The Cantabrian Hydrographic Confederation presents the free workshops aimed at the citizens that will be developed within the Environmental Recovery Project of the Saja River between the bridges of Santa Lucía and Virgen de la Peña, in the Municipal Terms of Cabezón de la Sal and Mazcuerras (Cantabria). The presentation will be next Monday, May 6, at six in the afternoon at the Santiago Galas Social Center in Ontoria.
Activities
Social participation actions are aimed at improving the knowledge of river ecosystems and their ecosystem services. The workshops included in the project are as follows:
- Volunteer days for plantations, eradication of invasive species and garbage collection in the riverbed, as well as environmental awareness and dissemination.
- Workshops for the construction of nest boxes, ponds for amphibians, insect hotels or identification of species of flora and fauna, bioblitz.
- Custody agreement for the conservation of spaces of high ecological value in the area of the project.
The target audience of these conferences and workshops is very varied, from workers, groups of schoolchildren and students of different levels, as well as associations or groups of people interested in environmental activities.
The duration of the days and workshops is estimated between 3 and 4 hours approximately.
Those interested in participating in the activities can register at the following email address: dt.santander@chcantabrico.es
ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY OF THE SAJA RIVER
The project aims to respond to the problems affecting the stretch of the Saja River between the bridges of Virgen de la Peña and Santa Lucía, in the municipal districts of Cabezón de la Sal and Mazcuerras, in Cantabria.
This stretch of the Saja River, of about 6,300 m, is identified in the Flood Risk Management Plan (PGRI) of the Hydrographic Demarcation of the Western Cantabrian as being of extreme danger and risk, since the affected population is high and/or the damage to economic activities is very numerous.
In addition, from an environmental point of view, this stretch is especially degraded by hydromorphological pressures, mainly defense structures (speckles and escolleras), pipelines, flow regulation (blues and deflectors), which have caused alterations in the geomorphological processes of the riverbed and the degradation of river habitats.
The project was awarded on 5 June 2023 with a budget of 5,230,504.21 € and an execution period of 31.5 months.