Meeting held for Rivers Trust formation

FOLLOWING a hugely successful public meeting on September 20 in the Sligo Park Hotel, local community members overwhelmingly voted to pursue the establishment of a Sligo Rivers Trust to protect the natural watercourses of the county. Rivers Trusts are community initiatives started by local people to care for their local rivers. They have environmental charitable objectives to deliver river improvements on a catchment management scale for the public benefit and concentrate on delivering practical improvements for their rivers.

The Sligo Rivers Trust event was collaboratively organised by the Rivers Trust (All-Ireland), Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) and Sligo Public Participation Network (PPN). The aim was to introduce the concept of a Rivers Trust, how to establish one and what a difference this kind of network can make in protecting local water quality.