When: Saturday 30th April, 11 am until 2 pm.
Where: The Dodder River near UCD (meet at the Clonskeagh Gate)
Who: Anyone! Feel free to invite others.
What to bring: Gloves, protective clothes, sturdy boots ... people with waders most welcome!
This is being run in conection with An Taisce's spring clean and is being run by the post grads in UCD's school of biology and environmental sciences.
If you're from the area and want to help out feel free to come along.
Dodder clean up
Re: Dodder clean up
Hi kmck, I have a half dozen litter pickers and a lot of spare bags that were left over from a recent river cleanup on the Boyne. If they would be any use to you let me know and I can get them to you somehow. It's great to see more initiatives like this going on around the country.
Re: Dodder clean up
Dru Marsh in UCD is in charge of this baby, you can contact him on dru.marsh<at>ucd.ie since I'm down the country most of the time at present.
Re: Dodder clean up
The weather looks good for Saturday, why not get out and help, bump.
Re: Dodder clean up
Where: Meet-up at Dartry Park (Dodder Road - off the Milltown Road), Milltown - ten minutes walk from the Clonskeagh Road gate UCD.
What time: 11 am, Saturday, 30th April.
The course:
Team One: Will head upriver towards Rathfarnham Road Bridge and collect up until the River Cottages (about 200 m past Tesco Rathfarnham).
Team Two: Will head downriver from Dartry Park to the Clonskeagh Road bridge.
Finish: About 2 pm
Lunch: For those interested, we will head back to the Dropping Well on Milltown Road, for a pint and spot of lunch.
What to bring: Water proof boots (especially wellingtons) or waders (if you have them), gloves, sun hat and sun glasses (if you are an optimist), wet-weather gear (if you are a pessimist) or both if you are in between.
Enquiries: contact Dru Marsh on 0870 6333 77 or at [email protected]
All welcome, however, we ask that all children be accompanied by an adult.
What time: 11 am, Saturday, 30th April.
The course:
Team One: Will head upriver towards Rathfarnham Road Bridge and collect up until the River Cottages (about 200 m past Tesco Rathfarnham).
Team Two: Will head downriver from Dartry Park to the Clonskeagh Road bridge.
Finish: About 2 pm
Lunch: For those interested, we will head back to the Dropping Well on Milltown Road, for a pint and spot of lunch.
What to bring: Water proof boots (especially wellingtons) or waders (if you have them), gloves, sun hat and sun glasses (if you are an optimist), wet-weather gear (if you are a pessimist) or both if you are in between.
Enquiries: contact Dru Marsh on 0870 6333 77 or at [email protected]
All welcome, however, we ask that all children be accompanied by an adult.
Re: Dodder clean up
Congrats to Dru and his team on their Dodder cleanup effort recently. They were featured on RTE's Dirty Old Towns project and 2FM, see the link below, they are at approx 20 mins. Great to see more river cleanups happening around the country.
http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1097619
http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1097619