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 Well-known environmental campaigner, broadcaster and botanist David Bellamy praised anglers for their work in helping to preserve the environment when he joined Tetford Country Cottages owners Ray and Marie Whitley at the venue at the end of April.
Speaking to Fisheries.co.uk he said that in addition to attracting money into rural communities, anglers have also helped to preserve the state of our rivers, lakes and the environment in general. Most anglers, he said, enjoy being in the countryside and regard the quality of their environment as important as the fish they catch. David, Vice-President of the Trout and Salmon Association - even though he is not an angler himself - said: "If we didn't have anglers we probably would not have rivers as clean as they are now and that means we would not have our present wildlife."
"Thanks to anglers and the angling lobby, the quality of our rivers is coming back to what it should be which in turn is very good news for large areas of wetlands and the birds, animals and fish which rely on them." During the Open Day which David launched at Tetford he took local schoolchildren on a tour of the Tetford site and explained the roles played by the various trees, plants and animals in the countryside. |
He added: "Because there are so many people in this country we have to manage our environment very carefully to satisfy the needs of everyone, and anglers play an important role in this.