UkRivers.net
Title
UK Rivers Network
Description
The UK Rivers Network (UKRN) is an informal network of groups and individuals interested in rivers and related issues across England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales .
Essentially, we try to act as a loose information interchange for the UK rivers community. Currently, education and networking are the main focus of our work, but we do sometimes get involved in campaigning and long-term policy work. We are a community-centered, grassroots organization and our emphasis has always been a very pragmatic one: we believe doing is always better than talking about doing.
A bit of history
That attitute has been part of UKRN from the start. UKRN originally grew out of a successful 1997 campaign and 1998 public inquiry to prevent the diversion of the rivers Teign and Bovey to make way for an expanded clay quarry in the village of Teigngrace, Devon.