One Minute to Midnight: Saving England’s Chalk Stream Salmon

Once abundant in England’s crystal-clear chalk rivers, our chalk stream salmon now teeter on the edge of extinction. The chalk stream salmon is one of the rarest fish on earth and yet, after 2 million years they are at one minute to midnight. There are a myriad of pressures and problems pushing them to the brink but there is urgent work underway to help bring them back and Charles Rangeley-Wilson, the acclaimed angling writer and river conservationist joins me on the latest episode of The Last Salmon to tell me about his love of the chalk stream salmon and why Project White Hart could be our last great hope to rekindle a salmon run that has shaped our culture, landscape, and imagination for centuries. To find out more about Project White Hart, visit:https://projectwhitehart.com/  The Last Salmon Season 2 is supported by The Missing Salmon Alliance.        The Last Salmon, presented by actor and activist, Jim Murray MBE, offers hope and solutions to the tragic story that is unfolding for an iconic species in crisis - the wild salmon.   For regular updates, follow the show at Instagram.com/TheLastSalmon.