scoping opinion Transition Bro Gwaun Tidal Energy Development
- SC1804 Screening and Scoping opinion Morlais Tidal Array Screening and Scoping Opinion
- SC1807 Scoping opinion Area 531 aggregate extraction, Severn Estuary
- SC1810 Scoping opinion Pembroke Dock Development Scoping Opinion
- SC1812 Scoping opinion Wave Dragon Wales Wave Energy Device
- SC1813 Scoping opinion Newport Docks: Port Relocation Proposals
- SC1814 Screening and scoping opinion: Môr Holiday Park
- SC1815 Screening opinion for National Grid Snowdonia Visual Improvement Project within and surrounding the Dwyryd Estuary
- SC1817 Screening and scoping opinion for the phase 2 Marine Energy Test Areas (META) project in Pembrokeshire
- CRML1860 Replacement of Linkspan at Fishguard Port
- CML1873 Enhancement of coastal defence at East Rhyl
- SC1901 Screening and scoping opinion for the proposed Aberaeron Coastal Defence Scheme
- SC1905 Screening and scoping for the proposed Project Erebus Floating Offshore Wind Farm
- SC1906 Screening and scoping for the proposed Holyhead Marina Rebuild
- SC2002 Screening and Scoring opinion for the proposed Holyhead Breakwater refurbishment
- SC2006 Holyhead Waterfront Regeneration Scheme
- CML1902 Swansea Bay Campus Revetment Works
- ORML1957 META (Phase 2) marine energy testing areas at Warrior Way, Dale Roads and East Pickard Bay
- CML1962 Construction of coastal protection as part of the 'Hafan y Mor Holiday Park expansion 2030 Vision Master Plan', Pwllheli
- CML1929 Greenlink Interconnector Cable
- SC2007 Penrhyn Bay Coastal Scheme screening opinion
- SC2103 Screening and Scoping for the proposed Cardiff Coastal Defence Scheme
- Screening and Scoping for the proposed Central Rhyl Coastal Defence Scheme
- SC2102 Scoping for the proposed Project Valorous Floating Offshore Wind Farm
- MMML1948 North Bristol Deep (Area 531) Aggregate Extraction
- CML2108 Screening opinion for the proposed Old Colwyn Coastal Defence Scheme
- CML1931 Holyhead Port expansion development
- SC2105 Screening and Scoping Opinion for the Proposed Colwyn Bay Waterfront Coastal Defence
- CML2108 Old Colwyn coastal defence and active travel scheme
- ORML1938 Morlais Tidal Stream Demonstration Project Located to the West of Anglesey
- SC2107 Screening and Scoping for the proposed Mostyn Energy Park Extension Project
- CML2152 Central Rhyl coastal defence scheme
- SC2202 Llŷr Floating Offshore Wind Project Screening and Scoping Opinion
- CML2147 Cardiff Coastal Defence Scheme (Notice of EIA Consent Decision)
- CML2147 Cardiff Coastal Defence Scheme (Notice Of EIA Regulatory Decision)
- CML2143 Holyhead Breakwater Refurbishment Scheme (Notice of EIA Consent Decision)
- CML2143 Holyhead Breakwater Refurbishment Scheme (Notice Of EIA Regulatory Decision)
- ORMl2170 Project Erebus Floating Offshore Wind Farm (Notice of EIA Consent Decision)
- ORMl2170 Project Erebus Floating Offshore Wind Farm (Notice of EIA Regulatory Decision)
- Holyhead Waterfront Regeneration Scheme
- CML2272 Kinmel Bay Coastal Defence Improvements (Notice of Regulatory Decision)
- CML2272 Kinmel Bay Coastal Defence Improvements (Notice of Consent Decision)
- CML2279 Outfall construction on the River Dee (Notice of regulatory decision)
- SC2301 Pembrokeshire Demonstration Zone
- SC2305 Screening Opinion for the proposed Rhymney Great Wharf Polders
- ORML2233 - Marine Licence for a fixed offshore windfarm named Awel y Môr
- SC2302 Criterion Quay Development Screening and Scoping Opinion
- SC2303 Cardigan Coastal Flood Risk Management Scheme
- MMML2367 - Bedwyn Sands and North Middle Ground (notice of EIA consent decision)
- MMML2367 - Bedwyn Sands and North Middle Ground (Notice of EIA regulatory decision)
- CML2283 Construction and Dredge works associated with the Mostyn Energy Park Extension Project (notice of EIA Consent Decision)
- CML2283 Construction and Dredge works associated with the Mostyn Energy Park Extension Project (notice of EIA Regulatory Decision)
- CML2365 Hynet Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Storage project – Offshore
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Marine licensing: applications received and determined
- Marine licence applications 2025
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Marine licence applications 2024
- Marine licence applications January 2024
- Marine licence applications February 2024
- Marine licence applications March 2024
- Marine licence applications April 2024
- Marine licence applications May 2024
- Marine licence applications June 2024
- Marine licence applications July 2024
- Marine licence applications August 2024
- Marine licence applications September 2024
- Marine licence applications October 2024
- Marine licence applications November 2024
- Marine licence applications December 2024
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Marine licence applications 2023
- Marine licensing applications January 2023
- Marine licensing applications February 2023
- Marine licensing applications March 2023
- Marine licensing applications April 2023
- Marine licensing applications May 2023
- Marine licensing applications June 2023
- Marine licensing applications July 2023
- Marine licence applications August 2023
- Marine licence applications September 2023
- Marine licensing applications October 2023
- Marine licensing applications November 2023
- Marine licensing applications December 2023
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Marine licence applications 2022
- Marine licensing applications January 2022
- Marine licensing applications February 2022
- Marine licensing applications March 2022
- Marine licensing applications April 2022
- Marine licensing applications May 2022
- Marine licensing applications June 2022
- Marine licensing applications July 2022
- Marine licensing applications August 2022
- Marine licensing applications September 2022
- Marine licensing applications October 2022
- Marine licensing applications November 2022
- Marine licensing applications December 2022
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Marine licence applications 2021
- Marine licensing applications January 2021
- Marine licensing applications February 2021
- Marine licensing applications March 2021
- Marine licensing applications April 2021
- Marine licensing applications May 2021
- Marine licensing applications June 2021
- Marine licensing applications July 2021
- Marine licensing applications August 2021
- Marine licensing applications September 2021
- Marine licensing applications October 2021
- Marine licensing applications November 2021
- Marine licensing applications December 2021
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Marine licence applications 2020
- Marine licence applications January 2020
- Marine licence applications February 2020
- Marine licensing applications March 2020
- Marine licensing applications April 2020
- Marine licensing applications May 2020
- Marine licensing applications June 2020
- Marine licensing applications July 2020
- Marine licence application August 2020
- Marine licence application September 2020
- Marine licensing applications October 2020
- Marine licensing applications November 2020
- Marine licensing applications December 2020
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Marine licence applications 2019
- Marine licence applications January 2019
- Marine licence applications February 2019
- Marine licence applications March 2019
- Marine licence applications April 2019
- Marine licence applications May 2019
- Marine licence applications June 2019
- Marine licence applications July 2019
- Marine licence applications August 2019
- Marine licence applications September 2019
- Marine licence applications October 2019
- Marine licence applications November 2019
- Marine licence applications December 2019
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Final permit decisions for sites under Industrial Emissions Directive
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North Wales
- Cilgwyn Leachate Treatment Plant
- RJS Civil Engineering Ltd - Parry's Quarry
- Ruabon Chemical Works
- Thorncliffe Building Supplies Limited
- Llandyrnog Creamery
- Kronospan Limited
- Black Rock Farm Poultry Unit
- Cott Beverage Limited
- Kimberly-Clark Limited
- Oakenholt Paper Mill
- Mona Anaerobic Digestion Plant
- Llanddulas Landfill Site
- Knauf Queensferry, Queensferry Mineral Fibre Works
- Wallace Bebb Farms Limited
- Castle Cement Limited
- UPM-Kymmene UK Ltd
- WTI UK Ltd
- Kimberly-Clark Limited
- Knauf Insulation Ltd
- Padeswood Cement Works V014
- Cott Beverages Limited Variation 002
- Tata Steel UK Limited
- Mid Wales
- South West Wales
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South East Wales
- Egan Waste Services Limited
- Envirowales Limited
- GP Biotec Limited
- Harp International Limited
- Sims Group UK Limited
- Sims Group UK Limited
- Vale Bioenergy Limited
- Cabot Carbon Limited
- Coombe Farm Poultry Unit
- St. Pierre Farm Poultry Unit
- TRW Limited
- Croft y Lloi Poultry Unit
- Birdport Waste Storage facility
- Unit C IST House
- Hazrem Environmental Limited
- Cardiff Energy Recovery Facility
- RWE Generation UK plc V012
- RWE Generation UK plc V013
- RWE Generation UK plc V014
- Lafarge Tarmac Cement and Lime Limited
- Hudol Thermal Limited
- Knauf Insulation Ltd
- Liberty Steel Newport Ltd
- Celsa Manufacturing UK ltd
- Western Wood Energy Plant Margam
- Hazrem Environmental Limited
- IQE Silicon Compounds Limited
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North Wales
- Marine licensing: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consent decisions
- Our environmental permitting decisions monthly report
- Our self permitting decisions monthly report
- Virtual hearing 29 October 2024
- Public register: environmental permitting, water resources and marine licensing information
Evidence and data
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Maps
- Check river levels, rainfall and sea data
- Browse map of data about the natural environment
- Marine Character Areas
- National Landscape Character Areas (NLCA)
- Find details of permitted waste sites
- River levels online help
- Extent of Semi-Natural Habitat in Wales (Indicator 43)
- Different types of flood risk
- The National Peatland Action Programme
- Peatland Data Portal Map Layers
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Research and reports
- Habitat reports
- Invasive non-native species (INNS) reports
- Landscape and geodiversity reports
- Marine reports
- Species reports
- Assessing Welsh Aquaculture Activities (AWAA) Project
- Protected sites baseline assessment 2020
- Protected sites baseline assessment - text only version
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Flooding reports, evidence and data
- Flood risk management annual report 2023 to 2024
- Flood risk management annual report 2022 to 2023
- Flood risk management annual report 2021 to 2022
- Flood risk management annual report 2020 to 2021
- Flood risk management plans 2023 to 2029
- Flood risk management plan 2015 to 2021
- Flood investigation report – St Asaph and Elwy Communities 2020
- February 2020 flood review: Storm Ciara and Dennis
- Section 18 report: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management in Wales 2020 – 2023
- Wales coastal flooding review 2014
- Section 18 reports: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management in Wales 2011 to 2019
- Flood and coastal erosion risk management research and development
- River Basin District preliminary flood risk reports
- Long-term Investment Requirements for Flood Defences in Wales
- Waste reports
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Water reports
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River basin management plans
- Dee and Western Wales river basin management plans 2021-2027
- Severn river basin management plan 2021-2027
- River basin management plans 2021-2027: protected area register
- Summary of responses to the challenges & choices consultation 2019
- River basin management plans 2015-2021
- Dee river basin management plan 2009-2015
- Western Wales river basin management plan 2009-2015
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Water quality
- Assessment of water quality in Wales 2024
- Assessment of water quality in protected rivers in Wales
- Updated water quality targets for Welsh river SACs 2022
- Update to phosphorus targets for water bodies in Special Area of Conservation (SAC) rivers in Wales
- Compliance Assessment of Welsh River SACs Against Phosphorus Targets
- Compliance Assessment of the River Wye SAC Against Phosphorus Targets
- Teifi demonstrator project evidence review
- Annual performance report for Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water)
- Annual performance reports for Hafren Dyfrdwy
- Storm overflow spill data reports
- Bathing water quality
- Wales bathing water quality report 2019
- Wales bathing water quality report 2020
- Wales bathing water quality report 2021
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River basin management plans
- Biennial reports on reservoir safety
- Forestry research
- National Survey for Wales
- Wales Otter Report 2009-10
- Salmon and sea trout stocks in Wales
- Salmon and sea trout catchment summaries
- State of Natural Resources Report 2025 - interim report summary (2024)
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State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) for Wales 2020
- SoNaRR2020: Foreword
- SoNaRR2020: Introduction
- SoNaRR2020: Bridges to the future
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SoNaRR2020: Our assessment
- SoNaRR2020: Stocks of natural resources are safeguarded and enhanced
- SoNaRR2020: Ecosystems are resilient to expected and unforeseen change
- SoNaRR2020: Wales has healthy places for people, protected from environmental risks
- SoNaRR2020: A regenerative economy with sustainable levels of production and consumption
- SoNaRR2020: Ecosystems
- SoNaRR2020: Cross-cutting themes
- SoNaRR2020: Natural resource registers
- SoNaRR2020: Our method
- Evidence to support SoNaRR2020
- SoNaRR2020: Downloads
- SoNaRR2020: Structure and contents
- SoNaRR2020: Case studies
- SoNaRR2020: Evidence Needs
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State of Natural Resources interim report 2019
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019: Introduction
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019: Assessment
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019: Challenges
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019: Responses
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019: Evidence
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019: SoNaRR 2020
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: Progress on SoNaRR 2016 evidence gaps
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: How we prioritise new evidence needs
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: Four measures of sustainable management of natural resources
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: Greenhouse gas emissions in Wales
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: Five-step method
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: Template for compiling the natural resources inventory
- SoNaRR interim report 2019: Evidence needs
- The State of Natural Resources report 2016
- State of the environment reports
- Marine and coastal evidence priorities
- Water environment collaborative research priorities
- ‘Index river’ monitoring for salmon and sea trout on the Welsh Dee
- Accessing our data
- Analytical Services
- How researchers can work with us
Guidance and advice
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Environmental topics
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Trees, woodlands and forests
- Report suspected illegal tree felling
- Check if you need a felling licence
- Apply for a felling licence
- Amend your tree felling licence
- Why we can suspend or revoke your felling licence
- Why we can amend your felling licence
- Tree felling licence - environmental conditions
- Check if you need a wildlife licence during forest operations
- Buying and selling land with a felling licence
- Statutory plant health notices
- Apply for a forest management plan
- Check the register of felling licences
- Check the register of forest management plans
- Plans for felling on the Welsh Government Woodland Estate
- Register of forestry environmental impact assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessment for forestry activity
- Planning your forestry project
- EIA Apply for our consent
- Environmental Impact Assessment penalties
- Benefits to planting trees and creating woodland
- Get help to plant trees and create woodland
- Grants for planting trees and creating woodlands
- Get help to plan your woodland
- Choosing the right tree species
- Identify, report and manage tree pests and diseases
- Making your woodland or forest more resilient
- Managing forests in acid sensitive river catchments
- Assessing and restoring deep peat
- Identifying ancient woodlands
- Managing ash dieback
- How we manage the Welsh Government Woodland Estate
- eSales - timber online sales
- Long-term timber sales
- Short-term timber sales
- Timber sales credit procedure
- Biomass supply chain
- eSales - 2024 to 2026
- Protect the environment during forest operations
- Apply for a harvesting contract
- Timber haulage
- Our forest and woodland certification
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Water management and quality
- Constructed wetlands
- Water quality
- How we can all help protect groundwater in Wales
- Spray irrigation restrictions during dry weather
- Drought planning and management
- Advice for farmers in periods of dry weather
- Drought advice for private water supplies
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Reservoir safety
