Charles Rangeley-Wilson – a writer and conservationist with a lifelong passion for rivers and most of all for chalk-streams.

I caught the chalk-stream bug and became interested in river restoration in the early 1990s when working as a teacher in Dorset. I met Simon Cain and inspired by his work at Ballington Manor on the River Wylye began a restoration project on the River Stour, in the grounds of the school.

I founded the Wild Trout Society in 1997 which went on to become the Wild Trout Trust. Since then I’ve served as voluntary director and then President. I am currently honoured to serve as one of several vice-presidents.

I have also worked with WWF UK on various campaigns and reports including Rivers on the Edge , the 2014 State of England’s Chalk Streams report and Flushed Away.