StreamScapes: Voices of the Catchment

Join us and the Irish Peatland Conservation Council to celebrate World Wetland Day! World Wetland Day is celebrated annually on February 2nd to raise awareness for these critical ecosystems.Irish Peatlands Conservation Council is an NGO that takes action to celebrate and protect peatlands in Ireland. Founded in 1982, the IPCC has worked on many projects involving communities to conserve peatlands. The IPCC manages a network of five peatland reserves in Counties Kildare, Waterford, Meath and Kerry.Nuala Madigan, CEO of the IPCC, joins StreamScapes today to discuss how these natural environments are so important to us ecologically and culturally.The IPCC encourages you to become a citizen scientist and take part in the Hop To It frog survey - https://www.ipcc.ie/help-ipcc/hop-to-it-national-frog-survey-irelandcard/

In this first episode of the StreamScapes podcast, we celebrate World River Day by diving into the rich history, ecology, and importance of rivers to our environment and communities. Join us as we explore StreamScapes’s local river: Coomhola River, Co. Cork.Catherine Russell and Stephanie O’ Toole take a closer look at the Coomhola River’s unique role in the local landscape as a blue dot and spate river.