- Register your reservoir
- Know when to appoint an engineer
- Understand your reservoir risk designation
- Prepare for emergencies and report incidents
- Reservoir charges
- Managing your reservoir during dry weather
- Appoint a reservoir supervising engineer
- Arrange a reservoir inspection
- Understand your reservoir inspection report
- Prepare a pre inspection information pack for your reservoir
- Prepare a reservoir flood plan
- Review, test and revise your reservoir flood plan
- Reservoir flood plan guidance for engineers
- Decommission a large raised reservoir
- Wales Water Management Forum
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Waste management
- Report fly-tipping
- Disposing of your household waste
- How to dispose of used tyres
- Workplace recycling: separating your waste for collection
- Waste duty of care for organisations
- How to classify and assess waste
- Completing waste transfer notes
- Submit your waste return
- How to complete a hazardous waste consignment note
- Consignee returns with reduced reporting and charges
- Hazardous waste: find out if and when you need to submit a return
- Hazardous waste returns: how to complete your template
- Hazardous waste returns: download the template, complete, check and submit
- Meeting the end of waste test
- Check, notify, sample and report a materials facility
- Check your household oil tank for leaks
- Commercial landlords: protect yourself from waste crime
- Thank you for joining Newport's tyre tagging scheme
- Manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Identify, classify and manage waste containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Land management
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Wildlife and biodiversity
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Protected areas of land and seas
- Find protected areas of land and sea
- Sites of special scientific interest (SSSI): responsibilities of owners and occupiers
- Sites of special scientific interest (SSSI): responsibilities of public bodies and statutory undertakers
- Check if your works on a SSSI are covered by a Regulatory Decision
- Types of protected areas of land and sea
- National Nature Reserves
- Sites protected by European and international law
- Marine protected areas
- Conservation advice for European marine sites (Reg 37)
- Condition assessments for Welsh European marine sites (EMS)
- Indicative feature condition assessments for European marine sites (EMS)
- Skomer Marine Conservation Zone
- Regulatory Decision: SSSI management from Glastir to the Habitat Wales Schemes 2024 and 2025
- Regulatory Decision: SSSI management where land has not moved from Glastir to the Habitat Wales Scheme
- Regulatory Decision: SSSI management where the land did not enter the Habitat Wales Scheme 2024, but has entered the 2025 Scheme and will be managed under a previous agreement
- Regulatory Decision: SSSI management where land did not enter the Habitat Wales Scheme 2024 but has entered the 2025 Scheme
- Japanese knotweed: what you need to know
- Pollinators
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Protected areas of land and seas
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Coast and marine
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Information for mariners using the Dee Conservancy
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Notices to mariners in the Dee Conservancy
- No. 1 of 2025: Notices to mariners remaining in force
- No 7 of 2024: Safe Speed in Narrow Channels
- No. 5 of 2024: Marsh protection special marks
- No. 2 of 2024: Laying of Unofficial Small Boat Moorings
- No. 4 of 2023: Marine safety in the Dee conservancy
- No. 3 of 2023: Emergency and incident reporting in the Dee Conservancy
- No. 2 of 2023: Marine safety in the Dee Conservancy statutory reporting of accidents and serious injuries
- No. 10 of 2018: Temporary buoys
- No. 8 of 2014: Use of navigation lights - international collision regulations
- No. 15 of 2013: Underwater obstruction
- Marine safety in the Dee Conservancy
- Report emergencies in the Dee Estuary
- Contact the Dee Estuary harbour master
- Biosecurity in the Dee Estuary
- Information to mariners on the Dee estuary
- Harvesting shellfish in the Dee Estuary
- Dee Conservancy safety plan and reporting
- Dee Estuary Conservancy Consultative Committee
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Notices to mariners in the Dee Conservancy
- Who can legally harvest cockles in the Dee Estuary
- Submit your weekly cockle catch return for the Dee Estuary
- Who can legally harvest cockles in the Burry Inlet
- Submit your monthly cockle catch return for the Burry Inlet
- Burry Inlet cockle fishery changes
- Thank you for sending your Burry Inlet cockles catch return
- Thank you for sending your Dee Estuary cockles catch return
- Seaweed harvesting
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Information for mariners using the Dee Conservancy
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Chemicals
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): registration, de-registration, labelling and disposal
- Register or deregister your polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) equipment
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): exceptions to the ban
- Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB): what is contaminated equipment
- Disposing of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Register or deregister PCB CE: application received
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Consultations
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Our own consultations 2012-2022 - closed
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Closed - 2022
- Closed - 2021
- Closed - 2020
- Closed - 2019
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Closed - 2018
- Working Together Consultation
- The Natural Resources Body for Wales Salmon and Sea Trout River Severn byelaws
- Trawsfynydd Ranges proposed access exclusion
- Standard Rules Consultation No.14: Medium Combustion Plant and Specified Generator controls
- Cronfeydd Gwydir Reservoirs
- Pont Robin Tidal Sluice Refurbishment
- Shooting Review Consultation
- The Natural Resources Body for Wales Salmon and Sea Trout Cross border rivers byelaws
- Consultation on our Charging Scheme for 2018-19
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Closed - 2017
- The Natural Resources Body For Wales Salmon And Sea Trout Catch Controls 2017
- Cadoxton Outfall Improvements
- Rhyl Sluice penstock
- The Natural Resources Body For Wales (Limitation Of Net Fishing Licences) Order 2017
- Garndolbenmaen Weir refurbishment
- Informal consultation : Fire Prevention and Mitigation Plan Guidance – Waste Management
- Draenogan Tidal Door Refurbishment
- Call for evidence - use of shooting on land managed by NRW
- Internal Drainage Districts Boundary Review Consultation
- Assessing new nuclear power station designs
- Consultation on proposed changes to Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl Special Protection Area
- Consultation on our charging scheme for 2017-18
- Salmon and sea trout catch controls 2017 consultations
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Closed - 2016
- Announcement of intention not to prepare an environmental statement - Leckwith Bridge industrial estate
- Consultation on changes to standard rules permits
- St Asaph flood risk management scheme package B pre-application consultation
- Consultation on standard rules permits
- Announcement of intention not to prepare an environmental statement
- New guidance for Nuclear Sites from Radioactive Substances Regulation
- Consultation on changes to the main river map for Wales
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New marine Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas
- New marine Conservation and Protection Areas around Wales
- North Anglesey Marine / Gogledd Môn Forol possible SAC
- West Wales Marine / Gorllewin Cymru Forol possible SAC
- Bristol Channel Approaches / Dynesfeydd Môr Hafren possible SAC
- Evidence and analysis reports supporting the identification of possible SACs for harbour porpoise
- Anglesey Terns / Morwenoliaid Ynys Môn potential SPA
- Northern Cardigan Bay / Gogledd Bae Ceredigion potential SPA
- Skomer, Skokholm and the seas off Pembrokeshire / Sgomer, Sgogwm a moroedd Benfro potential SPA
- Responding to the consultation
- Announcement of intention not to prepare
- Consultation on Changes to water abstraction licensing exemptions (New Authorisations)
- Flood Risk Management Plans
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Closed - 2015
- Consultation on our Charging Scheme for 2016-17
- Publishing our results for the consultation on updating the River Basin Management Plans
- Consultation on a Timber Marketing Plan for the period 2016-2021
- Consultation on Changes to specified Standard Rules Permits
- Isca Road Flood Risk Management Scheme
- Consultation on the proposed update to Wales’ river basin management plans
- Portland Grounds Sea Defence Improvements
- Consultation on Proposed Changes to Skokholm and Skomer Special Protection Area (SPA)
- Consultation on our Charging Scheme for 2015-16
- Waste Classification and Assessment - Technical Guidance WM3
- Consultation on draft flood risk management plans for Wales
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Closed - 2014
- Planning our future: a consultation
- Consultation on Proposed Changes to Three Existing Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
- Background to the three SPA Consultations
- Some Questions You May Have
- Consultation on Proposed Changes to Grassholm Special Protection Area (SPA)
- Consultation on Proposed Changes to Aberdaron Coast and Bardsey Island Special Protection Area (SPA)
- Tabbs Gout Flood Risk Management Scheme
- Portland Grounds Flood Risk Management Scheme
- Energy Efficiency Directive – proposed guidance on cost benefit analysis
- A consultation on NRW’s salmon stocking
- Aberbeeg Fish Passage Improvements
- Glascoed Weir Fish Passage Improvements
- Lower Clydach Weir Fish Passage Improvements
- Consultation on Materials Facilities Charges 2014
- Graduated Channel Fish Passage Improvements
- Rhymney Embankment Flood Risk Management Scheme (FRMS)
- Consultation on our Permitting Publication Scheme
- Risca Flood Risk Management Scheme
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Closed - 2022
- Our responses to consultations
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Our own consultations 2012-2022 - closed
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Trees, woodlands and forests
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Business sectors
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Fisheries
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Angling byelaws (fishing rules)
- When, what and where you can fish
- Fishing with lures and baits
- Fishing with rods and lead
- Fishing using landing nets, keepnets, keepsacks, gaffs and tailers
- Minimum fish size and catch limits
- Fisheries districts in Wales
- Areas where fishing is not permitted because of obstructions
- How to report incidents affecting fish and fisheries
- How to practise salmon catch and release
- Disinfecting tackle to control fish disease
- Buying and selling salmon and sea trout in Wales: staying within the law
- Apply for permission to stock, remove and supply fish
- Fishing with nets and traps
- UK fish protected by law
- Freshwater fisheries management and advice
- Wales Fisheries Forum
- Local Fishery Groups
- Identify and report Pacific pink salmon
- 2019 Local inquiry into NRW’s proposals for new rod and net fishing byelaws
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Angling byelaws (fishing rules)
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Farming
- Silage, slurry and other livestock manure storage
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Sheep dip
- How to safely dispose of waste sheep dip
- Develop an Environmental Management System for a permit to discharge used sheep dip to land
- Tell us before you dispose of waste sheep dip to land
- Change (vary) your permit to dispose of waste sheep dip to land
- Surrender your permit for disposing of waste sheep dip
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Ammonia assessments
- Ammonia assessments for developments that require a permit or planning permission
- Ammonia assessments: initial screening and evidence gathering (GN 020)
- How to carry out detailed modelling of ammonia emissions (GN 036)
- Detailed modelling of ammonia emissions stage 1 (GN 036)
- Detailed modelling of ammonia emissions stage 2 (GN 036)
- How to interpret the results from your screening or modelling exercise for Ammonia Emissions (GN 020)
- Ammonia scrubber design and use
- Applications that reduce the impact or risk of pollution (GN 020)
- Emission factors for poultry for modelling and reporting
- Emission factors for pigs for modelling and reporting
- Emission factors for cattle for modelling and reporting
- Reducing ammonia emissions from agriculture
- How to safely dispose of water and disinfectant after an animal disease outbreak
- How to store, manage and dispose of agricultural materials in exceptional circumstances
- Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme
- Wales Land Management Forum
- The Wales Land Management Forum sub group on agricultural pollution
- Blue-green algae
- Emissions Inventory Reporting: Guidance for Intensive Farming
- Calculate releases from poultry and pig farms: examples
- How to use manures and slurries appropriately
- Manure and nutrient management plans
- Charges for the intensive rearing of pigs and poultry permits
- How to prepare a farm or agricultural land for flooding
- Good farming practice
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Marine development
- Our approach to marine advice
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Scoping and preparing an Environmental Impact Assessment for marine development
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for marine development: its purpose and our role
- What is scoping for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for marine developments
- What to include in your marine development scoping report for EIA
- Legislation, policy and information for marine Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Marine aggregate extraction
- Offshore wind developments
- Marine renewable energy developments
- Tidal lagoon development in Wales: information to support environmental assessments
- Marine cabling activities in Wales: information to support environmental assessments
- Using adaptive management for marine developments
- Assessing coastal squeeze
- Terms used in Wales for marine and coastal enhancement
- Core principles for including restoration or enhancement in a marine or coastal development proposal
- At sea bird surveys for marine developments: when you need to conduct a survey
- Benthic habitat assessments for marine developments
- Harbour porpoise: assessing the effect from underwater noise on their behaviour
- Marine mammal mortality and adverse effect on site integrity
- Marine mammal management units in habitat regulations assessments
- Marine mammals: assessing the effects of hearing injury from underwater noise for environmental assessments
- Managing sediment: marine coastal and estuarine
- Marine and coastal physical processes assessments
- Marine vertebrate conservation legislation in Wales
- Marine ecology datasets for marine developments
- Mapping environmental considerations for marine planning
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Planning and development
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Our role in planning and development
- Advice to planning authorities for planning applications affecting nutrient sensitive river Special Areas of Conservation
- Advice to planning authorities considering proposals affecting ancient woodland
- Principles of nutrient neutrality in relation to development or water discharge permit proposals
- Assessing Landscape Sensitivity in Wales
- Reporting on planning consultations
- Our role in planning and development
- The role of Natural Resources Wales in environmental assessment
- Phosphorus limits on environmental permits for waste water treatment work discharges
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Advice for developers
- Our service to developers
- Land contamination
- Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)
- How to comply with Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) standards
- How to avoid or reduce effects of a development on ancient woodland
- Building in flood risk areas
- Development works within sites of special scientific interest
- Developments of National Significance
- Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
- Environmental assessment
- Landscape assessments and guidance
- Flood consequence assessment: flood model checklist
- What to provide with your planning application for an agricultural development
- Considering the visible setting when choosing your development site
- When to consult Natural Resources Wales about a planning application
- Guidance for planning applications for telecommunications apparatus in designated and sensitive landscapes
- Assessing air quality impacts as part of your planning application
- Evidence to inform development planning
- Contact us about a planning enquiry
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Our role in planning and development
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Education and skills
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Search for education resources
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Learning resources - search by topic
- Wales climate change emergency - There is no Planet B!
