By Leanne Clough AS both a landowner and operator, Northumbrian Water is committed to conserving and enhancing wildlife in the region.

By Sue Longstone IAM the Environment Agency's area manager in the North East and it gives me great pleasure to be writing these introductory words for this new supplement.

By AMY HUNT EVERY single one of us must work to tackle climate change, as we will all feel the effects. That is the message to Chronicle readers from Environment Secretary Hilary Benn. The Government minister paid a visit to the North East to see green work being done in the region.

THE future of the River Tyne's celebrated salmon stocks is being preserved thanks to a new attraction. The Kielder Salmon Centre is now open for visitors. The Environment Agency-run hatchery was opened 30 years ago to help preserve salmon stocks following the loss of important breeding habitats.

A BIRD-brained choice of nesting site has brought work to a halt on the biggest man-made lake in northern Europe.