ART/WRT Autumn Conference 8th & 9th November 2007 - BOOK NOW!
Association of Rivers Trusts Awards Dinner & Westcountry Rivers Trust Autumn Conference
“The myth of the natural river: to protect, restore or enhance?"
Thursday 8th - Friday 9th November 2007 Headland Hotel, Newquay & Eden Project, St Austell, Cornwall
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The Association of Rivers Trusts and Westcountry Rivers Trust are pleased to invite you to our joint 2007 Awards Dinner and Autumn Conference. ART’s Awards Dinner is being hosted at the impressive Headland Hotel, Fistral, Newquay, overlooking Fistral Beach and the Atlantic Ocean, on the evening of Thursday 8 th November 2007 (7.00 pm for 7.30 pm), and gives us the opportunity publicly to reward excellence and achievement by rivers trusts and individuals.
The Conference on the 9th November will ne held at the Eden project and will address the underlying questions of whether there is a way to manage catchments towards what we deem to be a “natural state”, supporting natural levels of diversity and abundance whilst substantially retaining the other services provided upon which modern society relies, and what level of intervention is suitable: protection, restoration or enhancement? The cost of the Conference is £85 per person, including lunch and refreshments, and the Awards Dinner is £45 per person, inclusive of wine. A booking form can be downloaded from the table below.
An on-line booking/credit card payment facility, is now available by clicking here. Please note that we are also happy to receive e-mail bookings on lyn@wrt.org.uk
CLIMATE CHANGE SPECIAL - Summer 07 issue of Confluence - DOWNLOAD IT NOW!
The summer 07 issue of our newsletter Confluence is hot off the press. If you have not received a copy you can download it by clicking on the above image.
In order to conserve funds we intend to send the next issue of Confluence only to those who are interested. Therefore, if you would like to receive Confluence you can subscribe to the newsletter electronically (see below) or by supporting the Trust by becoming a member.
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Launch of the WET FEET scheme
The Westcountry Rivers Trust is proud to launch a junior Rivers Trust membership programme ‘Wet Feet’ which is aimed at budding river enthusiasts. Junior members will receive a ‘Wet Feet’ biannual magazine - an introductory copy of which has been included with this issue of confluence - alongside a membership pack including a certificate, wet feet detective pack, activities, posters, stickers and regular e-newsletters.
If you know someone who enjoys the outdoors and loves getting wet you can subscribe via the Wet Feet website www.wetfeet.org.uk, email wetfeet@wrt.org.uk or send a cheque with a completed membership form from the enclosed Wet Feet magazine to Wet Feet, 10 Exeter Street, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9EQ or phone 08707 740704
See the Wet Feet website for more details www.wetfeet.org.uk !
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We are currently setting up an e-newsletter service which aims to keep its subscribers up to date with the Trust's work through an electronic newsletter. If you wish to subscriber simply email newsletter@wrt.org.uk and we will send you updates when we publish them.
