- Westcountry Rivers Trust
The Westcountry Rivers Trust is a
waterway society and aregistered charity No. 1045806 in theWest Country ofEngland ,United Kingdom . The Trust was founded in 1995 and aims to protect and enhance the West Country'sriver s andstream s, and to work with the region's landowners, farmers and the wider community, mainly througheducation projects.Cornwall Rivers Project
This £2.6 million Project, from 2002 to 2006, was funded by the
European Union (European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund} Objective 1 Programme and by the UK Government'sDepartment of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . It was aimed at those managing land in thecatchment s of these rivers and streams:
*River Allen,River Caerhays ,River Camel ,River Looe (East Looe River), (West Looe River),River Fal ,River Fowey ,River Gannel ,Lerryn River , River Inny,River Lynher ,River Menalhyl ,River Mevagissey ,River Neet ,River Otter ,River Seaton ,River Strat ,River Tiddy ,River Tresilian , River White.Trust members visited over 870 landholdings in
Cornwall to help improve farming practice, to protect the environment and to make economic savings. More than 1,380 km ofwatercourse s were surveyed, and Integrated River Basin Resource Management Plans issued.An End of Project leaflet was produced:
* [http://www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/downloads/leaflet.pdf Cornwall Rivers Project leaflet (PDF)]ee also
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List of rivers of England
*List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom External links
* [http://www.tamarconsulting.org/wrt/ Official website]
*UK charity|1045806|Westcountry Rivers Trust
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4590624.stm BBC NEWS, 7 January 2006, "Successful river scheme finishes" - Cornwall Rivers Project]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4081049.stm BBC NEWS, 9 December 2004, "County hosts estuary conference"]
* [http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/grdp/1393647/1760234/1760239/1297803/1311573?lang=_w&theme=®ion=&subject=&searchfor=rivers&any_all=&choose_order=&exactphrase=&withoutwords= Environment Agency on the Cornwall Rivers Project]
* [http://www.objectiveone.com/O1htm/01-cross-cutting/ES_casesA-M.htm European Union / Objective One Partnership for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly]
* [http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4386 Cornwall County Council: Estuaries, Rivers and Wetlands]
* [http://www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/ Cornwall Rivers Project website]
* [http://www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/geography/neet.htm Cornwall Rivers Project, River Catchments Neet and Strat]
* [http://www.tamarconsulting.org/wrt/downloads/newsletters/winter_07_08/winter_07_08.pdf "Confluence" - The Journal of the Westcountry Rivers Trust, Winter 07/08, Issue 8]
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