WESTCOUNTRY RIVERS TRUST

A) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE RIVERS WITHIN THE WESTCOUNTRY, INCLUDING ADJACENT ESTUARINE AND COASTAL AREAS. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN: 1) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA AND ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT 2) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

THE WESTCOUNTRY,

Farm visits and educate farmers to adopt sustainable practices; conferences and work with institutions to educate the public about resource protection issues; catchment restoration to restore rivers and improve land management; research based on habitat protection and species conservation including fish stocks and migration; liaise with policy makers to benefit the public through conservation.

• presAndrew Southall
• Andrew John Gray
• Andrew Martin Blundell
• DR A. TORRANCE
• Dr Sarah Bunney
• Ian Nicholas Thompson
• Jonathan Mark Phillips
• Joseph Leslie Sutton
• Yvonne Kay Penney