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The River Wye and Refining Cheese

A call to the public to help identify threats to the habitats on the river Wye, and we meet the cheesemonger from Cardiff who has won the title of Affineur of the Year.

Upper Wye restoration - a new project to help restore the upper reaches of the River Wye. Caroline Evans hears how to tackle one of the threats spreading down the river ....the invasive skunk cabbage

Waxcap Watch - can you help secure the future of fungi in the UK? With some species at risk of extinction the conservation charity Plant Life is urging people to get involved in recording waxcaps.

Boosting biodiversity in Denbighshire - we hear about the local authority's plans to plans to reintroduce and increase numbers of native plants and trees across the county, including the rare 'wild service', or 'chequers' trees, whose fruit used to be eaten by children as sweets!

Affineur of the year - refining cheese to it's full potential! We meet the winner of the title Owen Davies who took his inspiration from the mining heritage of Wales and applied it to maturing a cheddar in replicated “coal cave"

28 minutes

Last on

Thu 26 Sep 2024 06:30

A few more details.....

To report any invasive species you spot the INNS mapper link can be ÌýÌý´Ç°ù Ìý
If you want to get involved with Plantlife's Waxcap Watch Ìý

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  • Sun 22 Sep 2024 07:00
  • Wed 25 Sep 2024 18:30
  • Thu 26 Sep 2024 06:30

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