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ID:	1541
Title:	Save The Ribble
URL:	http://save-the-ribble.blogspot.com/
Category:	Environment: Micro Activists
Description:	A blog dedicated to preserving the beauty of the River Ribble. The campaign opposes the Riverworks vision to build a barrage on the river and develop adjacent green spaces.

Ribble Estuary Against Fracking talk about Fracking in Lancashire on Countryfile Sunday 4th December - Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:47:00 +0000

Ribble Estuary Against Frackinghave had a busy week of interviews as the debates about Fracking in Lancashire heat up.

They have beeninterviewed by Bloomberg Newswho are covering Fracking in the UK;

and byJohn Cravenwho is looking at the issue of Fracking in Lancashire on this Sunday'sCountryfile programme BBC1 (Sunday 4th December at 6.25pm).

Find out more aboutRibble Estuary Against Fracking here.

Fracking Meeting at Poulton-le-Fylde Mon 28th November - Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:01:00 +0000

Ribble Estuary Against Fracking

have organised a public meeting

for Monday 28th November at 7pm

at the Church Hall,

Vicarage Lane,

Poulton-le-Fylde FY6 7BE.

Come along and find out more about the Fracking issue.

Seehttp://www.reaf.org.uk/for more information.

Marine Conservation Zones AT RISK - Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:42:00 +0000

Image by Paul Naylor

Our Seas need your help!

The Wildlife Trust and Save Our Seas recommended network of 127 Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) is under threat.

'We need to demonstrate the importance and urgency of the MCZ network to the Parliament Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries, Richard Benyon MP today, and ensure that Defra does not reduce the number of MCZs going forward for consultation in 2012.

After years of pressure, and with huge public support, the Marine and Coastal Access Act of 2009 promised a coherent network of protection around the coasts by 2012. Now 127 marine sites around England’s coast, including seven in the North West, have been recommended by four regional stakeholder groups to become MCZs next year.

However, there is now the very real fear that only a fraction of these will be recommended for designation, which would be a disaster for our marine wildlife as it would leave a smaller and effective network of protection.

Jewel Anemones by Sally Sharrock

This is a once in a lifetime chance for us to protect the wildlife in our seas, and we can't let it slip away.'

Find out how you can write to Richard Benyon here.

And sign the petition here.

Thank you to Cheryl Nicholson, Marine Conservation Officer, and everyone at the North West Wildlife Trusts, for bringing this to everyone's attention.