- Learning about the Countryside Code
- Green energy
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- Sand dunes
- Plan, develop, use, and maintain an orchard for learning
- Teaching safe campfire and tool use skills
- Water quality and water pollution – what affects our water systems?
- Promoting physically active learning in the natural environment
- Wildfires
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- Promoting Science and Technology through nature
- Promoting the Humanities through nature
- Promoting the Expressive Arts through nature
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Fisheries
Days out
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Places to visit
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North East Wales
- Alwen Reservoir, near Denbigh
- Clocaenog Forest - Bod Petryal, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Boncyn Foel Bach, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Coed y Fron Wyllt, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Pincyn Llys, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest – Pool Park, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Rhyd y Gaseg, near Ruthin
- Coed Llangwyfan, near Denbigh
- Coed Moel Famau, near Mold
- Coed Nercwys, near Mold
- Dyfnant Forest - Hendre, near Welshpool
- Dyfnant Forest - Pen y Ffordd, near Welshpool
- Dyfnant Forest - Pont Llogel Wood, near Welshpool
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North West Wales
- Beddgelert Forest, near Beddgelert
- Cadair Idris National Nature Reserve, near Dolgellau
- Ceunant Cynfal National Nature Reserve, near Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve, near Porthmadog
- Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Forest Garden, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Glasdir, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pandy, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pont Cae’n-y-coed, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pont Llam yr Ewig, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pont Ty'n-y-groes, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Tyddyn Gwladys, near Dolgellau
- Conferences at Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre
- Coedydd Aber National Nature Reserve, near Bangor
- Coedydd Maentwrog National Nature Reserve, near Porthmadog
- Cors Bodeilio National Nature Reserve, Anglesey
- Cors Erddreiniog National Nature Reserve, Anglesey
- Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve, near Betws-y-coed
- Cwrt Forest, near Dolgellau
- Dyfi Forest - Ceinws (ClimachX), near Machynlleth
- Dyfi Forest - Coed Nant Gwernol, near Machynlleth
- Dyfi Forest - Foel Friog, near Machynlleth
- Dyfi Forest - Tan y Coed, near Machynlleth
- Gwydir Forest Park - Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Cae'n y Coed, near Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Cyffty Mine, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Dolwyddelan, near Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Hafna, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Llyn Crafnant, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Llyn Geirionydd, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Llyn Sarnau, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Penmachno, near Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Sawbench, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Ty’n Llwyn, near Betws-y-coed
- Morfa Dyffryn National Nature Reserve, near Barmouth
- Morfa Harlech National Nature Reserve, near Harlech
- Newborough National Nature Reserve and Forest, Anglesey
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Mid Wales
- The Arch, near Aberystwyth
- Black Covert, near Aberystwyth
- Bwlch Nant yr Arian Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
- Coed Maen Arthur Woodland, near Aberystwyth
- Coed y Bont, near Tregaron
- Cors Caron National Nature Reserve, near Tregaron
- Cors y Llyn National Nature Reserve, near Builth Wells
- Dyfi National Nature Reserve - Cors Fochno, near Aberystwyth
- Dyfi National Nature Reserve - Ynyslas Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
- Fishpools, near Knighton
- Gogerddan Wood, near Aberystwyth
- Hafren Forest, near Llanidloes
- Irfon Forest - White Bridge, near Llanwrtyd Wells
- Nash Wood, near Presteigne
- Ty’n y Bedw Wood, near Aberystwyth
- Tywi Forest, near Tregaron
- Warren Wood, near New Radnor
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South East Wales
- Beacons View, near Monmouth
- Blaen y Glyn, near Brecon
- Coed y Cerrig National Nature Reserve, near Abergavenny
- Craig Cerrig Gleisiad a Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve, near Brecon
- Cwm Carn Forest, near Newport
- Dinas Rock, near Neath
- Fforest Fawr, near Caerphilly
- Glasfynydd Forest, near Llandovery
- Gwaun Hepste, near Merthyr Tydfil
- Manor Wood, near Monmouth
- Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve
- Ogof Ffynnon Ddu National Nature Reserve, near Ystradgynlais
- Penhow Woodlands National Nature Reserve, near Newport
- The Spirit of Llynfi Woodland, near Maesteg
- Taf Fechan Forest, near Brecon
- Wentwood, near Newport
- Whitestone, near Chepstow
- Wyndcliff Wood, near Chepstow
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South West Wales
- Afan Forest Park – Visitor Centre, near Port Talbot
- Afan Forest Park – Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike Centre, near Port Talbot
- Afan Forest Park – Gyfylchi, near Port Talbot
- Afan Forest Park – Rhyslyn, near Port Talbot
- Brechfa Forest – Abergorlech, near Carmarthen
- Brechfa Forest – Byrgwm, near Carmarthen
- Brechfa Forest – Gwarallt, near Carmarthen
- Brechfa Forest – Keepers, near Carmarthen
- Brechfa Forest – Tower, near Carmarthen
- Caio Forest, near Llandovery
- Carmel National Nature Reserve, near Llandeilo
- Cilgwyn Wood, near Llandovery
- Coed Tŷ Canol National Nature Reserve, near Newport
- Coedmor National Nature Reserve, near Cardigan
- Crychan Forest – Brynffo, near Llandovery
- Crychan Forest – Cefn Farm, near Llandovery
- Crychan Forest – Esgair Fwyog, near Llandovery
- Crychan Forest – Halfway, near Llandovery
- Crymlyn Bog National Nature Reserve, near Swansea
- Cwm Rhaeadr Forest, near Llandovery
- Llangloffan Fen National Nature Reserve, near Fishguard
- Mill Wood, near Swansea
- Minwear Forest, near Haverfordwest
- Oxwich National Nature Reserve, near Swansea
- Pant y Sais National Nature Reserve, near Swansea
- Park Wood, near Swansea
- Pembrey Forest, near Llanelli
- Pen Arthur Wood, near Llandovery
- Pen-y-Bedd Wood, near Llanelli
- Skomer Marine Conservation Zone, near Milford Haven
- Stackpole National Nature Reserve, near Pembroke
- Talley Woodlands, near Llandovery
- Accessible visits
- Map of places to visit
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North East Wales
- Things to do
- Visiting our places safely
- Audio trails and folk tales
- Wales Coast Path
- National Trails
- Recreation and access: policy advice and guidance
- The Countryside Code Family
About us
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What we do
- Sustainable management of natural resources
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Our roles and responsibilities
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- Victims' Right to Review
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Strategies, plans and policies
- Our corporate plan to 2030: nature and people thriving together
- Well-being statement
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Area Statements
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- Mid Wales Area Statement
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North East Wales Area Statement
- Introduction to North East Wales Area Statement
- Climate emergency: resilience and adaptation
- Develop and improve urban and rural green infrastructure
- Increasing woodland cover for social, environmental and economic benefits
- Promoting the resilience of ecosystems in maintaining and enhancing biodiversity
- Protecting water and soil through farming and sustainable land management
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North East Wales Area Statement - news, blogs and events
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North West Wales Area Statement
- Introduction to North West Wales Area Statement
- Ways of working
- Climate and environment emergency – adaptation and mitigation
- Encouraging a sustainable economy
- Reconnecting people with nature
- Opportunities for a resilient ecosystem (working together to tackle the nature emergency)
- Supporting sustainable land management
- Marine Area Statement
- Thank you for your feedback on the Area Statement
- Natural Resources Wales approach to impact assessments of Area Statements
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Sector specific information
- Area Statements and energy
- Area Statements and opportunity catchments
- Area Statements and water
- Area Statements and the waste industry
- Area Statements and planning/development
- Area Statements and Designated Landscapes
- Area Statements and farmers, foresters and land managers
- Area Statements and health
- Business plan 2024-25
- Digital strategy 2022-25
- Commercial strategy 2021-2026
- Grant funding strategy 2020
- Recreation strategy: how we manage access to nature on the land in our care 2024-2030
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Forest Resource Plans
- Forest Resource Plans: what they're for and how you can get involved
- Brecon Beacons (Central) National Park Forest Resource Plan - Approved 10 July 2018
- Brecon Beacons National Park (South) Forest Resource Plan - Approved 27 June 2017
- Breidden Forest Resource Plan – Approved 28 June 2024
- Bwlchgwallter and Hafod Forest Resource Plan - Approved 13 June 2017
- Coed Sarnau Forest Resource Plan – Approved 18 November 2022
- Carno Forest Resource Plan - Approved 5 June 2023
- Cwm Einion and Upper Rheidol Forest Resource Plan - Approved 19 August 2019
- Dyfnant Forest Resource Plan - Approved 1 July 2021
- Hafren Forest Resource Plan - Approved 2 July 2021
- Hirnant Forest Resource Plan - Approved 5 August 2021
- Lampeter & Cilcennin Forest Resource Plan – Approved 21 March 2023
- Machynlleth Forest Resource Plan – Approved 17 April 2024
- Mathrafal Forest Resource Plan – Approved 4 July 2024
- Mynydd Du Forest resource plan - Approved 1 July 2021
- Nant yr Arian Forest Resource Plan - Approved 10 September 2020
- North Ceredigion Coast Forest Resource Plan - Approved 2 November 2020
- Presteigne Forest Resource Plan – Approved 5 December 2022
- Radnor Forest Resource Plan - Approved 19 August 2019
- Usk & Glasfynydd Forest Resource Plan – Approved 18 November 2022
- Ystwyth Valley Forest Resource Plan – Approved 3 May 2022
- Abergele Forest Resource Plan - Approved 28 April 2023
- Abergynolwyn Forest Resource Plan – Approved 4 July 2024
- Aberhirnant and Llangower Forest Resource Plan - Approved 1 July 2021
- Bethesda and Abergwyngregyn Forest Resource Plan - Approved 4 October 2021
- Cefni and Pentraeth Forest Resource Plan - Approved 3 May 2022
- Cwrt and Brynteg Forest Resource Plan - Approved 6 January 2021
- Dyfi Forest Resource Plan - Approved 11 July 2022
- Eryri Forest Resource Plan - Approved 19 November 2021
- Ffestiniog Forest Resource Plan - Approved 21 December 2021
- Harlech Forest Resource Plan – Approved 4 July 2024
- Llanfor and Celyn Forest Resource Plan - Approved 21 July 2021
- Llanuwchllyn Forest Resource Plan – Approved 12 July 2023
- Mawddach and Wnion Forest Resource Plan – Approved 20 May 2024
- Newborough Forest Resource Plan – Approved 17th January 2025
- Rhydymain Forest Resource Plan - Approved 11 April 2023
- Alwen Forest Resource Plan - Approved 12 July 2023
- Clocaenog Forest Resource Plan - Approved 28 March 2023
- Llangollen Forest Resource Plan - Approved 3 November 2021
- Ruthin Forest Resource Plan – Approved 23 October 2023
- Garw and Ogmore Vale Forest Resource Plan - Approved 3 August 2022
- Gethin, Merthyr Vale and Allen’s Estate Forest Resource Plan - Approved 23 May 2016
- Llanwynno Forest Resource Plan - Approved 22 August 2018
- Lower Rhondda Forest Resource Plan - Approved 10 August 2022
- Lower Taff & The Vale Forest Resource Plan - Approved 30 March 2023
- Brecon Beacons East Forest Resource Plan - Approved 1 July 2021
- Cwmcarn Forest Resource Plan - Approved 30 July 2015
- Heads of the Valleys Forest Resource Plan - Approved 30 March 2023
- Southern Ebbw Forest Resource Plan - Approved 12 March 2021
- Wye Valley North Forest Resource Plan – Approved 29 July 2024
- Wye Valley South Forest Resource Plan - Approved 14 March 2023
- Afan Forest Resource Plan - Approved 27 April 2015
- Brechfa Forest Resource Plan - Approved 19 December 2024
- Crychan Forest Resource Plan - Approved 9 November 2021
- Dulais Valley Forest Resource Plan - Approved September 2015
- Gower and Penllergaer Forest Resource Plan - Approved 15 September 2020
- Margam Forest Resource Plan - Approved 25 June 2019
- Neath Valley Forest Resource Plan - Approved 22 August 2018
- Pen Y Cymoedd Forest Resource Plan – Approved 7 February 2023
