About The Fowey Valley Conservation Group

This Fowey weblog is for people who care about nature and landscapes, and who believe we need to be doing what we can to protect them. It is a celebration of one of the most beautiful river valleys in the world, and we hope you can be involved with it too. We’ll look at the Fowey river and its tributaries, the woods that flank it, the estuary and its junction with the sea, and the abundant wildlife – both flora and fauna – it supports.

Its focus is on nature – currently threatened as much as ever by our own ongoing activities which have created climate change, poisoning through chemicals and pollution, and loss of habitat and connectivity. We know we have to change many of our ways of living to reduce CO2 and, broadly speaking, we know the steps we have to take to do this. We also know that we have to stop taking habitats away from the other living things that give us pleasure, are vital to the ecosystems on which our lives rely and belong here just as much as we do. We need to go further and actually restore habitats too, with the emphasis on increasing biodiversity and connectivity. 

Which is why it is more than disturbing when we see us carrying on as we did before, knowing that 'what we did before' has made an almost irreversible mess of the planet. Right now, precious habitats within the Fowey valley are threatened by developments and areas of woodland with ancient trees are being cut down here with impunity. Through this weblog we're hoping we can come together as a community to identify any such activities and give nature a local voice against them. If there are enough of us, we will be heard.

As editor, I’ll try and update this site regularly and please feel free to email me any contributions you see fit. Thank you so much for taking part. 

Martin Surgey