 The IWT is a member of the Irish Environmental Network (IEN) and receives core funding from the Department of Communication Climate Action and Environment through the IEN.The IWT is also a member of the European Environmental Bureau and Sustainable Water Network (SWAN).The IWT has been involved in a number of high profile campaigns since its foundation from salmon poaching to protection of vulnerable habitats and most recently in opposition in the ‘Heritage Bill’ passed in 2017 which contains provisions to extend the legal hedge cutting and scrub burning season to include times when birds are breeding and nesting.