CONSERVATIONISTS and local residents are celebrating the return of spawning Atlantic Salmon to the River Lyvennet at Maulds Meaburn.
Successful river restoration work in the Eden Valley has encouraged the endangered fish to spawn. Earlier this year, Eden Rivers Trust undertook a groundwork project to put straightened parts of the Lyvennet and Howe Beck back to a natural meandering state.
The project is already reaping rewards with more than 20 salmon redds seen in the restored reach of the Lyvennet at Maulds Meaburn, near Appleby.
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