Vartry through Mount Usher
atest press release from Wicklow County Council, issued
on Tuesday, June 14th 2022…
A range of projects across County Wicklow are to benefit from grants to support the protection and enhancement of local waterbodies.
The Community Water Development Fund is providing a total of just over €23,500 for nine community groups around Wicklow.
Projects approved for grant funding in County Wicklow include:
• Hydrogeological assessment of Arklow Town Marsh to preserve the protected aquatic habitat (Arklow Tidy Towns)
• Glencree River Water Quality Project: Improvement and assessment (An Óige Knockree Conservation Group)
• Three separate Ecological Assessments of Cannistown River/Kilcoole Stream, Newcastle River and Swan River, Bray (Keep Kilcoole Tidy/Kilcoole Biodiversity Group, Newcastle Residents Association/ Biodiversity group, and Bray Tidy Towns/Swan River Conservation Group respectively)
• Enniskerry Tidy Towns Cookestown River Invasive Species survey and action plan
• Snapshot Europe 2022 Wildlife Survey across Wicklow Water Habitats (ReWild Wicklow)
• Refurbishment of Observation Hide at BirdWatch
Ireland’s East Coast Nature Reserve (BirdWatch Ireland) and
• The Park Stream, Shillelagh. Installation of solar powered water fountain (Shillelagh Peoples Property Ltd)
Cllr Shay Cullen, Cathaoirleach, Wicklow County Council, welcomed the announcement, saying: “I am delighted to see these hard working community groups acknowledged with grant funding to support them in delivering projects to enhance their local water bodies. These local community groups play a key role in the protection of their local environment in collaboration with LAWPRO, Wicklow County Council and the other relevant agencies.”
The ReWild gang