- Pembrey Forest Resource Plan - Approved 5 December 2018
- Pembrokeshire Forest Resource Plan - Approved 28 April 2020
- Talbot Woods Forest Resource Plan - Approved 2 September 2021
- Lower Swansea Valley Forest Resource Plan - Approved 21 March 2022
- Timber sales and marketing plan 2021-2026
- Salmon and sea trout plan of action 2020
- Dee Estuary Cockle Fishery Order (2008) management plan
- Burry Inlet management plan: Cockle Fishery Order 1965
- Green recovery: supporting the environmental sector in Wales 2020
- Biodiversity plan
- Performance report 2021/22
- Accountability report 2021/22
- Benefits of nature based solutions
- How we will recover nature in our communities
- How we will make nature and communities resilient to climate change
- How we will work to minimise pollution in our communities
- Working to the Welsh Language Standards
- Equality, diversity and inclusion - an overview
- Managing our environmental impact
- Environmental policy statement
- Climate change adaptation plan
- Net zero plan
- The Well-being of Future Generations
- Procurement: How we buy what we need
- Payment of supplier invoices
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Procurement information
- Equality, diversity and inclusion annual report 2020 - 2021
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2021 – 2022
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Our projects
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Our flood risk management projects
- Llanfair Talhaiarn flood risk management
- Roath Brook Flood Scheme
- Tan Lan Embankment Conwy Valley - viability study
- Questions and Answers - Llanfair Talhaiarn flooding
- Porthmadog Flood Risk Management Project
- Ammanford Flood Risk Management Project
- Fairbourne Flood Risk Management – An overview
- Worthenbury Meadows pumping stations review
- Our forestry projects
- Our marine projects
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Our nature projects
- Natur am byth! Saving Wales’ threatened species
- New LIFE for Welsh Raised Bogs
- LIFE Dee River
- Sands of LIFE
- Anglesey and Llŷn Fens LIFE Project
- LIFE Natura 2000 Programme for Wales
- LIFE Quaking Bogs
- Four Rivers for LIFE
- Nature Networks - information on nature projects
- New LIFE for Welsh Raised Bogs: Evaluating the impact on people and the economy
- Nature and Us - a national initiative on the future of the Welsh natural environment
- Our reservoir safety projects
- Our river projects
- Our coastal projects
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Our flood risk management projects
- Our values
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How we are managed
- Organisational structure
- Members of our Board
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Our Board Committees
- Board Committees
- Committees: General terms of reference and ways of working
- Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) terms of reference
- Finance Committee (FC) terms of reference
- Flood Risk Management Committee (FRMC) terms of reference
- Protected Areas Committee (PrAC) Terms of Reference
- People and Customer Committee (PCC) terms of reference
- Evidence Advisory Committee (EAC) terms of reference
- Land Estate Committee (LEC) Terms of Reference
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Board meeting dates, agendas and minutes
- 2025 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2024 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2023 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2022 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2021 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2020 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2019 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2018 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2017 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2016 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2015 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2014 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 2013 Board meetings dates, agendas and minutes
- 17 March 2016 Board meeting
- Board Meeting 12 May 2016
- Board Meeting 7 July 2016
- Board Meeting 29 September 2016
- Board Meeting 8 December 2016
- Board Meeting 26 January 2017
- Board Meeting 23 March 2017
- Board Meeting 13 July 2017
- Board Meeting 20 September 2017
- Board Meeting 25 May 2017
- Board Meeting 17 May 2018
- Board Meeting 18 January 2018
- Board Meeting 12 July 2018
- Board meeting 20 September 2018
- 24 January 2019
- 21 March 2019
- 11 July 2019
- 19 September 2019
- 21 November 2019 Board meeting
- 26 March 2020 Board meeting
- 16th and 17th July 2020 Board Meeting
- 15th and 16th September 2020 Board Meeting
- 26th of November 2020 Board Meeting
- 20th of January 2021 Board Meeting
- 24th and 25th of March 2021 Board Meeting
- 19 and 20 May 2021 Board Meeting
- 13 and 14 July 2021 Board Meeting
- 22 and 23 September 2021 Board Meeting
- 17th and 18th November 2021 Board Meeting
- 28 January 2022 Board Meeting
- 24 March 2022 Board Meeting
- 26 May 2022 Board Meeting
- 13 July 2022 Board Meeting
- 22 September 2022 Board Meeting
- 16 and 17 November 2022 Board Meeting
- 27 January 2023 Board Meeting
- 23 March 2023 Board Meeting
- 18 May 2023 Board Meeting
- 19 July Board Meeting
- 21 September Board Meeting
- 16 November Board Meeting
- 2 February 2024 Board Meeting
- 21 March 2024 Board Meeting
- 23 May 2024 Board meeting
- 17 July 2024 Board meeting
- 25 September 2024 Board meeting
- 21 November 2024 Board meeting
- 23 January 2025 Board meeting
- 20 March 2025 Board meeting
- 21 & 22 May 2025 Board meeting
- NRW Board - Terms of reference
- Register of Interests - Executive Team
- Register of interests - NRW Board
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How we are performing
- Measuring our performance
- Annual report and accounts 2023-24
- Annual report and accounts 2022-23
- Annual report and accounts 2021-22
- Annual report and accounts 2020-21
- Pay policy statement March 2024
- Pay policy statement March 2023
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2024 – 2025
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2023 – 2024
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2022 – 2023
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2021 – 2022
- Corporate Environmental Report 2021-22
- Corporate Environmental Report 2020-21
- Corporate Environmental Report 2019-20
- Annual regulation report 2023
- Annual regulation report 2022
- Annual regulation report 2021
- Annual regulation report 2020
- Reservoir Safety in Wales 2021 - 2023
- Reservoir Safety in Wales 2019-2021
- Staff self-disclosure statistics 2021-2022
- Self disclosure statistics 2020-2021
- Public task statement
- Accountability report 2023/24
- Accountability report 2022/23
- Accountability report 2021/22
- Accountability report 2020/21
- Performance report 2023/24
- Performance report 2022-23
- Performance report 2021-22
- Performance report 2020-21
- Annual whistleblowing and prescribed person report 2023-24
- Annual whistleblowing and prescribed person report 2022-23
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News and blogs
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News
- Two Natural Resources Wales destinations in Ceredigion awarded TripAdvisor’s ‘Travellers’ Choice Award’ for 2021
- Marches Mosses marks 30-year milestone in fight against climate change
- First underwater footage of a rare Angelshark taken in Wales
- Significant fire at recycling plant in Caerphilly triggers multi- agency response
- Welsh peatland project joins Global Peat Press Project (GP3)
- Llangennech one year on: agencies come together to thank local community
- Have your say on NRW’s wild bird licences
- Damaged pipe found to be the cause of the Afon Lliedi disappearance
- NRW responds to potential sink hole swallowing the Afon Lliedi, Llanelli
- NRW launches consultation on tackling environmental crime
- Pembrokeshire bathing waters: it wasn’t always this way
- Cwm Car bridge reopens to Taff Trail enthusiasts
- Diseased larch trees to be treated and felled in Coed Llangwyfan
- Planning Application Submitted for Liswerry flood scheme
- Company fined for polluting the River Cynon
- Extra NRW and police patrols at North Wales sites to crackdown on anti-social behaviour
- Be AdventureSmart and stay safe around water this summer
- NRW launches new Check Your Flood Risk service
- A nature success story
- NRW launches Wye and Usk catch control consultation
- NRW launches Severn catch control consultation
- Welsh bathing waters top destination this summer
- Protecting and enjoying the Great Welsh Outdoors this summer
- NRW backs motorsport access to Welsh forests
- Enforcement for ‘cruel’ foul hook fishing at Loughor
- Clocaenog Forest welcomes further boost to red squirrel population
- NRW raring to go after Welsh Government's tree planting "national call to arms"
- Partners celebrate 50 years of the Offa’s Dyke Path
- Sole Clywedog osprey chick ringed
- Water company fined following river pollution
- NRW battling to protect aquatic life at Llangorse Lake after blue-green algae strips oxygen from water
- Section of Afan Forest Park closed to allow safe felling of diseased trees
- Upcoming World Sand Dune Day will highlight habitat’s importance
- Cwm Carn Forest Drive reopens today!
- Diseased larch trees to be felled in Lampeter forest
- Mine water management for future generations tops agenda at international conference
- NRW warns against antisocial behaviour ahead of holiday weekend
- Community fishing club receives boost to encourage younger generation
- Review of condition of Wales’ protected natural features fuels calls for partnership approach to a nature-rich future
- Consultation on permit application for North Powys Bulking Facility launched
- Rivers at risk from gravel removal and channel alteration
- Lave net fishery must catch and release to protect salmon stocks
- Virtual information sessions ahead of major felling operations in Caerphilly
- Planning go ahead for safety works at Llyn Tegid
- Date set for highly anticipated Cwm Carn Forest Drive opening
- NRW investigating sediment pollution in the Afon Drywi
- Salmon tracking begins along the River Usk
- ‘Be on your guard’ – NRW warning about illegal operators dumping waste
- Clean-up operation underway as hundreds of pre-formed plastic bottles escapes into river
- NRW tackles illegal fishing over Easter break
- Investigation begins into Gelligaer plastic contamination complaints
- New map casts light on Wales’ dark skies
- New Countryside Code launched to help people enjoy the outdoors
- Sand dunes boosted at internationally important site on Anglesey
- Preparing for a safe return to the great Welsh outdoors
- Public views sought on 10-year Hafren Forest management plan
- New NRW conservation project looks to restore native oysters in the Milford Haven estuary
- Permit review exercise focuses on waste treatment sector
- Green recovery projects receive funding boost
- Remedial works on Llangunnor Flood Wall imminent following recommendation in Structural Assessment
- Work begins to restore fire damaged mountain
- “Bold action” on flood risk is Wales’ only option NRW welcomes Welsh Government flood defence investment
- New report shows conservation work will boost rare protected species across Wales
- Check, Clean and Dry to protect our waters from pests and diseases
- Licence issued for beavers release into Mid Wales nature reserve enclosure
- Plans press on for Liswerry flood scheme
- NRW asks for views on plan to manage Mynydd Du and Llanthony Forests for the next 10 years
- Have your say on improving our water environment
- Cwm Carn Forest Drive unveiling postponed
- NRW introduces Severn salmon emergency byelaw
- Natural Resources Wales agrees new contractor and consultant framework for capital works programmes
- Caught on camera! Public appeal to help catch serial fly-tipper
- Crucial winter sand dune work completed at Pembrey Burrows
- Heavy rainfall expected across mid and south Wales
- NRW announces new tree supply contract
- Breathing LIFE back into our rare bogs in Wales
- Clean-up operation continues at Prestatyn
- Restoration work shows encouraging results
- Practical support sessions offered online for Dinas Powys residents impacted by December floods
- Repairing and preparing: One year on from the February 2020 floods
- Vital Sands LIFE work to support Kenfig’s dunes
- Llangennech diesel spill most challenging recovery operation since Sea Empress
- Work underway to identify source of odour and smoke in Ruthin
- Completed Newport flood defences will protect more than 600 homes
- NRW report sets out pathway to a sustainable future for Wales
- Plan to manage Hirnant Forest put out to public consultation by NRW
- Tighter phosphate targets change our view of the state of Welsh rivers
- Natural Resources Wales urges caution following Storm Christoph
- Landfill fire investigation concluded
- More sea defence work at Friog Corner, Fairbourne
- Court rules that NRW General Licences are lawful
- Does having an orchard in your school or educational setting’s grounds sound apple-ling?
