A river trust has won a national wild salmon conservation award for its plans to protect the endangered fish and reduce flood risk in Lancashire.
The Ribble Rivers Trust has been honoured for a project which will focus on restoring salmon habitat in the River Hodder involving local communities, schools and anglers.
The project, due to start in late spring 2026, will support measures to slow water flow to create vital spawning habitat for salmon.
The North Atlantic Salmon Fund UK (NASF UK) awarded the £10,000 Orri grant, which is named in honour of its founder Orri Vigfússon.
The River Hodder covers urban areas including Blackburn, Burnley and Preston as well as the Yorkshire Dales. It is the source of the River Ribble.
Jack Spees, chief executive officer of Ribble Rivers Trust, said: "We'll be engaging local schoolchildren in citizen science surveys, supporting apprentices in hands-on river restoration, and working with local anglers to monitor salmon spawning after new gravel is added."
He added: "As well as improving conditions for salmon, these nature-based solutions can help mitigate the increased flooding we've seen over the last 50 years."
Robert Sloss, chairman of NASF UK, said: "The good news is that community-led, in-river initiatives like this one really do work.
"We see improvements quite quickly in the number of salmon redds and in the number of adult fish returning from the sea to spawn."
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