Salmon could return if Lee Valley’s river forest was transformed into eco-park

The upper Lee Valley’s river forest could be transformed into an eco-park, and its salmon population returned, if the ESB were to work with environmental campaigners, says the West Cork Ecology Centre.

The ESB, Cork County Council, Inland Fisheries Ireland, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) are next week to hold the latest in a series of meetings on the conservation of the site.

The Gearagh, near Macroom, Co Cork, is one of four inland forest deltas in the world and is widely acknowledged as the most ecologically intact.