This program is part of the project « Youth for Europe » organised by Europe Conservation France and partially funded by the European Commission.
Europe Conservation is a European non-profit and non-governmental organisation acting for nature conservation and environmental education.
Two programs, one on the otter and the other on the beaver, have already been organised on the river Loire (France) for this European project.
The third program will be organised in cooperation with SOS Loire Vivante about the Loire-Allier salmon from the 1st to the 26th of September, 1997. With this program, 14 young Europeans (18 to 25 years old) will take part in local actions for the conservation of salmon : the goal is to help grassroots organisations while learning field techniques and meeting with other cultures.
This program is Free !!! Room & board & travel costs covered by Europe Conservation and the different partners.

Activities:
-From the 1st to the 4th of september: at Europe Conservation (Blois, France).
First contact with the team, preliminary work, general overview of the Loire.
-From the 5th to the 7th of september: trip up the river Loire by bus from Blois to the upper Allier river, visit of different natural sites (natural reserves...) and obstacles to salmon migration (dams, bridges, nuclear centrals...).
-From the 8th to the 12th and from the 15th to the 19th of september: fieldwork on the river Allier:
-one-day overview of the salmon biology and conservation and of the different local actors. -3 or 4 days for the construction of a second salmon incubator on the river Allier -one day for the monitoring of salmon juveniles -5 days for a sampling session to find out pollution causes on a tributary of the Allier -The week-ends will be used to discover the region and the local activities. -From the 22nd to 26th of september: common project of information about the salmon with the participation of the different local actors (SMAT, CSP, Association Protectrice du Saumon, SOS Loire Vivante, Fédération de Pêche, political institutions, other partners...). This kind of program might be repeated from year to year and applied to other actions.
If you want some more information about the salmon go to our pages.
How to participate:

If you are European between 18 and 25 years old and want to participate to this program, please contact Olivier Métral or Françoise Dombre at Europe Conservation, BP 44, F-41260 La-Chaussée-St-Victor. Tel: 33 (0) 2 54 58 22 22 / Fax: 33 (0) 2 54 58 22 20.
For any information about this program you can also contact:
Mathieu Dumond at
SOS-Loire-Vivante,
8, rue Crozatier
43000 Le Puy-en-Velay.
Tel: 33 (0) 4 71 05 57 88 / Fax: 33 (0) 4 71 02 60 99.

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