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Owenroe tributary of the Caragh
Minister of State for heritage Malcolm Noonan has formally launched the socioeconomic evaluation of KerryLIFE, an agri-environmental initiative that operated between 2014 and 2020.
KerryLIFE was co-funded by the EU’s LIFE Programme; Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine; Coillte; Teagasc; and the South Kerry Development Partnership.
The project covered two river systems which are home to almost half of Ireland’s population of freshwater pearl mussels – the Blackwater and Caragh River Catchments, in the Iveragh Peninsula, Co. Kerry.
The pearl mussel is a very rare aquatic species, and “is an excellent indicator of pristine water quality”.
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It is among 24 projects nationwide being funded over the next 18 months.
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Senator Pippa Hackett said given the response to the open call for applications, the budget had been increased to €3 million.
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