| Rivers=20
Trust Movement Honours =93Fantastic Five=94 at Awards=20
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Ceremony |
The Association of =
Rivers Trusts=20
(ART) held an inaugural Awards Dinner in recognition of excellence =
and=20
achievement at its successful Autumn Seminar on the Water =
Framework=20
Directive (WFD), held on the River Ribble in Lancashire, on the =
9th and=20
10th November.
Over 100 delegates from Great Britain and =
Ireland=20
gathered to hear of opportunities under the new EU Directive from =
key=20
speakers including WWF, Defra, Environment Agency, NFU and leading =
Rivers=20
Trusts. Following the seminar, delegates attended a glittering =
Awards=20
Dinner where the Association and VIP=92s announced the five =
recipients of=20
the first awards of their kind, =93in recognition of excellence =
and=20
achievement=94 and their contribution to the growing Rivers Trusts =
Movement.
The 2004 =
Association of Rivers=20
Trusts Awards, supported by WWF & HSBC included a cheque of =
=A32000 for=20
each recipient (to be spent on the river conservation project of =
their=20
choice) together with a certificate and a specially commissioned, =
water=20
themed vase in lead crystal.
=93Award for=20
Contribution to Science=94 presented by Professor Lynda Warren to:
Dr Ronald Campbell, Tweed=20
Foundation
=93Award for Contribution to =
Best Farm=20
Practice=94 presented by=20
Professor Ed Maltby to:
Simon =
Evans, Wye=20
& Usk Foundation
=93Award for=20
Outstanding Contribution by a Volunteer=94 presented by John Bateman of HSBC =
to:
Philip Lord, =
Ribble Catchment=20
Conservation Trust
and=20
two =93Special Lifetime Awards for Outstanding =
Contribution to the=20
Rivers Trust Movement=94 presented by =
Dr Dafydd=20
Evans of the Environment Agency the first to:
Dr Martin O=92Grady, Central Fisheries Board =
(Ireland) the=20
second awarded to:
Dr Alastair Stephen, Scottish & Southern =
Energy=20
plc (Scotland) - who was unavoidably absent and accepted on his =
behalf by=20
Dr Ronald Campbell
Arlin Rickard, =
Director of the=20
Association of Rivers Trusts who acted as MC for the evening said, =
=93These=20
awards represent a landmark in the development of the Rivers Trust =
Movement and reflect a massive body of work undertaken over the =
last=20
fifteen years. The Association is delighted to be able to mark =
each of the=20
winner=92s achievements in this way and raise the profile of =
Rivers Trust=92s=20
activities up and down the Country.=94
=93In particular, =
I would like to=20
thank WWF & HSBC for their support of ART initiatives and Ian =
Gregg,=20
ART=92s Chairman who proposed and launched the awards =
programme.=94
This year=92s =
award winners will=20
be invited back to next year=92s ceremony to give a short =
presentation on=20
how they have chosen to spend their money. Nominations for the =
2005 ART=20
Awards programme will open in the spring with generous support =
from WWF,=20
HSBC, Atlantic Salmon Trust and Salmon & Trout Association. =
Details=20
may be found on the ART website:=20
www.associationofriverstrusts.org.uk
For further =
information and=20
digital pictures from the awards and seminar contact:
Alan =
Hawken (ART=20
Secretary) on 01726-822343
E-mail: alan@associationofr=
iverstrusts.org.uk
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Unsightly =
abstraction at=20
Footholme
(R.Dunsop tribs) |
ART awards =
in lead=20
crystal |
Phillip =
Lord receives his=20
award from John Bateman (HSBC) |
Stocks =
Reservoir on=20
the
R. Hodder |
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=93Water Facts=94
=95 The =
average person uses=20
150 litres of water each day, but drinks, at best 1 litre =
=95=20
Mental performance is adversely affected at very low levels =
of=20
dehydration, just 1% loss of body weight
=95 It costs one =
penny for=20
each school week to give a child their adequate daily fluid =
as tap=20
water
=93Source-=20
Water UK=94 | |