East Wicklow Rivers Trust

Protecting, conserving and improving Wicklow’s surface water bodies

The East Wicklow Rivers Trust formed in 2019 from a core group of people who had come together with concerns about the impact of water flow on the Vartry river.

The Trust covers an area of over 1300 square kilometers, stretching from Bray to Arklow. Our area of interest includes the Vartry, Avoca, and Dargle rivers, and all the other rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands that flow to the Irish Sea in County Wicklow.

Trusts are independent community-led charitable organisations that delivery education, water management advice and practical conservation work.

Learn more about East Wicklow Rivers Trust

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Restoring Upland Gully Woodland webinar

Watch the webinar recording focused on our Upland Gully Woodland Community Climate Action Project for Earth Day 2025 in collaboration with Wicklow Uplands Council.

Ballinglen barrier removal project published as an EU case study

Our project to remove a barrier to fish migration has been published as a case study in a European context.

Eco Volunteer Of The Year nomination

We’re thrilled to have been nominated for the Eco Hero Award 2024 with Outsider.ie

“Where the river rises” with Jane Clarke

On the Lyric Feature on Sunday 2nd February, poet Jane Clarke presented Where the River Rises. Here, through poetry and conversation with local ecologists and naturalists, she explored the Avonmore River in County Wicklow.