Reference publications
Publications
AVRA's publicity leaflet - Nov 2022
Wild Trout Trust advisor visit to the river Synderford - Nov 2021
Axe Vale Rivers Association constitution - amended Nov 2021
Geomorphology advice for Seaborough stretch of river Axe - June 2021
Triple Axe Action Plan 2021-26 - East Devon Catchment Partnership
Review of evidence of interactions between beavers and fisheries - Dec 2020
Summary of the report (above) on interactions between beavers and fish - Dec 2020
Wild Trout Trust advisor visit to Seaborough stretch of river Axe - July 2020
AVRA Business Plan - June 2020
River Axe N2K Catchment Regulatory Project Report - Nov 2019
Salmon & Trout Conservation riverfly census conclusions on River Axe (2015 to 2017 data) - 2019
SSSI and SAC river restoration plan - Sept 2019
Government guidance for riparian owners - latest update Feb 2018
National Rivers Authority river Axe surveys 1972 to 1994
Articles, viewing and suggested reading
River Lim article in Dorset Live 'ecologically dead' - May 2023
South West Water fined for Kilmington pollution - April 2023
Axminster Nub News on St Andrew's School raising sea trout eggs - April 2023
Mid Devon Weekly article on phosphates in the Axe - June 2022
Twitter publication on Ed Davey's visit to the river Axe - June 2022
Sir Ed Davey tests for phosphates on river Axe at Cloakham, Axminster (YouTube video) - June 2022
Water quality on the river Culm - Blackdown Hills video - May 2022
Future farming in the Axe catchment - EA film Dec 2021
Chardstock Eco Group's water quality monitoring on River Kit - Midweek Herald - Nov 2021
Webcam screenshot of Seaton Bay after heavy rain - May 2021
The untangled talks with Feargal Sharkey - Feb 2021 (zoom recording on conservation and wild fish)
Short video on Colliford Hatchery - 2020
National information on invasive species (Angling Trust) - Jan 2021
The Biggest Little Farm (sustainable farm documentary) - Amazon Prime - 2020
Petition and background information on the 'Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill' - Dec 2020
Brexit: Ministers unveil next steps in England's farming policy - BBC - Nov 2020
'Polluting farmers hit in the pocket' - The Times - Oct 2020
'Kiss the ground' - Netflix - Oct 2020 (science experts and celebrity activists unpack the ways in which the earth's soil may be the key to combating climate change)
River Coly pollution incident - May 2020 (Devon Live news report)
Axe falls on the dairy sector - Feb 2020 (Fly Fishing and Fly Tying magazine)
Apocalypse Cow - Channel 4 catch up - 2020 (George Monbiot argues that the biggest problem driving us towards global disaster is how we feed ourselves)
The Serengeti Rules - 2019 (a film about understanding nature)
Artifishal - Patagonia films 2019 (a film exploring the threats posed to wild salmon by fish farms)
AGM minutes
24th November 2022 annual general meeting
25th November 2021 annual general meeting
Data
Environment Agency's rivers Lim and Axe 'operational catchment' data - single source site for EA's catchment data assessments
Sewer overflows and discharges - interactive map provided by The Rivers Trust
History of the Axe
Fishing catch returns on the Yarty at Higher Westwater 1944 to 1970 - These are the catch returns for David John Greenshields (founding Chairman of AVRA) - kindly donated by Tim Greenshields - Feb 2023
MAFF trap and tagging results 1960 to 1976
Short film of the original fish trap (below Axe Bridge) - 1962
Parliament discussion of the impact caused by the original fish trap - 1966
The Book of the Axe by George Pulman - 1875 (906 pages) - full text and illustrations