- Change to management of Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve
- Sands of LIFE work set to boost Tywyn Aberffraw sand dunes
- New report sheds some light on Welsh sand lizard population
- NRW flies high to capture 3D Wales
- Wales completes bathing water season despite Covid restrictions
- Online workshop engagement sessions will explain NRW’s new commercial approach
- Carmarthenshire farmer fined for polluting river
- Llyn Clywedog camera removed for winter after successful first year of Osprey live streaming
- Colwyn Bay man admits three illegal waste offences
- Developing NRW’s Climate Emergency response
- Heavy rain expected across Wales
- First major weir removal for LIFE Dee River project
- Safety works completed at Snowdonia reservoir
- Warning issued following court case
- Final preparations underway for Cwm Carn Forest Drive reopening
- February 2020 floods reviews trigger clarion call to step up response to Climate Emergency impacts
- Wales Flood Map updates go live
- Llanelli landowner fined for dumping and burning illegal waste
- Iconic fish returned to North Wales lake
- Work finished on temporary and robust repair of Leri embankment
- A Carmarthenshire farmer has been fined for persistently polluting a river
- Shell fisheries closed as a precaution after the Llangennech diesel spill can reopen
- Welsh forestry businesses urged to respond to consultation on vital timber sales marketing plan
- Crucial work to revitalise the Merthyr Mawr sand dunes
- First step in developing flood scheme for Knighton underway
- New ‘Creative Nature’ partnership set to cement bond between Welsh arts and environment
- Rallying back on course in Welsh forests
- Volunteer and get involved in peatland restoration
- NRW launches £6.8 million LIFE Dee River project
- NRW approves Hinkley Point C sediment sample plan
- NRW awards grants to fund green recovery from pandemic
- Enhanced flood warning and river level data service launched by NRW
- Consultation launched on draft decision to issue licence to release beavers into enclosure
- Collaborative working on the future of Wales’ uplands the key to its enduring legacy
- Weir removal set to bring multiple benefits to West Wales river
- Work starts to restore Snowdonia river
- Consultation begins on Newport flood scheme proposals
- Llangennech freight train derailment and diesel spill
- Vital work starts on rare bog habitats
- Open letter urges campers to respect the Welsh environment this Bank Holiday weekend
- Welsh Wildlife during lockdown - survey reveals how nature responded
- Wales sees surge in fishing licence numbers
- NRW study confirms Wales’ seas have massive potential for carbon offsetting to tackle the climate emergency
- Wales’ iconic Skomer marine conservation zone celebrates its 30th birthday this year
- Dedicated investigation team probing source of major Llynfi pollution incident
- Anti-social behaviour the target of extra weekend patrols at North Wales visitor destinations
- Action Plan launched to protect the Critically Endangered Angelshark, still found off the Welsh coast
- Natural Resources Wales urges caution ahead of unpredictable storms
- Conviction for an illegal waste operator in south west Wales
- Chirk Particleboard Factory set to be regulated by NRW
- Investing in our rivers to reverse the decline of salmon and sea trout
- Plans drawn for Lliswerry flood scheme
- Application to change Barry waste wood facility permit withdrawn
- Threatened birds nest on golf course car park during lockdown solitude
- Review underway to better understand algal blooms in the Wye
- Breeding success for rare birds in south Wales
- NRW led taskforce set to accelerate a green recovery in Wales
- Bog education resources now available for the first time ever
- More sea defence works at Fairbourne
- Plan ahead message underlined as NRW announces plans to reopen the great Welsh outdoors
- NRW leading the way on water efficiency
- North Ceredigion residents asked for views on two new forest management plans
- Leave barbecues at home and help prevent forest fires
- Newtown businesses and residents asked to check oil tanks following oil leak into river
- NRW reinforces “buyer beware” message
- Natural Resources Wales to begin phased approach to car park re-opening
- NRW welcomes emphasis on outdoor learning in Welsh Government’s guidance for schools
- Plans to redevelop Cwmcarn Forest Drive press ahead
- Waste Operators urged to take action to reduce risk of fires
- Llyn Clywedog ospreys hatching caught on live camera for first time
- Sharing our vision for a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis
- Report showcases volunteer pollution sampling project in the Milford Haven Waterway
- Investigation underway following fire at landfill site
- World Environment Day - Wales can lead the charge in the quest for a truly green recovery
- Slurry pollutes 4km of a river in mid Wales
- Fire at landfill site
- Forest patrols ramped up to prevent illegal off-roading in south west Wales
- Illegal gravel removal puts river wildlife at risk
- Man arrested for illegal fishing in Teifi valley
- Discover a world of wildlife in your garden
- Three months on from the winter storms
- Natural Resources Wales - financial impact of forest fires soars to over £500k
- Bathing water season delayed
- Tree replanting underway at Bont Evans
- Natural Resources Wales bolsters leadership team
- Socially distant but always on duty - using technology to catch waste criminals
- Catch and release for lave net fishery
- Investigations into environmental incidents continue during lockdown
- Work continues to tackle illegal fishing
- NRW – protecting Wales’ environment during the Covid-19 crisis
- Earth Day 2020 – Climate change efforts more important than ever
- Hafren Forest Live Cam offers bird’s eye view of ospreys from home
- Fires cause £100k of damage to Afan Valley and Seven Sister Forests
- Pollution increase sparks reminder to farmers during coronavirus
- NRW joins multi-agency group to tackle invasive species
- Landscape specialists receive official recognition
- Consultation on Uskmouth power station permit change
- Natural Resources Wales closes all car parks, play areas and toilets in the reserves, woods and forests. All mountain bike trails are also closed.
- NRW urges social distancing
- Natural Resources Wales closes visitor centres during coronavirus pandemic
- Phone-call engagement for Bryn Posteg Consultation after coronavirus cancels drop-in session
- Consultation on change to Bryn Posteg landfill permit
- Second conviction for illegal cockling at Burry Inlet
- Re-assessment of Cardiff flood scheme completed
- More heavy rain forecast for Wales
- Discovery of two rare bog mosses made on mid-Wales reserve
- Over 13,000 marine specimens to be curated at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum of Wales
- Significant impacts expected from Storm Jorge
- Anglers of all abilities given opportunity to fish in the river Tawe
- Working in or around a river: temporary measures for floods in Wales
- Pembroke Dock permit change consultation
- Flood Warnings expected due to Storm Dennis
- Felling of diseased Larch trees at Cwm Rhaeadr has begun
- Storm Dennis to bring further risk of flooding
- Landslip in Conwy valley
- People’s views sought on Dinas Powys flood scheme
- Courts fine a Llwynhendy man for illegal cockling
- Warnings likely as Storm Ciara hits
- Man arrested for illegal burning of waste
- Organisations commit to protect and improve health and the natural environment in Wales
- New fishing byelaws come into force on Dee and Wye
- Evidence on options for transformative change needed to sustain people and the planet
- Larch to be felled in Sirhowy Valley
- NRW river projects set to boost fish habitats
- Urgent tree felling work has started at Afan Forest Park
- Connectivity is the theme of NRW partnership event
- Warning over illegal waste scam in Llanelli
- Celebrate the LIFE of your local wetlands on World Wetlands Day 2020
- Illegal tyre waste cleared from Port Talbot site
- New All Wales fishing byelaws come into force
- Over 50,000 oak trees to be planted in South Wales
- Safety works completed at Snowdonia reservoirs
- New water refill points on Anglesey Coast
- Milford Haven Port Authority waste permit granted
- Get snappy! - help us record how our raised bogs are changing
- Warning to farmers over illegal dumping of waste
- Major milestone as Cwmcarn plans submitted
- Application to change Barry waste wood facility permit
- NRW shedding light on new invasive species laws
- Call in to discuss Llyn Tegid safety plans
- 2019 Golden Acorn awarded to young learners
- NRW advising residents on river health following pollution incident
- Natural Resources Wales celebrates twenty years of sustainable forestry
- Tree planting marks 100 years of forestry in Wales and sets future ambition
- Free flood warning service coming to Vodafone customers in Wales
- Otter alert
- Plans progress to ensure Llyn Tegid remains safe
- Company fined following river pollution
- Deadline for new abstraction licences is fast approaching
- Flood risk triggers Monmouth residential park evacuation
- Heavy rain predicted to cause flooding throughout Wales
- NRW warning over illegal operators dumping waste
- Spoke-tacular new mountain bike trail set to open in Mid Wales
- Discovery of rare orchid made on a mid-Wales reserve
- Foresters past and present celebrate centenary
- Making a revival – the monster mower effect
- RSS Feed
- Urgent work to reduce flood risk
- New woodland driven forward by NRW and Ford
- Spring Sights, Sounds and Smells
- NRW refuses permit for waste facility
- Farmers warned about illegal waste woodchip
- Major drive to bring new life to precious habitats
- New LIFE for Welsh raised bogs
- Monster Mower - brand new wetland harvester machine arrives in mid Wales
- Natural Resources Wales investigates fish kill
- NRW supports Welsh Government’s climate emergency declaration
- Wheelie exciting plans for a new mountain bike trail
- Future looks rosy for rare moth in mid Wales
- For peat’s sake – volunteer to save Wales’ rarest habitat.
- Illegal waste removed from Llandow
- Water vole release marks end of four year project
- Appointment of Dominic Driver as head of land stewardship
- Tree planting forges new land management partnership
- Man questioned about illegal netting
- £700K improvement scheme to improve flood protection
- Prince of Wales visits Welsh forest to see horse logging
- The nest generation of Ospreys in Wales
- Work to reduce flood risk in Bontnewydd
- Plans for Port Talbot renewable energy project
- Plans take shape to ensure Llyn Tegid remains safe
- NRW responds to large slurry pollution incident
- Thousands of dead fish in Afon Dulas pollution incident
- Celebrate the beauty of bogs on International Bog Day
- Consultation on Pembroke Dock waste permit
- NRW officers net poachers after tip off
- Sponge survey to understand health of marine habitat
- Pollution stopped at Newcastle Emlyn
- Poacher caught by NRW officers on patrol
- Easement scheme to boost fish populations
- Six forests of the UK feature on the new Royal Mail special stamps
- Work continues to reduce flood risk in Newport
- Forestry team sets the gold standard
- First pink salmon caught in Welsh waters for decades
- Small changes for a cleaner river
- Need to register farm waste activity
- Water company fined £40,000 in NRW prosecution after 500 fish killed
- Illegal fishing prosecution after close cooperation between NRW, anglers and police
- Work to manage diseased larch trees in Fforest Fawr to begin
- New initiative to save Wales’ threatened species – with lots of opportunities for people to get involved
- It’s not too late to reverse biodiversity decline by 2030, UK’s five leading nature bodies say
- NRW launches flood map for planning
- NRW report identifies essential marine habitats that could be restored
- Building on recent success…more work to restore Snowdonia rivers
- NRW issues warning over use of waste plastic for equestrian surfaces
- Peatland restoration pays off for nature
- Court of Appeal dismisses case against NRW
- Bwlch Nant yr Arian visitor Centre earns NRW a second Green Flag Award
- NRW pledges to fund and carry out repair to Rodney’s Pillar
- A snapshot of our impact on the natural world to help shape a sustainable future
- Ystwyth Valley residents asked for views on new plan to manage local forest
- Call for residents in the Usk and Glasfynydd forests areas to give their views on new forest management plan
- New and improved 45km mountain bike trail re-opens in South Wales
- Reseeding work to begin on fire-damaged Llantysilio Mountain
- Upstream storage scheme prevents flooding at Pontarddulais
- River Terrig weir removal completed
- Llyn Tegid reservoir safety works to start in November 2021
- ‘Get winter ready’ advises NRW
- Natural Resources Wales at COP26 Harnessing nature for the benefit of people and planet
- Check your oil tank to prevent pollution, says NRW ahead of winter months
- Llynfi pollution investigation ends without further action being taken
- Peatland restoration project on course to support climate recovery
- Tree felling operation in Gwynedd
- Commercial landlords warned watch out for waste criminals
- Planning application approved for Liswerry flood scheme
- NRW supports Flintshire County Council to get more schools learning in the natural environment
- NRW launches nationwide initiative to support businesses with environmental compliance
- Bathing waters 100% compliant for fourth year in a row
- Natural Resources Wales at Wales Climate Week
- Action plan launched to save the curlews in Wales
- Monmouth man admits three illegal waste offences
- Scrub removal at Pembrey to improve dunes for biodiversity
- Diseased larch trees to be felled at Moel Famau
- Take a friend fishing this festive season
- Three men sentenced for multi-million pounds illegal waste operations in Neath
- NRW welcomes net zero ambitions of Welsh Government’s Energy Deep Dive
- Dairy Project has visited over 800 farms in Wales
- Welsh households urged to know their flood risk as wet winter predicted
- Marine licence issued by NRW for the Morlais tidal demonstration zone
- NRW prosecutes farmers after catastrophic failure of slurry store polluted Ceredigion river
- The Welsh National Survey for Otters shows partial decline of otter populations in Wales
- Tree felling operation in Cefni Forest, Anglesey
- January traffic management to bring about the end of Ceinws hillside stabilisation work
- New multi-million-pound projects to conserve Welsh rivers and bogs
- Residents asked for views on plan to sustainably manage forests near Rhayader
- Cake company fined for polluting Cardiff stream
- Multi-million pound investment will bring jobs to the forest
- Vandals made Cardigan Town more vulnerable to flooding
- Long-term plans for Clocaenog Forest put out to public consultation
- Presteigne residents encouraged to give views on plan to sustainably manage local forests
- Celebrate World Wetlands Day with a free guided walk at Cors Caron
- Cors Caron visitor boardwalk to close during restoration work
- Coed Moel Famau car park temporarily closed to allow safe felling of diseased larch trees
- Innovative ‘tree catcher’ reduces flood risk to hundreds of Cardiff residents
- New Countryside Code guidance to support farmers and land managers
- NRW calls on businesses to help stop waste tyre dumping
- NRW enforcement officers tackle ‘barbaric’ illegal fishing
- Record-breaking floods are not the exception – they are the new reality
- Smart Water used to tackle waste crime
- Keep your eyes on the stars for Welsh Dark Skies Week
- Tyre tagging pilot scheme to tackle Newport fly-tipping problem
- Communities invited to help better understand rare shark species in Wales
- Nature and Us - National initiative launches on the future of the Welsh natural environment
- New fishing byelaws come into force on the Severn in Wales
- New fishing byelaws come into force on Wye and Usk
- New consultation invites people to help shape the design for the commemorative woodland at Brownhill
- NRW officers send clear message on illegal salmon fishing
- Views wanted on how forests in the Rhondda valley are managed
- Flintshire County Council’s schools project to promote the use of Welsh outdoors
- Ground investigation work to take place in Cardigan to inform Tidal Flood Scheme
- Permit application for North Powys Bulking Facility at Abermule refused by NRW
- Improvements to be made to river after pollution incident
- NRW welcomes commitment to invest in Wales’ future flood risk
- CCTV camera vandalised at Pontarddulais Flood Scheme
- NRW playing a key role in delivery of a 25-year vision to help predict and manage flood risk
- Company fined for illegal disposal of waste on common land
- Natural Resources Wales investigates fish kill incident in River Rhymney tributary
- People across Wales connect with nature as Outdoor Learning Week returns
- NRW Board make changes to General Licences
- Consultation launches on permit variation for waste transfer facility in Cwmfelinfach
- Fourth man admits ‘barbaric’ foul hooking on Loughor
- Llyn Clywedog Osprey returns to enhanced live stream cameras on the nest
- Natural Resources Wales investigates pollution incident in River Sirhowy
- Views wanted on how the forests in Bridgend are managed
- Trefnant Community Fishery boosted by new arrivals
- New map of Welsh peatlands launched, with grant scheme to drive conservation
- New peatland exhibition and artwork launched in Tregaron
- Natural Resources Wales successfully prosecutes Persimmon Homes following river pollution
- Eight plead guilty to illegal fishing charges in a 20-year poaching operation on the River Teifi
- Discover fantastic ways to enjoy the great Welsh outdoors this Easter
- NRW completes Wales-wide survey to control new tree disease
- Environmental groups benefit after pollution incident
- Natural Resources Wales successfully prosecutes landowner for woodland felling offences
- NRW go after ill-gotten gains of 20-year illegal poaching operation ringleader
- Second year of salmon tracking gets underway along the river Usk
- Safety works completed at Skomer Island
- Put a spring in your step and discover the great Welsh outdoors
- Volunteer marks 20 years of measuring rainfall on Cadair Idris
- Tywi illegal angler must pay £3k after court no-show
- Foul hooking angler banned from driving for 12 months
- Call for artists to create new art exhibit
