Ballyshannon Action Group community biodiversity action plan available

Press Release: Ballyshannon Action Group AGM and Biodiversity Report Launch

The Community Biodiversity Action Plan is available here.

Ballyshannon Action Group will use their 2024 AGM this Wednesday 31st July (8pm in Ballyshannon Community Hall) to highlight the group’s work to protect biodiversity in the Ballyshannon area over the last five years, as it launches Ballyshannon’s first Community Biodiversity Plan.

This new plan for Ballyshannon, was compiled by Ecologist Dr Catherine O'Connell, who has studied the area over the last year and given talks on her findings.

The plan was made possible by the awarding of a grant of €5,500 from Community Foundation Ireland to the Ballyshannon Action Group towards the cost of developing such a Biodiversity Action Plan for the area.

Ballyshannon Action Group were among a number of Kildare community groups to have been awarded grants by Community Foundation Ireland this year for this purpose.

“This report features in-depth information from Dr O’Connell about biodiversity features of interest in terms of flora, fauna and habitats associated with Ballyshannon and makes recommendations on each habitat area surveyed, enabling our community to take positive actions to maintain and enhance biodiversity in the area,” a spokesperson for Ballyshannon Action Group said.