Episode 003 – The Story of a River Keeper Turned River Restorationist, Neil Swift.
In this exciting discussion piece, we dive into the mind of Neil Swift, the project officer at the Wessex Rivers Trust, charged with rolling out some of the most ambitious river restoration initiatives across our southern chalkstreams.
Join us on the hallowed banks of the Oakley beat as we grapple with upheaving centuries of human ingenuity and stewardship, and passing the torch back to nature at the epicentre of fly fishing itself, Mottisfont Abbey.
We find out what makes a river keeper turned river restoration practitioner tick, what are the challenges that face the WRT, and specifically all that has been done to improve chalkstream habitat at the Mottisfont Estate on the River Test.