- Three men sentenced for cockle poaching on Dee Estuary
- Check, Clean and Dry to halt the alien invasion of our waters
- Seeking views on plan to make Lampeter and Cilcennin forests fit for the future
- Carmarthenshire farmer admits causing slurry pollution
- NRW confirms seasonal algae on some Welsh beaches
- Celebrating 30 years of bringing green ideas to LIFE in Wales
- Celebrating World Fish Migration Day on the River Dee
- Community drop-in sessions offered ahead of forestry operations in Monmouthshire
- First ever BogFest event at Cors Fochno this year
- Help shape the design of a new woodland at Ffordd Penmynydd
- Environmental permit review focuses on food, drink and milk processing sector
- NRW survey reveals construction industry’s contribution to Wales’ world-leading recycling credentials
- North Wales man ordered to pay over £31,000 for waste offences
- Man fined over £3,000 for illegal gold panning
- New agreement to safeguard Kenfig dunes’ rare wildlife
- Seasonal algae seen along Wales' coastline
- Dee Estuary illegal cockle poacher must pay over £4,000 for offences
- Natural Resources Wales marks World Environment Day
- Natural Resources Wales marks World Environment Day
- NRW carries out fish rescue at bridge construction site
- NRW installs new monitoring equipment in the River Wye
- Visitors warned of blue-green algae at Bosherston Lakes
- Tree felling and improvement works at Cenarth Forest
- NRW hoping for high scores for the fifth year in a row as bathing water sampling begins
- Community invited to share their views on new Anglesey woodland design
- Consultation launches on permit variation for Chirk wood panel manufacturer
- Residents encouraged to attend Knighton flood risk study drop-in event
- New general licences for the control of wild birds
- Communities in Carmarthenshire invited to inform next steps to shape Commemorative Woodland
- New grants scheme launched to break barriers to accessing nature
- Four men fined £6,000 for ‘barbaric’ illegal foul hook fishing
- Wildlife boost after dune pool restoration at Newborough
- Drop-in session on flood defence work in Pwllheli
- Cwmcarn Forest Drive marks one year anniversary with official re-opening ceremony
- Llyn Tegid reservoir safety works reach the halfway mark
- NRW warning over illegal waste collectors
- Data from Welsh fishers help unlock secrets of the UK’s rarest shark
- Call for improvements in water companies’ performance
- £61,000 to be confiscated from ringleader of 20-year Teifi poaching operation
- Communities urged to help shape the future of Afan Forest Park
- Visit responsibly this summer
- NRW approves plan to protect vulnerable fish stocks
- Positive signs for curlew restoration at the Rare Upland Birds Project in Elan Valley
- Tredegar man fined for waste offences
- Extra water released into Wye to combat extreme temperatures
- Newport recycling company prosecuted for false financial reporting
- River restoration work to boost wildlife and manage flood risk completed
- Man pleads guilty to environmental crime offences in Flint
- Natural Resources Wales releases extra water to reduce risk of fish mortality
- Process to secure a contractor to take forward Ammanford flood defence scheme continues
- NRW foresters celebrate success at woodland awards
- Satellite technology helping to restore peatlands in Wales
- NRW has released latest stock assessments for salmon and sea trout in Wales
- Work to take place at Newborough this summer
- Ynyslas Visitor Centre awarded the Green Flag Award
- NRW remains vigilant as Wales experiences prolonged dry weather period
- Trainee GPs encouraged to prescribe a bigger dose of nature
- Fen Orchid rediscovered at Laugharne-Pendine Burrows
- Visit North Ceredigion responsibly this summer
- NRW urging farmers to renew their waste exemptions as deadlines approach
- Illegal waste carriers targeted in Ewloe Bridge partnership operation
- Successful breeding year for rare birds in south Wales
- Multiple benefits from ditch blocking in Snowdonia
- Conference looks to develop Welsh centres of excellence for metal & coal mine recovery
- River Dee barrier removal encourages salmon migration
- £15million cash injection to give nature’s recovery a helping hand
- South West Wales enters a state of Drought as dry weather continues
- Visit responsibly and help protect nature this bank holiday
- Focus on Llantysilio and Ruabon Mountains in Arson Prevention Campaign
- More parts of Wales move into drought status
- Consultation launches on draft decision for permit variation at Cwmfelinfach waste facility
- Waterfall Country visitors urged to be safe and responsible this Bank Holiday Weekend
- Natural Resources Wales investigates pollution incident in Caerphilly river
- Bwlch Nant yr Arian to close for one day to ensure safety during rally
- NRW asks Machynlleth residents for views on new plan to manage local forest
- Llandinam residents invited to flood risk drop-in event
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- All of Wales in drought status after months of dry weather
- Connect with nature this autumn through Acorn Antics
- Felling of diseased larch trees in Betws y Coed
- Consultation on plan for Llanuwchllyn Forest
- Experts gather in Aberystwyth to create lasting legacy for peatlands
- Training exercise tests pollution safety plan
- Anglesey man fined over £35,000 for illegal felling in Prestatyn
- NRW becomes sole regulator for Chirk Particleboard Factory
- New date for re-arranged Llandinam flood drop-in session
- Heavy metal loving plants dig new habitats
- Bwlch Nant yr Arian and Ynyslas remain Quality Assured Visitor Attractions
- Global accolade for Wales on International Geodiversity Day
- LIFEquake project launch
- Consultation launched on a fairer and simpler environmental regulatory charging scheme
- River water quality improved in Denbighshire to boost biodiversity
- Update on work taking place at Newborough
- Pioneering tree felling operation successfully preserves ancient goldmines
- Permit variation issued for waste transfer facility in Caerphilly
- Views wanted on how forests in the Lower Taff valley and the Vale are managed
- Wales facing a rising climate tide
- Bwlch Nant yr Arian Visitor Centre to host Cambrian Mountains Food and Craft Fair
- Welshpool residents asked feedback on plan to strengthen local forest and environment
- Action targets illegal waste carriers in North Wales
- Consultation on Abermule bulking facility to go ahead after application re-submitted
- Forest Resource Plan for Newborough
- Cwmbran man fined for fishing without a rod licence or permission to fish
- Natural Resources Wales highlights its top pick of places for an autumn walk
- Virtual engagement session appointments still available to ask about proposed Abermule bulking facility
- Residents in Southern Wye areas invited to give their views on new forest management plans
- Larch trees to be felled at Foel Woodland, near Llangollen
- Restoring LIFE back into four rivers in Wales
- South West Wales moves to drought recovery status
- Fish rescued ahead of flood defence work
- Denbighshire man fined over £4,000 for slurry pollution incident
- How you can look after the environment this Bonfire Night
- COP27 must spur on the ‘Team Wales’ approach to tackling climate change
- NRW set to install temporary flood defence in Presteigne
- Citizen scientists invited to ‘plunge’ into Welsh waters to help research rare aquatic species
- Residents in the Heads of the Valley area invited to give their views on new forest management plans
- Five men fined for fishing without licences at Clywedog Reservoir
- Interest Leads to Grants Re-Peat
- Cors Caron visitor boardwalk closed for restoration and repair work - November 2022
- Forest users invited to drop-in session about the future of Brechfa Forest
- Cardigan residents asked for views on options to reduce tidal flood risk to properties in The Strand area
- Update on project at Tan Lan Embankment
- Felling of trees with larch disease to begin at Rhyslyn, Afan Forest Park
- Consultation on Forest Resource Plan for Abergele
- Abermule bulking facility consultation enters final week
- Report shows increase in regulatory performance but there’s still work to do
- Restoration work at Newborough has positive impact on biodiversity
- NRW crackdown on illegal gravel removal and modification works to rivers
- NRW – Be prepared for increased winter flood risk
- Offer your views on the future management of Alwen Forest
- NRW releases ground-breaking survey highlighting the importance of sea and coast to people in Wales
- Natural Resources Wales joins national conversation for change at Wales Climate Week
- Specialist wildlife gets a boost as scrub is removed across Pembrey sand dunes
- Former picnic site at Abercarn given new lease of life
- UK’s nature bodies sound urgent call to restore nature for people and the planet
- Cardigan residents invited to drop-in session this week to learn more about NRW flood plans
- Meifod and Llanfair Caereinion residents asked for views on plan to improve local woodlands and environment
- Denbighshire school pupils awarded Digital Acorn Award
- Partnership working helps protect communities and tackle crime
- Water Voles Reintroduced at Oxwich Nature Reserve
- NRW intent on future improvement at Marine Lake, Rhyl
- Report poaching incidents to help salmon and sea trout populations
- Restoration work for important habitats across North West Wales
- Shocking vandalism near Welshpool threatens flood prone communities along the River Severn
- Removing invasive alien species to help great crested newts in Flintshire
- Boost for rare fish populations in North West Wales
- NRW’s Resilient Communities Grants programme supports health and well-being with local solutions
- Blaenau Gwent man prosecuted for encouraging dog to enter a live badger sett
- Off-road bikes endangering people and wildlife at Ynyslas
- Acorn Antics results sees two schools awarded the Golden Acorn Award
- Horse logging operations to continue at Tyn y Coed Forestry in 2023
- Invasive non-native fish to be eradicated from popular Llanelli lake
- Construction work for Liswerry flood scheme at Newport set to begin
- Temporary New Year closures at Cors Caron to allow important restoration work
- Illegal trade waste targeted at recycling centres across Wrexham
- Survey to help protect rare bats in North Wales
- Heavy rain predicted to cause flood impacts across parts of Wales
- £3.78 million Nature Networks Fund boost for protected species and nature sites across Wales
- Further forecast heavy rain heightens flood risk across Wales
- Consultation as part of flood risk management work in Porthmadog
- Waste incinerator sites review completed
- Natural Resources Wales shares designs for new commemorative woodland at Brownhill
- An angler caught using a barbaric and illegal fishing method at Loughor Estuary has been fined
- Fine for angler who gave false name to NRW enforcement officer
- Pond restoration work completed to boost biodiversity in Wrexham
- Lampeter man ordered to pay nearly £2k after pleading guilty to killing ‘at risk’ juvenile salmon on the Afon Teifi
- A grand design with a difference for rare species
- New equipment will help climbers protect Cwm Idwal’s rare plant species
- Cwm Carn Forest Drive wins award for eco -friendly toilets
- Work to remove Topmouth gudgeon from a Llanelli lake has halted
- Push to save critically endangered pearl mussels
- Planning work underway for tree felling project in Gwynedd
- Green books for Gwynedd libraries thanks to grant
- Art and science combine to highlight the importance of peatlands
- Botanical Survey Planned for Newborough Forest
- Llangennech pollution investigation ends with no further action
- Natural Resources Wales creates partnership opportunity for new woodland in Anglesey
- Another year of partnership at mountain bike centre
- Consultation launched on a new flood risk management plan for Wales
- Welsh economy boosted by wide-ranging benefits of peatland project
- Work to improve water quality at Anglesey lake
- Consultation on plan to manage forest in Mawddach and Wnion
- Residents in Denbighshire and Flintshire asked for views on 10-year plan for NRW managed forests
- Proceeds of crime hearing into former company director
- Llyn Clywedog osprey nest cameras go live for 2023 season
- Spring is the time to get back on the bank
- Monmouthshire man prosecuted for destroying valuable wildlife habitat
- Joint partnership initiative to tackle illegal off-roading in South Wales
- Moorland management work aims to reinvigorate and protect Llantysilio Mountain
- New report warns of threat to small salmon populations
- Have your say on a licencing system for gamebird release in Wales
- Views sought for plan to manage forests near Carno
- Visitors reminded to keep dogs on leads at National Nature Reserve
- Resident ospreys return to Llyn Clywedog
- Official opening for reservoir safety works
- New peat grants launched to help tackle the climate and nature emergencies
- Rolls-Royce SMR design progresses to next step of Generic Design Assessment
- Call to respect wildlife and follow Countryside Code during Easter break
- Natural Resources Wales reminds farmers to avoid polluting waterways this spring
- Meet the bog-trotting superstars helping to restore valuable heath and bog habitat in Monmouthshire
- Creativity and science combine at Anglesey conservation site
- Natural Resources Wales takes robust action on anglers caught flouting fishing laws
- Partnership work helps rare plant at Denbighshire quarry
- Taylor Wimpey prosecuted by NRW for river pollution offences
- Get involved during this year’s Wales Outdoor Learning Week
- Woodland work benefiting wildlife and biodiversity
- New weather stations help farmers forecast weather conditions
- NRW welcomes commitment to invest in Wales’ future flood risk
- Work completed to improve River Alyn water quality
- Three men sentenced for illegal waste offences in Wrexham
- Share your thoughts and help shape how people enjoy Newborough and the surrounding area
- Samplers hit the shores as bathing water sampling begins
- Ammanford man convicted of fishing offences following Natural Resources Wales investigation
- First ever peatland restoration at Trawsfynydd captured by drone
- Valleys community to shape the future of public forest
- Fforest Fawr car park to close for resurfacing work
- Project to record impact of noise on marine mammals
- NRW sets out ambitious plan to tackle triple threat to the planet over this decisive decade
- Consultation launched on draft decision to approve Abermule bulking facility application
- Project underway to develop pollution risk forecasting at Barry beaches
- Surveys to take place at internationally important sites in North East Wales
- Diseased larch trees to be felled at Gwydir Forest
- National Lottery pledges towards an ambitious £8m nature partnership
- New grant scheme searches for innovative solutions to sustainable drainage
- NRW taking action as Wales experiences prolonged dry weather
- NRW set to implement new environmental regulatory charging scheme
- Flintshire schools explore nature through the Welsh language
- Wales Flood Map upgrades complete
- Monmouth man found guilty of illegal waste offences
- Natural Resources Wales warns of invasive Pacific pink salmon threat to UK fisheries
- Projects shortlisted for civil engineering awards
- Tree felling at Rhyd-Ddu due to larch disease
- Climate change and pollution threat to mountain plants and fungi
- Artist collaborates with Biocomposites Centre to develop sustainable materials which tell their own story of the land
- NRW calls for step change in water company performance following annual review
- One of the UK’s rarest and most threatened bird species continues to thrive at Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve
- Group to target illegal arson and off-roading in North Wales
- NRW prioritises water efficiency improvements across their buildings
- Completed works sees Llanfair Talhaiarn flood defences strengthened
- New natural exploration area will help children get closer to nature
- Ynyslas and Bwlch Nant yr Arian and Visitor Centres keep Green Flag Status in 2023
- Working in partnership to improve water quality in the Clwyd
- Free charging points installed at mountain bike centre
- A new team will soon be in place to help farms reduce agricultural pollution in Wales
- Summer visitors reminded to care for nature
- Visit the great outdoors responsibly with the Countryside Code
- Our response to Audit Wales’ ‘Picture of Flood Risk Management’ report
- Natural Resources Wales Resilient Communities Grant programme
- NRW welcomes Welsh Government’s Draft Budget announcement
- Natural Resources Wales’ Memorandum of Understanding with Welsh Fishermen’s Association
- NRW welcomes new Ministerial appointments
- Network Rail and Natural Resource Wales’s partnership ‘on track’ to securing a greener future, combating climate change and improving rail links for passengers
- Mobi-Mat installed to provide flexible solution to beach access
- Recycling company fined for illegal waste activities
- Ringleader of prolific Teifi poaching gang has over £18,000 confiscated to pay for part of his criminal gain
- Permit issued for waste bulking facility at Abermule
- Enhancements at historic structure in Site of Special Scientific Interest
- New sustainable composite material sculpture highlights importance of peatland
- Sands of LIFE work taking place at National Nature Reserve
- Young fish survival rates boosted by River Dee improvement works
- Diseased larch trees to be felled in Gwydir Forest
- Honddu weir removal provides boost for vulnerable fish
- Traws Eryri, new 200km cycling route launched in North Wales
- Danes delight in Welsh peatland restoration
- Natural Resources Wales welcomes findings of independent flood review
- Routine maintenance to take place at Bala sluice gates
- UK's largest fly spotted in Teifi Valley after 20 years
- Worse than expected condition of Rodney’s Pillar to require rebuild, not repair
- Rural crime team patrols to protect seals in Pembrokeshire
- NRW announces engagement event dates for a proposed fourth National Park in Wales
- Call for young people to take part in acorn campaign
- Public sector can power the movement needed to tackle the climate emergency
- Local Government and Natural Resources Wales commit to working together for a greener future
- Bog Restoration Project has its LIFE right on track at Crymlyn.
