Are UK floods becoming worse due to climate change?
Friday, February 28, 2020
In principle, there is a fundamental link between climate change and flooding because, put simply, a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture.
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Do These Floods Have To Be So Devastating?
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Wye & Usk Foundation
Storms Ciara and Dennis have left a trail of destruction across Wales and much of England in the past two weeks.
The Wye and Usk valleys have been particularly badly affected with both rivers reaching record levels, bringing the misery of flood water to hundreds of homes and businesses. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to everyone who has been affected by what the Environment Agency has described as “unchartered territory” in terms of flooding.
NEW – River Habitat Survey Toolbox 32 and 64 bit software
Monday, February 17, 2020
We have just released new versions of the River Habitat Survey Toolbox software to help practitioners with habitat assessment for the Water Framework Directive, Planning Applications, River Restoration and more. The software is on a free trial for 30 days and it is available for 32 and 64 bit version of Windows with networking facility.
RHS toolbox data input form
Dam fine: estate owners across UK queue up to reintroduce beavers
Friday, February 14, 2020
Beavers can regenerate landscapes, encourage wildlife and prevent flooding – and they have friends in high places
The must-have accessory for every English country estate was once a gothic folly, a ha-ha or a croquet lawn. Now it is a pair of beavers.
Landowners and large estates are racing to acquire licences to reintroduce the water-loving rodents, which were hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago.
Europe’s Rivers Are the Most Obstructed on Earth
Friday, February 14, 2020
By analyzing satellite imagery of rivers worldwide, researchers have pinpointed over 35,000 obstructions like dams and locks that affect an environment’s ecology, hydrology, and water resources management.
Invitation to Tender for Devon Wildlife Trust: Torridge River Restoration Project
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Devon Wildlife Trust have released an invitation to tender for the Torridge River Restoration Project.
Ilkley pushes for bathing area status to protect river 'used as open sewer'
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Local people in a Yorkshire town are pressing for their river to become the first in the UK to be designated as a bathing area to force the authorities to clean up the water they say is being used as an open sewer.
Environment Agency funding to help restore River Ver in St Albans
Thursday, January 30, 2020
The Environment Agency has pledged £300,000 for a master plan to restore a river that dried up last summer.
A lake that is part of the River Ver in Verulamium Park, St Albans completely disappeared in September last year, when more than 200 people protested outside the Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub.
The protest, organised by the Ver Valley Society, called for authorities to acknowledge how dry the river had become.
Recent research indicates the positive impacts of dam removal for fish and river health
Thursday, January 30, 2020
More research uncovers how dam removal can return a river to a more natural state.
DEFRA drives wider adoption of natural capital techniques
Thursday, January 30, 2020
The government has published a series of guidance, tools, datasets and case studies intended to help put an economic value on the natural environment.
The ‘Enabling a Natural Capital Approach’ (ENCA) package was published today, to sit alongside the Treasury’s ‘Green Book’ on the financial appraisal of policies and projects. It should encourage the wider adoption of natural capital techniques across government, though is also suitable for use across the broader public and private sectors.