About the streamscapes programme
The Salmon is the symbol and proof of wise landscape management, as she depends upon pristine waters and a suite of similarly sensitive lifeforms. In turn, ‘wise landscape management’ depends on peoples’ awareness of the impacts that they have upon waters & wildlife in their pursuit of livelihood, recreation, and domestic management. Raising awareness is the purpose of environmental education and wide community engagement.
In 1989 good general environmental education programmes weren’t really on the map yet in Ireland…it was in that year that Coomhola Salmon Trust was founded by Paul Kearney and Mark Boyden, based at a small research facility on a tributary of the Coomhola River. Amidst producing native salmon stocking projects for Irish southwest rivers, helping with the efforts to reintroduce salmon to the great River Rhine, and hosting successful freshwater pearl mussel captive breeding research, the StreamScapes Aquatic & Biodiversity Community Engagement Project was conceived to assist with wider efforts to conserve our waters and our wilds.
With 2022 we’ll enter the 34th year of these efforts, and in that time thousands of participants have been actively engaged throughout Ireland north and south, in indelible field experience and compelling lessons which have revealed the bounty of natural wonder about us, and of how we can assist in conserving these wonders!
StreamScapes has developed an ethos and method which have established the template for Public Engagement on water & wildlife awareness activities in support of European Water Framework Directive and Habitats Directive objectives.
If you wish to avail of StreamScapes books, resources, or our award–winning Outreach Programme, visit here or contact us for more information.
Further Information on the StreamScapes Programme
StreamScapes is a creative and effective ‘first-contact’ resource for engaging communities in local water quality and biodiversity issues. Working with Schools and Community Groups, StreamScapes produces compelling localised projects which create a buzz and build pride in local natural assets, leading to behaviour change and enhanced local awareness.
Clients include:
EPA
Dep’t. of Communications, Climate Action, and Environment
NPWS
LAWPRO (Local Authorities Waters Project)
Monaghan Co. Council
Limerick Co. Council
Waterford Co. Council
Wexford Co. Council
Cork Co. Council
Clare Co. Council
Kerry Co. Council
Longford Co. Council
South Dublin County Council
Galway Co. Council
Leitrim Co. Council
N. IRE Env. Agency
The Challenge Fund
Blackwater River Partnership
Ring of Gullion AONB (Co. Armagh)
Angling Clubs
Tidy Towns Committees
Chambers of Commerce
NGO’s & Local/Regional Environmental Groups
IFI/CFB
Marine Institute
DAERA/Northern Ireland Environment (NIE)
Newry/Mourne/Down District Council
Fermanagh District Council
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Latest news
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We furthermore wish to graciously acknowledge Core Funding provided by the Department of Communications, Climate Action & The Environment through the auspices of the Irish Environmental Network (IEN)