School Visits
Learning about our rivers can be a wonderful experience for the younger generation. Guiding the children on an exploration about how rivers work and the animals that live in our rivers, will help build respect for our water resources and open up a whole new whole of discovery. Our School Educator can visit your school on request for one hour talks, hands-on activities or field visits. Please Contact us for more information at [email protected].
Citizen Science with pupils from St Bodens NS
OCT 2023
Carlene Lyttle, Project Officer with Inishowen Rivers Trust, with students from St Bodens National School. Pupils from St Bodens NS took part in a Citizen Sciences event where, with the help of Thomas Lawrence, they surveyed the river, catching insects, recording their catches and logging their finds with Citizen Science.
Sustainable Urban Drainage Workshop
Feb 2024
Carlene Lyttle, Project Officer with Inishowen Rivers Trust giving a workshop on Sustainable Urban Drainage to pupils at Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana.
The students and their teacher, Ms. Gorney, gathered to hear Inishowen Rivers Trust discuss topics such as green roofs, permeable pavements and rain gardens to manage stormwater at its source to reduce the volume of water entering the sewerage system and potentially causing overflows into local streams and Lough Swilly.
Tree Planting with Green Sod Ireland and Scoil Eoghain NS
March 2024
Inishowen Rivers Trust were invited to join Green Sod Ireland as they begin their journey to restore a plot of ground at Meenletterbale near Kinnagoe Bay. The Long Glen River runs into the bay and in times past a wooded corridor of hazel bordered the river, some of which still remains near the bay. Pupils from Scoil Eoghain National School ventured out on a lovely sunny day on Thursday last to plant trees in the riparian zone (along the riverbank) and learn more about the river itself. It was a joy to see the younger generation planting these saplings which they will see grown to maturity.