- Boosting rare habitat on a Flintshire mountain
- Bala scheme wins civil engineering award
- Pontypool man fined for fishing without a rod licence
- Experts call for urgent action to save Welsh nature as new report reveals devastating decline in species
- Beginning today - NRW’s 7 week engagement period on a proposed fourth National Park in Wales
- Urgent tree felling work has started at Hafod Forest
- Work to protect rare clubmoss dating back 400 million years
- Peatland owners offered funding to prepare for restoration
- Partnership provides free stationery to families and reduces waste
- From War to Wetlands – Peatland project unearths WW2 ordnance, bridging past and future on Pembrokeshire airfield
- Call for volunteers to get involved in conservation of National Nature Reserve
- Free training for educators on investigating environmental crime
- Managing Wales’ flood risk – NRW launches new mini podcast series
- Statement in response to issues at Cardigan wastewater treatment works
- Diseased larch trees to be felled at forest in Gwynedd
- Ceredigion man prosecuted after over 3,000 tonnes of waste illegally dumped on his land
- Rare heathland regenerating after trees felled in Hensol forest
- Call For Cefneithin Residents to Check Their Oil Tanks
- Call For Neath Residents to Check Their Oil Tanks
- Rare butterfly survey shows ‘promising numbers’ in Ceredigion
- Warnings as Storm Ciarán brings flood risk for Wales
- Protect our environment and wildlife this Bonfire Night
- Drop-in session on flood defence work in Pwllheli
- Prepare for Storm Ciarán flood impacts
- Storm Ciarán flood risk continues in Wales
- NRW’s cockle management team recognised for outstanding achievement
- Skomer King scallops thriving after ban on catching
- Pond restorations to boost Flintshire newt population
- Bristol man prosecuted for damaging Site of Special Scientific Interest
- NRW’s plan to manage Wales’ flood risk published
- Abandoned boats project to focus on the Dee Estuary
- Work to improve water quality in Cemlyn Bay SAC lagoons
- Pre-winter oil tank check: Prevent pollution and save money, says NRW
- Artists help raise awareness of the importance of peatland
- Be prepared for winter flood risk
- Residents in Northern Wye areas invited to give their views on new forest management plans
- Anglesey man jailed for storing asbestos without a permit
- Enforcement officers crack down on illegal fishing in Gwent
- Flood risk management drop-in event at Aberdulais
- Blackwood company fined for illegal disposal of waste
- Dune wetlands restored to support endangered species
- Patrols to tackle poaching and rural crime
- Natural Resources Wales calls on public sector in Wales to join forces in creating a nature positive future
- Autumn antics will help plant more trees in Wales
- A Neath man pays a high price for collecting waste illegally
- Scrub removal at Pembrey sand dunes to boost specialist wildlife
- Felling to remove diseased trees in Conwy Valley
- Nature Networks Funding helping to protect wildlife and plants in Eryri
- Changes to general licences for the control of wild birds for 2024
- Review of wastewater permits to reduce phosphorus and support the delivery of affordable housing
- Improvements made to Abergwili flood defence gates to alleviate secondary flooding
- NRW statement on odour from Withyhedge Landfill, Pembrokeshire
- Withyhedge Landfill Investigation Update
- New Year Honours for NRW peatland specialist
- Withyhedge Landfill Investigation Update 5.1.24.
- Horses to be used to remove infected trees from Fforest Fawr
- Report reveals flood defence investment needed to keep pace with climate change
- New evidence report supports efforts to improve river water quality
- Reservoir safety works at scenic Eryri lake
- Scrap metal recycling centre in Ammanford fined £42,000
- Drop-in session for Harlech Forest Resource Plan
- History of mountain bike centre marked with special board
- Welsh volunteer marks 75 years of measuring rainfall with award
- Company fined for demolition of a building containing a bat roost
- Withyhedge Landfill Investigation Update 16.1.24.
- New Natural Resources Wales Team Aims to Inspect 800 Farms
- NRW grant scheme helps community harness the power of nature
- NRW introduces new charge banding tool
- Free guided tour of Cors Caron to celebrate World Wetlands Day
- Natural Resources Wales to Host Virtual Public Meeting on Withyhedge Landfill Odour and Pollution Issues
- Anglesey Fens For All, For Ever! Fantastic opportunities to make a difference
- Feedback sought on flood risk management options at Aberdulais
- Illegal waste carriers to be targeted in Denbighshire
- Construction company fined for polluting Cardiff stream
- NRW supports dolphin stranding rescue effort
- Public invited to share ideas on transport and access at Newborough
- Completed scheme to give River Pelenna new lease of life
- New campaign aims to prevent pollution in Flintshire
- Pupils at Ysgol Bro Tryweryn host a trout hatchery in their classroom
- NRW share progress update of £21 million flood scheme in Newport
- Care and preparation still needed despite improvements made to strenuous Waterfall Country beauty spot path
- Dual roles help protect the environment and the community
- Withyhedge Landfill Investigation Update - 16 February 2024
- Nature Networks Funding helps boost island habitat
- New report predicts impact of future heatwaves in Welsh cities
- Consultation period reopened for Gore Quarry water abstraction application
- New population of globally threatened heavy metal loving moss at former mines
- Hackathon event seeks innovative solutions to Teifi pollution problems
- Public bodies commit to stop odour at Withyhedge Landfill
- Llanelli man given suspended sentence for waste offences
- Meifod man ordered to pay nearly £1,000 for illegal fishing offences
- Protected habitats to be boosted on Berwyn mountains
- Withyhedge Landfill Update 12.3.24.
- NRW share new guidance for changes to felling licences in Wales
- Rhyslyn tree felling update
- Emergency work starts on river culvert in Tenby
- Fencing will provide benefits in river catchment
- 'Shocking' damage after attempt to steal from cark park machine at Bwlch Nant yr Arian
- Partnership work to boost rare newt numbers in Flintshire
- Visit the great Welsh outdoors responsibly this Easter
- 10 ways to be egg-cellent outdoors this Easter
- Cameras on Llyn Clywedog osprey nest go live for 2024 season
- Caerphilly man guilty for destruction of three Bat Roosts
- Celebrate nature during Wales Outdoor Learning Week
- Withyhedge Landfill Update 4 April 2024
- Endangered coastal plant reintroduced to South Wales conservation area
- Environmental bodies in England and Wales seek views on the future of the Upper Severn Valley
- Withyhedge Landfill multi-agency statement 11.4.2024.
- Call for volunteers to help protect rivers from invasive species
- Cleddau River benefits from two river habitat restoration projects
- River restoration tops the agenda at Llandudno conference
- Natural Resources Wales takes further enforcement action at Withyhedge Landfill
- NRW to reduce mowing in May to help pollinators
- Can you help to spot pre-historic fish in our rivers?
