What do you think about bringing back the eel? I teach in a city named after them after all.
The European eel is one of the most extraordinary animals on the planet. Born thousands of miles away in the Sargasso Sea, it spends the majority of its life in the rivers and streams of the Thames catchment, possibly even in the water at the end of your road. Then, once mature, it makes an epic return journey across the Atlantic to breed.
Right now, the eel is critically endangered. Its population has fallen by more than 95% since the 1980s.
The Thames Catchment Community Eels Project exists to change that: through habitat restoration, removing barriers to migration, education, and bringing communities back into relationship with their local rivers. Your views will directly shape what we do. We want to know what matters to you about your local rivers, what you would like to learn, what you would like to get involved in, and what would make it easier for you to take part. It takes about 5 minutes. There are no right or wrong answers.
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