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Protecting The River Dee
By MADDY FOWLER from The Welsh Dee Trust
The Welsh Dee Trust is an environmental charity, based in Llangollen. Our objectives are to protect, conserve, promote and enhance the River Dee, in North Wales and all its indigenous species of fish, animals, birds, and plants. At Welsh Dee we are turning around the fortunes of the River Dee and the wildlife that relies upon it. From the smallest Stonefly, to the mighty Atlantic Salmon, we believe our work can - and will - restore a thriving clean river benefitting both people and wildlife.
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It shouldn’t be in the Dee Pollution is one of the major environmental problems facing the River Dee. It has many sources and pathways making it a challenging problem which we are unable to solve alone. So, our community-led approach, ‘It Shouldn’t be in the Dee’, raises awareness of pollution and its damage. We are working with newly engaged communities to find and eliminate the sources of pollution. Through this approach, we believe we can exponentially grow the number of people working towards a clean River Dee.
Our community-led programmes include:
Become a ‘Citizen Scientist’
Our ‘Citizen Science’ initiatives range from pollution monitoring and microplastic sampling to helping us identify invertebrates such as Riverflies. Citizen Scientists monitor tributaries of the Dee by measuring phosphate and recording visual observations of pollution.
The scheme spots pollution events, identifies degrading waterbodies and targets our work. We run training sessions to become involved in these opportunities and support is provided. Please contact us if you’d like to get involved.
Litter picks
We organise group litter picks both on and off the water, around waterways in the River Dee catchment. Please get in touch with us if you know of a litter hotspot that needs tackling or would like support to lead your own litter pick.
Education events
We are passionate about raising awareness of pollution in the River Dee catchment with the public. Please contact us if you would like us to visit your school, community group or event.
Dee Flows Day
We are hosting Dee Flows Daya community celebration to create awareness about the importance of migratory fish and free-flowing rivers.
Tŷ Mawr Country Park
Saturday 27th May 11am – 3pm
For more information please visit: www.welshdeetrust.com