- Partnership work will help to boost rare newt population at Newport Wetlands
- First deadlines met following further enforcement action at Withyhedge Landfill
- Illegal off-roading to be targeted across North East Wales
- Hoof powered nature restoration
- Update: Multi-agency response to the factory fire on Denbigh Road, Mold
- Innovation and collaboration key to improving water quality in Wales
- Update: Multi-agency response to the factory fire on Denbigh Road, Mold
- Antics help plant trees and tackle the climate and nature emergencies
- Work finishes to protect a Roman Marching Camp that ‘tells the story of the Roman Conquest of Wales’
- Preventing pollution from Wrexham industrial estate
- Natural Resources Wales to assess compliance with enforcement notice at Withyhedge Landfill
- Monmouthshire man fined for pollution incidents
- New adventure trails launched at Coed y Brenin
- Landslip and torrential rain cause brown discolouration in the River Wye
- Bathing water samplers set for a busy season of water quality checks
- Scheme to aid natural fish passage at Ammanford weir
- Update May 17: Multi-agency response to the factory fire on Denbigh Road, Mold
- Project helps to deliver multiple benefits for nature and farming in Monmouthshire
- Experts gather for sand dune conference
- Natural Resources Wales Urges North Wales Residents to Monitor Weather and Flood Alerts
- Popular Gower woodlands re-opens in time for Bank Holiday Weekend
- Opportunity for people to shape the future of waters in Wales
- Public see Wales’ peatland restoration in action
- First balsam blitzers out tackling invasive species on the River Teifi
- Work to protect grassland at hillfort site
- Update 17 June: Multi-agency recovery phase after the fire on Denbigh Road, Mold
- Flintshire schools explore nature through the Welsh language
- ‘Abnormal situation’ at Ogmore-By-Sea bathing water has ended
- Landmark Environmental Case: Man to pay for proceeds of felling crimes in UK first
- Successful ringing of osprey chicks at Llyn Clywedog marks annual highlight
- Diseased larch trees to be felled at forest
- Farmers Prosecuted After Catastrophic Collapse of Slurry Store released nearly 70,000 gallons into Ceredigion stream
- Five-year project helps protect threatened landscapes and wildlife
- Improving visitor experience at Clocaenog Forest
- Pollution risk at Tenby bathing waters following incident
- Unauthorised biking causes death of grouse chick
- From bark to park: Unleashing a new doggy playground in a community woodland
- Permit variation application for former nuclear power plant
- Unique lowland pastures provide sanctuary for threatened butterfly
- Deadly Crayfish Plague Suspected Near Builth Wells: Public Urged to Stay Out of River Irfon
- Update on pollution risk at Tenby bathing waters
- Protecting river water quality in Denbighshire
- Major step taken in Dee Estuary derelict boat clean-up
- Public Advised Not to Swim at Llangrannog Beach Due to Pollution Incident
- Cast a line and get back to your happy place
- Newport man found guilty of illegal waste offences
- Extra support for visitors at popular protected site
- 'Abnormal situation' status lifted at Ceredigion beaches after successful inspection
- Deadly Crayfish Plague confirmed in River Irfon: Public urged to follow guidelines to save native species
- Conservation success : The rare birds making a remarkable comeback in south east Wales
- Opportunity Knocks: Ceinws Forestry Camp Open for Long-Term Lease
- Hefty fine for man caught with salmon up his sleeve
- Enzo’s Homes Limited prosecuted by NRW for pollution offences
- Withyhedge Landfill update: Enforcement Notice compliance
- Upper Wye restoration: Ambitious new project launched to help restore beloved river
- Further decline in Dŵr Cymru performance outlined in NRW annual review
- Anti-social behaviour causes more than £100,000 worth of damage in woodlands across south east Wales
- New fish pass will improve migratory access on the Afon Clydach
- Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor design completes second step of regulatory assessment
- Public invited to take part in permit variation consultation
- Habits of cetacean and seabird species in Welsh seas mapped in major study
- Holtec International’s Small Modular Reactor completes first step of design assessment
- BikePark Wales and Natural Resources Wales sign new lease to rewild mountain, add trails and accommodation
- Major Welsh peatland restoration project comes to a triumphant end
- Felling and replanting of trees to begin in Llantrisant Forest
- Powys residents urged to check heating oil tanks after spate of pollution incidents
- Llandinam community event to learn more about major river restoration plans
- Taking steps to manage expected high visitor numbers at Newborough
- Air count reveals numbers of Wales’ entire seal population
- New effort launched to protect a Denbighshire river from industrial pollution
- Partnership project to restore three rivers in South East Wales gets underway
- Historic Transformation: River Dee revived thanks to Erbistock Weir removal
- Farmer fined for polluting tributaries of the River Ely
- Natural Resources Wales successfully prosecutes south Wales man for waste offences
- Man from Cardiff convicted of waste offences and sentenced to 12 month community order
- Deadly Crayfish Plague may be spreading: NRW urges vigilance
- Tree felling operation to resume in Afan Forest
- Repairs of vital River Taff monitoring station completed
- Pearl mussel breeding programme set to boost species on the brink
- Illegal cockler caught after escape by 4x4
- Saving nature through arts engagement
- Natural Resources Wales reviews engineering report on new Withyhedge Landfill cell construction
- Fresh approach to saltmarsh habitat restoration from Natural Resources Wales
- Enforcement action stops increased flood risk in Bettws Cedewain
- NRW enforcement reduces flood risk in North East Wales
- Troop gunnery range subject of first archaeological survey
- Ammanford’s £6M flood risk management scheme officially opened
- Enforcement reduces flood risk in North West Wales
- Natural Resources Wales announce consultation on new National Park
- Species boosted by habitat work in beauty spot
- Crosskeys man fined for fishing without a rod licence
- Plans unveiled for flood wall to reduce tidal flood risk in Cardigan
- Community workshops help keep village craft alive
- NRW: Sign up for warnings and ‘Be Flood Ready’ this winter
- Rare species recorded by Creuddyn invertebrates-focused project
- NRW’s 10 week public consultation on a new National Park
- Vulnerable salmon and sea trout continue to decline despite conservation efforts from anglers and nets
- Restoring migratory fish routes on the Afon Dulais
- Tree harvesting to take place at a Gwynedd forest
- Farmer fined and given community order for waste offences
- Plant eating beetle helps to improve river in West Wales
- NRW removes derelict boats from Dee Estuary
- Green light for grazing on Pembrokeshire’s important peatland sites
- Natural Resources Wales urges vigilance ahead of expected coastal flooding impacts
- Our Annual Report and Accounts published
- Communities invited to find out about progress of Severn Valley Water Management Scheme at series of drop-in events
- STATEMENT | Report on Ceibwr Breeding Bird Survey 2024 published
- Discovery of rare lichen in Carmarthenshire is welcome sign of environmental recovery during COP 16
- NRW cracks down on illegal river works to protect communities in South Wales
- Major river restoration project completed to boost biodiversity in the Vale of Glamorgan
- Eel-ated reaction to new passage in Wrexham
- NRW enhances focus on key areas and core responsibilities
- Natural Resources Wales celebrates 25 years of sustainable forestry management
- Only a month left to respond to NRW’s public consultation on a new National Park
- Ystrad Mynach man fined for fishing without a rod licence at Penallta Pond
- Update on retail and catering at Natural Resources Wales’ visitor centres
- River Usk fish pass restoration plans highlighted at community drop-in session
- Llanidloes residents invited to drop-in event to learn about ambitions to reduce flood risk and improve environment in Upper Severn catchment
- Using nature-based solutions to support water quality improvements in Pembrokeshire
- Storm Bert brings flood risk to Wales this weekend
- Recovering from Storm Bert
- Tree harvesting taking place at Gwydir Forest
- NRW publishes Annual Regulation Report
- Community invited to Withyhedge Landfill drop-in session
- Collaborative action planned to improve Prestatyn and Rhyl Central bathing waters
- Prepare for flooding and damaging winds from Storm Darragh
- GE-Hitachi’s Small Modular Reactor completes first step of design assessment
- The impact of Storm Darragh on NRW’s woodland estate
- New Year and New Peatland Restoration Funding!
- New net fishing rules proposed to protect salmon and sea trout on the River Dee
- How to be great outdoors this Christmas
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- Potential for floods and disruption as heavy rain forecast for Wales
- UK’s first ocean literacy strategy launches in Wales
- Construction company fined for polluting the River Ogmore
- Fencing will improve river quality in the Cothi Valley
- NRW publishes interim State of Natural Resources Report
- South Wales man found guilty of illegal waste offences
- Rallying is latest victim of Storm Darragh
- Natural Resources Wales urges farmers to follow regulations when spreading slurry and other organic manures
- Major progress in plan to reduce tidal flooding in Cardigan
- First Minister visits UK’s rarest butterfly colony
- NRW closes visitor sites due to high winds from Storm Éowyn
- Making waves with the new all-Wales code of conduct for bait collection
- Signs placed next to rivers to help people report pollution
- NRW changes waste sheep dip disposal methods for cleaner rivers
- Knowledge exchange visit will create a better future for farming in Wales
- Cameras Catch Fly-Tipper: £2,270 Penalty for Illegal Dumping
- MoU will protect the past and the future
- Herd the news? Off-lead dogs put sheep at risk
- Tree Planting to Support the River Dee Ecosystem
- Risen from the Ashes: 25 years of conservation success at Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve
- River restoration benefits catchment and the environment
- Native fish introduced to control invasive species in Carmarthenshire
- New water quality data sheds light on health of Wales’s waters
- Best practice showcased at Pembroke river restoration project
- Restored saltmarsh habitat will help enhance coastal ecosystem and reduce flood risk
- Tree felling to remove diseased trees in Conwy Valley
- Exclusion zone to prevent damage at protected site
- NRW signs Bereaved Families Charter
- Clare Pillman announces retirement as Chief Executive of NRW
- Horses at work: Traditional logging helps restore Dyfi Forest biodiversity
- NRW takes action to clear derelict vessels from the Dee Estuary
- Update for visitors to Bwlch Nant yr Arian, Ynyslas and Coed y Brenin
- £10m boost for Welsh nature projects
- Tree-mendous work helping to improve the condition of our rivers
- Dog owners urged to keep pets on leads to protect birds as breeding season begins
- Illegal tree felling crackdown: NRW secures three major prosecutions
- NRW to enhance fish and eel passage at Afon Gwyrfai weir
- Next round of grant funding announced for innovative solutions to sustainable drainage
- Afan Forest set to re-‘egg’-nite adventure this Easter with trail reopenings
- Public consultation on the future of Myherin and Tarenig forests begins
- World Curlew Day: Hope for iconic bird at Fenn’s, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses
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- New arrivals boost red squirrel conservation efforts in Clocaenog Forest
- Indicators that rewetted peatland stalled wildfire spread!
- Update on flood risk management in Llangefni
- Statement: Welcoming the Future Generations Report 2025
- Can you help unlock the ‘Language of Peat’?
- Experienced fisherman admits illegally catching and selling protected salmon
- Bracken management project supports rare butterfly in North Wales
- NRW’s ‘buyer beware’ warning to public purchasing illegal salmon
- STATEMENT | Natural Resources Wales agrees increased Financial Provision with Withyhedge Landfill operator
- Marine algae blooms or pollution? How to tell the difference this summer
- NRW and National Trust working together to restore and protect the River Usk
- Dispose of lithium-ion batteries safely to prevent fires
- Water quality sampling gets underway ahead of the bathing season
- Landmark case sees Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water fined £1.35m for over 800 breaches to sewage discharge permits
- Update on parking at Newborough
- Withyhedge Landfill permit variation public consultation is now open
- NRW statement in response to the Senedd’s Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report
- BBQs banned at Newborough Nature Reserve and Forest
- NRW steps up action in response to prolonged dry weather
- Man fined for illegal fishing on the River Morlais, Llangennech
- Man fined for fishing without a rod licence near Ystrad Mynach
- £250,000 funding to tackle ecological challenges across Gwent
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- Get outside in autumn for your well-being
- Continuing the fight against fly-tipping during the pandemic
- Monitoring the restoration of Wales’ lowland raised bogs
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- How the Sands of LIFE project will be boosting sand dunes around South Wales
- ‘Cyfoeth: The NRW Environment Podcast’ to launch in September 2021
- Bog moss identification – rediscovering a gem!
- The reasons behind the Sands of LIFE project’s work to remove conifers from the dunes at Whiteford Burrows
- An Alga That Caught The Eye!
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- Welsh Language Rights Day – 7th December 2021
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- New peatland exhibition and artwork launched in Tregaron
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- Invasive Non-Native Species Week 2022: Celebrating the eDNA Banwy Crayfish Study
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- New Marine Nature Networks Programme: Call for applications
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- Why climate change is so hard to swallow for our summer visitors
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- Celebrating World Sand Dune Day
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- Ringing Osprey chicks on the Llyn Clywedog nest
- Call for evidence to inform the development of NRW’s approach to regulating the release of gamebirds (common pheasant and red-legged partridge) in Wales
- How you can protect and enjoy inland waters
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- Ecological Enhancement of Coastal Structures
- Boosting the sand dunes of Ardudwy this summer and autumn
- Sands of LIFE summer and autumn work update for sand dunes around South Wales
- Vital Sands of LIFE works continue at Tywyn Aberffraw
- Why this year’s MineXchange Conference cannot be missed if you work in mine recovery in Wales
- Increased role for outdoor learning and natural environment in new school curriculum
- Waste Regulation : On placement with teamNRW
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- Quaking bogs get new lease of LIFE
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- Wales’ diverse and important geology highlighted on UNESCO International Geodiversity Day
- Managing our natural environment in South East Wales: our enforcement work
- Celebrating the successes of the Living Levels programme
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- Restoring LIFE back into four rivers in Wales
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- Why we need to review our regulatory charges
- NRW's work helping Wales' water wonders
- Six grant funded projects to help people in Mid Wales reconnect with nature
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- The wonder of wetlands: Nature’s helping hand in reducing pollution
- How to catch a glimpse of the ravens on show at Newborough
- You’ll love our new data portal
- Wales must switch gears to adapt to growing flood risk
- Sowing the seeds of an early connection to nature through the Healthy and Sustainable Preschool Scheme
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- Helping our sea and coasts this World Wildlife Day
- Study into birds at Newborough enters tenth year
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- How you can help protect birds at National Nature Reserve
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- World Curlew Day 2023: Fighting to save curlew as a breeding species in Wales
- Interested in a career that helps to maintain and enhance the environment through regulation? Find out about opportunities within our Permitting Service #Team NRW
- Important dune systems come alive with wildlife as summer approaches
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- Biodiversity - From Agreement to Action
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- Getting green fingered with Greenway Primary
- Celebrate unique landscapes on World Sand Dune Day
- The devastating impacts of wildfires on Wales’ natural environment
- Project to monitor and reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture
- Small changes by farmers can make a BIG difference for our rivers
- ‘Shipwrecked in Costa Del Sychdyn’ – pupils survive with only the Curriculum for Wales to support them
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- Meet your National Forest for Wales Liaison Officers!
- Summer walking: health benefits and top tips
- Llangennech freight train derailment - One year on
- Consolidation and review of environmental permit for Chirk 'Kronospan' Particleboard factory
- Teacher describes flytipping investigation during Wales Outdoor Learning Week as “one of the most memorable, AMAZING weeks in my teaching career!”
- Sands of LIFE work update from our dunes down south
- Lixwm school pupils investigate planning application’s impact on natural environment
- Putting NRW webinar training into practice - St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Flint
- Show me the data!
- Rare leeches find home in dune pools at Newborough
- Separated waste collections for workplaces
- Why don’t you…try ecotherapy?
- Nature’s Recovery - how our Nature Networks Programme is contributing to turning the tide on our natural treasures
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- Monitoring Llantysilio Mountain’s recovery from fire damage
- Restoring River Clywedog: Removing Barriers to Fish Migration
- Project SIARC wins the National Lottery’s Wales Project of the Year 2023
- The latest State of Nature
- Healthy Travel Wales Day 2023
- Sampling our shores: Reflections on the end of a challenging bathing water season
- A fresh approach – Ysgol Bro Banw pupils investigate the cost effectiveness of growing their own
- Improving our regulation of storm overflows
- Restoring Britain’s pine martens: a position from Natural England, NatureScot and Natural Resources Wales
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- Deadline looms for new permit applications for some boilers, engines, generators and turbines
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- NRW urges action on climate emergency as COP28 gets under way
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- How we are improving water quality at Rhyl’s Marine Lake and across Denbighshire
- NRW Response to Nature and Us: The Shared Vision for Wales
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- Balloon releases and the horrific damage they can cause to wildlife and their habitats
- Safeguarding our Special Area of Conservation rivers for future generations
- Wales Outdoor Learning Week - 22 to 28 April 2024
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- Natur am Byth blog – Jan 2024
- Regulating the water industry: Why we will always prioritise the best outcome for Wales’s environment
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- Become a hedgehog hero
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- NRW experts take to the stage at Welsh Marine Evidence Conference
- The evolution of river restoration
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