It’s good to be able to share some success stories.
Fishing along the Sid was once a regular activity, but much less so today – and yet looking to how the very different landscape of the chalk stream waters of the Test and Itchen Rivers in Hampshire might provide both some perspectives and some practical ways forward.
Meanwhile, there are rivers nearer at hand, whether wandering along the River Exe or looking at the Lower Otter Restoration Project.
The River Lim Action group just over the border into Dorset was set up three years ago “to monitor and clean up the River Lim after concerns were raised about pollution” – with an active social media presence and a very positive piece in the latest Dorset Echo welcoming the return of wildlife on the River Lim – although there’s a ‘long way to go’.
These strands come together in Saturday’s talk as part of the Sidmouth Science Festival – where speaker Graham Roberts, when looking at protecting the River Sid, will be ‘sharing some success stories’:
Protecting the River Sid
Saturday 12th October: 11.30am – 12.30pm at the SVA Headquarters, 12 Church Street, Sidmouth EX10 8LY
The River Sid: protecting and enhancing a lowland river catchment.
Talk by Graham Roberts – retired ecologist.
Graham will provide an overview of the River Sid Catchment covering description and functionality of the river, its value to wildlife and people and the current and future challenges the river is facing.
Many river catchments have set up initiatives being driven by citizen science to safeguard these precious natural resources that are under so much threat. The talk will cover a broad range of these issues but finish on a more positive note of sharing some success stories.
Graham is a retired ecologist, having spent nearly thirty years working with the Wildlife Trust Movement in south east England. Initially he worked on otter recovery in southern England and morphed into many aspects of freshwater ecology, land management advice and habitat restoration. He has a passion for chalk rivers which he will touch on in his talk. He is involved with the River Lim Action Group in Lyme Regis.
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