Source to Tap – emerging evidence of the scale of the MCPA pesticide problem in cross-border Irish catchments
Source to Tap are monitoring water quality in the River Derg to gauge the impact of grants given to farmers […]
Read MoreSource to Tap are monitoring water quality in the River Derg to gauge the impact of grants given to farmers […]
Read MoreConor Galvin from the OPW tells us about how Natural Water Retention Measures can deliver multiple environmental benefits for habitats, […]
Read MoreThe Lough Carra Catchment Association has supported the publication of ‘The Marl Crusts of Lough Cara’ by Philip Doddy. This […]
Read MoreEurope will not achieve its 2030 goals without urgent action during the next 10 years to address the alarming rate […]
Read MoreThe Local Authority Waters Programme is helping anglers in the border region monitor their lakes using innovative citizen science techniques. […]
Read MoreDave Wall from the National Biodiversity Data Centre tells us how you can help map our marine biodiversity with the […]
Read MoreThe EPA is working on citizen science in partnership with the National Biodiversity Data Centre, An Taisce and others. Citizens […]
Read MoreA report focusing on the quality of private water supplies in Ireland for 2018 was released today by the EPA. […]
Read MoreThe overall theme of Catchment Science 2019, hosted by the Teagasc Agricultural Catchments Programme in Wexford, Ireland, was “Achieving quality […]
Read MoreThe latest issue of the Catchments Newsletter is now available to download. You can read the editorial from this issue […]
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