People

David has had a life-long interest in the British countryside, its function and conservation. After 10 years in the Army he moved to Norfolk, where he has lived ever since. His business career has involved working with UK-based companies in the bottled water industry. He recently started a Norfolk company with the aim of encouraging more people to take an interest in the natural environment.

Jonah is a river ecologist, with a background in conservation and research. He has previously worked with Wester Ross Fisheries Trust, University of Highlands and Islands, Yorkshire Water and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Jonah leads and oversees many of our projects, from design through to implementation.

Marie-Anne is our Finance and Human Resources Officer. She has several years’ experience in managing the accounts of small businesses and charities.

Ursula coordinates the West Norfolk and North Norfolk CaBA catchments and runs the ‘Fishing for Youngsters’ Fishing School at Bayfield. She has worked with nearly 1000 children on projects such as the 'HLF Glaven Eel' and 'Hidden Heritage of The River Gaywood' projects, taking tanks of eels and invertebrates into the classroom, as well as coordinating river visits. Ursula has also led GCSE groups on their river study days and has ran several Yellow Fish Campaigns in local schools. With a background in ecology and conservation (as well as outdoor education), Ursula holds a crayfish survey licence and is currently working towards a Great Crested Newt and water vole survey licence.

Ed is our Farm Advisor working within the Cam and Ely Ouse (CamEO) Catchment, funded by the Water Sensitive Farming initiative. This covers the rivers Wissey, Lark, Little Ouse, Thet and Cam, in which he provides free one-to-one advice and implements measures to reduce diffuse pollution from agriculture. Ed's previous role was as a Reserve Manager, where he spent 12 years working at Pensthorpe Natural Park after gaining an HND in Countryside Management.

Georgia is our Water Stewardship Project Officer. Her academic and work background has been in Environmental Science, Research and Science Communications, with a focus on aquatic ecology, conservation and agriculture. Georgia supports the Water Sensitive Farming initiative by raising awareness of the project via communications and events, using GIS mapping to prioritise high risk sites, and developing case studies on the effectiveness of pollution mitigation measures. Previously, she has worked at the John Innes Centre, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Cefas) and Norfolk County Council.

Alison is our Farm Advisor working within the Broadland Catchment as part of the Water Sensitive Farming initiative, funded by the WWF & Coca-cola Freshwater Partnership. She has nearly 30 year’s involvement with farming and land management. Alison has previously worked for 10 years as the National Trust’s East of England Regional Farms Advisor and has also undertaken extensive work on agri-environment schemes; with a particular interest in soil and water management. In her current role, she covers the rivers Bure, Wensum, Waveney and Yare (and their tributaries), providing advice to farmers and implementing projects to reduce diffuse pollution from agricultural practices.

Becky is our Project Officer working across Norfolk. With a background in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, Becky has 18 years’ experience within the environmental sector providing technical advice, training, surveying, monitoring and management services. She has worked with Wildlife Trusts, the National Trust, local and regional authorities, NGO’s and private landowners to develop, implement and monitor a variety of landscape-scale habitat creation, restoration and management projects including: Coastal grazing marsh & wetland enhancement, reedbed creation, restoration and management; Catchment scale Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) control and eradication programmes; River walkover surveys and restoration projects; HLS scheme development and implementation; White-clawed crayfish monitoring and translocation and; Water vole monitoring and mitigation.