Project staff have visited 10 landholdings and provided Farm Opportunity Reports for 8 of the sites visited. Numerous interventions are planned to be completed over summer 2025. 

One great example of interventions being implemented is from April this year when a field in the catchment was taken out of agricultural use and planted with trees. This was an unproductive field which lies very wet and can flood over winter months. The new trees will intercept rainfall, improve soil health and provide habitat and resources for wildlife. Within this area, three scrapes (shallow pools) were also created for the attenuation of water during heavy rainfall events which will also help to improve water quality and provide additional habitat for wildlife. Baseline surveys were completed beforehand which included botanical quadrating, river naturalness surveys, soil structure assessments and soil infiltration rates.

Water quality is already being monitored in the area by Friends of the River Wye Citizen Scientists, and Riverfly surveys are being undertaken a short distance downstream by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust volunteers. 

A further 12 volunteers were trained in May 2025 to undertake Riverfly surveys, and new sites are planned to be surveyed in the upper Yazor catchment from July 2025. This additional data from the upper Yazor catchment, combined with data from the lower Yazor, will provide a full picture of health and water quality of the brook, and could guide where interventions should be focussed.