New tree-planting project launched on the outskirts of Derry Agriculture Minister encourages other landowners to sign up for new scheme Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA is pictured (L-R) with Dave Scott - Woodland Trust, Lionel Knobbs - Loughs Agency and Alan McComb, landowner. Reporter: '); '); Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced a £200,000 Water Quality Improvement strand (WQIS) of the Environmental Challenge Fund Competition for 2021/2022, to support water quality projects across Northern Ireland. The Minister made his announcement during a visit to a farm in the Faughan Valley, which received almost £7,000 under the 2020/21 Scheme to assist with the creation of wet woodland at the farm, in a partnership with Woodland Trust and Loughs Agency.