Swindale river restoration video
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Watch this short film on river restoration at Swindale.
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Satterthwaite Weir Removal videos
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Watch 2 short films of the Satterthwaite Weir Removal, South Cumbria.
Partial removal of Long Preston weir
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Last week, the Ribble Rivers Trust completed a partial removal of the ‘Long Preston weir’, taking out 60% of the weir. The weir had a width of 21 metres across the river and a head of around 0.5m.
The weir is located on the river Ribble within the Long Preston Deeps floodplain, near the historic town of Settle in North Yorkshire. The weir only starts to appear on maps in the 1970s and was originally built to provide aeration to Settle sewage treatment works (adjacent to the site) but is no longer required due to advances in sewage treatment works.
Mapping priorities for restoring natural river and lake function
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Natural England has set up a stakeholder-based process for mapping river/stream and lake restoration priorities. It has just gone live on the FBA priority habitats website.
Revitalising Eden: The Eden Catchment Plan
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Eden Rivers Trust are the hosts of the Eden Catchment Partnership.
The Catchment Partnership was established to bring together flood risk and environmental outcomes. Along with our partners, we will work by the following principles:
Modern farming working with nature – the PARTRIDGE project fits perfectly with the goals of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
PARTRIDGE is promoting nature-friendly, sustainable arable farming, alongside profitable farming across 10 demonstration sites in the North Sea Region.
Riparian Tree Planting Grant Programme
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
£1.4m of new funding for tree-planting projects with a focus on the water environment this financial year.
This programme is competitive and will be prioritised by the EA, first at an area level and secondly on a national level. We will be prioritising projects based on the following criteria: - Confidence in ability to deliver by March 2021 - Contribution to improving water environment including WFD status, NFM etc. - Value for money - Scale, we will be looking for larger projects in the region of £50 – 95k.
Environment Agency open to replacement of WFD
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The Environment Agency has admitted that surface and groundwater quality in England has remained static from 2016 to 2019 and is "a long way from the government’s ambitions".
It has also confirmed to Environment Analyst that it is considering advocating new UK legislation to replace the EU’s Water Framework Directive but denied that this will lead to a degradation of environmental standards.
Ten year strategy for Bristol to confront ecological emergency
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
It’s not too late to reverse the unprecedented and escalating decline in wildlife, says the man leading Bristol’s response to the ecological emergency.
But urgent action is needed and that’s why a ten-year citywide strategy has been unveiled, outlining a series of solutions designed to confront the challenges faced, and increase the scale and speed of work to match the urgency of the issue.
PM commits to protect 30% of UK land in boost for biodiversity
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The Prime Minister is committing today (Monday 28 September) to protect 30% of the UK’s land by 2030.
Existing National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and other protected areas already comprise approximately 26% of land in England. An additional 4% – over 400,000 hectares, the size of the Lake District and South Downs national parks combined – will be protected to support the recovery of nature.