Updates
Ken Whelan joined Atlantic Salmon Trust colleague Jamie Gordon on RTE Radio 1’s CountryWide program to discuss the success of small but hugely impactful local projects such as Scotland’s River Deveron weir removal and our recent Ballinglen Barrier project in Wicklow.
We had a beautiful balmy evening for our bat walk in Aughrim on the 17th September
Yesterday we enjoyed a very special day at Riverscapes in the Glencree Valley, a fantastic event “In a Field by the River” was hosted by The Shaking Bog funded by Local Authority Waters Programme…
We had a beautiful evening and a fantastic turn out for our National Heritage Week birdwatching event at the Vartry Reservoir last night…
The Avonmore Catchment Collective enjoyed a beautiful day on the Avonbeg River in the Glenmalure Valley on the 21st July 2025.
We’re delighted to be partnering with Wicklow County Council, the Wicklow Uplands Council and LAWPRO to participate in an EU Horizon project which aims to improve how Europe manages water, land and climate risks.
Watch the webinar recording focused on our Upland Gully Woodland Community Climate Action Project for Earth Day 2025 in collaboration with Wicklow Uplands Council.
Our project to remove a barrier to fish migration has been published as a case study in a European context.
Removing a Barrier to Fish Migration - The Installation of a Rock Ramp at Ballinglen Bridge
We’re thrilled to have been nominated for the Eco Hero Award 2024 with Outsider.ie
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.
We’re delighted to share a detailed vision document for the Avoca and Avonmore catchment, prepared by Dr. Tom Harrington and Faith Wilson under the direction of East Wicklow Rivers Trust.
