North East Herts MP, Oliver Heald has had a high level meeting with the World Wide Fund for Nature’s campaign “Our Rivers”. The discussion covered a range of local and national issues facing the rivers of England, with Oliver explaining the plight of North East Hertfordshire’s own chalk rivers.
Following the meeting the WWF are to issue a special report highlighting the problems specific to the rivers Mimram and Beane. The Our Rivers campaign is a coalition of the WWF, RSPB, the Angling Trust and the Association of Rivers Trusts and seeks to highlight the issues facing the rivers of England and Wales.
Oliver commented, “I am delighted to be working so closely with the WWF on this important issue. The rivers of England are a precious natural resource and nowhere more so than in North East Hertfordshire.”
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Contact: Martin Jee, Parliamentary Assistant to Oliver Heald MP, 020 7219 2267
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The photo shows Oliver Heald MP with Rose Timlett and Eva Groeneveld from the WWF, running left to right.