The River Sid: protecting and enhancing a lowland river catchment. Talk by Graham Roberts. Retired ecologist.
Graham will provide an overview of the River Sid Catchment covering description and functionality of the river, its value to wildlife and people and the current and future challenges the river is facing.
Many river catchments have set up initiatives being driven by citizen science to safeguard these precious natural resources that are under so much threat. The talk will cover a broad range of these issues but finish on a more positive note of sharing some success stories.
Graham is a retired ecologist, having spent nearly thirty years working with the Wildlife Trust Movement in south east England. Initially he worked on otter recovery in southern England and morphed into many aspects of freshwater ecology, land management advice and habitat restoration. He has a passion for chalk rivers which he will touch on in his talk. He is involved with the River Lim Action Group in Lyme Regis.