OVA Launch Campaign to Revive The River Otter

Date posted: 
21st Jul 2025

We have teamed up with local MP Richard Foord and other groups to launch a new campaign called "Revive the River Otter". This was initiated by a press release from Richard Foord, with quotes and commentary from the Otter Valley Association and our campaigning group ORCA.  We then followed this with a second release form the OVA which includes numerous supporting quotes from East Devon District Council, Devon County Council (Otter Valley), Tracey Farm, The River Otter Fisheries Association, The Ottery Fly Fishing Club, Budleigh Town Council, Otterton Parish Council, Newton Poppleford and Harpford Parish Council, Ottery St Mary Town Council, Westcountry Rivers Trust and Richard Foord MP.

We are calling on local people to join the ORCA FaceBook group, and to share images of the river on social media with the hashtag #ReviveTheRiverOtter.

Read Richard Foord Release here

Read the OVA release here

Read / watch coverage of the program here