THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROJECT
Meet the people helping our chalk rivers
Meet some of the people whose work, knowledge and experience are helping to protect and restore Hampshire’s chalk rivers.
THE PEOPLE
The people
behind the work
Protecting a chalk river takes many different kinds of knowledge. Riverkeepers, scientists, conservationists, farmers, landowners, engineers, anglers and volunteers each bring a different perspective, but protecting these rivers is a shared effort.
Ben Asher
PhD Researcher in River Restoration
University of Southampton
Monitoring how restoration, water quality and river life interact on the Lower Anton.
Maggie Shelton
Meon Senior Partnership Officer
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Working towards an ambitious source-to-sea restoration of the River Meon.
Martin de Retuerto
Director of Nature Recovery
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Leading large-scale nature recovery across Hampshire’s rivers, wetlands, coast and seas.
Dick Hawkes
Photographer & Author · LRPS
The Piscatorial Society and Dick Hawkes Photography
Using his photography and published work to highlight the extraordinary wildlife and habitats of chalk streams, raising awareness of the need to protect them.
More people. More perspectives.
New profiles will be added as filming and the project develop.