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Is citizen science an important mechanism to inform and support society, governance, the economy, the environment, and science? The answer is yes, it probably is! But no one has really measured the impact… The River Restoration Centre is working with 6 partners across Europe to develop tools and metrics to measure impacts of citizen science (MICS) on environmental projects www.mics.tools |
PhD research - call for information, details and experience on leaky dam networks
Dear RRC Community,
I have a query about your experience of the resilience of leaky dam structures. I am a PhD student at the University of Leeds, studying the effectiveness of leaky dams at reducing downstream flood risk. I have installed and monitored 30 leaky dams in a headwater catchment in North Yorkshire to gain insights into impacts on storm peak timing and magnitude.
Guest blog - Fiona Bowles, Vice Chair RRC Board of Directors
| Last week I assisted at two training courses RRC were holding up in Warrington. We held the Hydromorphology for River Restoration (Level 2) training on Thursday 17th October at the Warrington Deaf Club. |
Here are a list of recently published papers to update you on new studies and developments in river restoration and catchment management. If you have a paper that you feel should be included in a future list, let us know. Please be aware that you or your organisation will require a subscription to view some of these papers.
This summer we were lucky enough to have 2 interns join us from Grenoble Institute of Technology, for 2 months. Thomas and Manon came over from France to help develop 2 applications to aid in river restoration monitoring and recording. Manon worked on transferring the River Habitat Survey (RHS) App from Android to iOS, and Thomas worked to develop a Fixed Point Photography (FPP) App.
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Yesterday Jackie and I travelled down to Hampshire for a site visit at the Tichborne Restoration Project, near Alresford, near Winchester. The group of 20 delegates gathered at the Tichborne Arms in the small village of Tichborne, sheltering from the heavy rain by crowding under trees! The rain did not stop throughout the whole visit, and the advised wellies proved essential. |
Here are a list of recently published papers to update you on new studies and developments in river restoration and catchment management. If you have a paper that you feel should be included in a future list, let us know. Please be aware that you or your organisation will require a subscription to view some of these papers.
Last week RRC held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Devon Clinton Estates, between East Budleigh and Yettington. This coincided with the second RRC Members Site Visit of the year, to the River Otter Beaver Trial in Devon. Following the RRC AGM in the morning, the RRC team, along with our extended Board of Directors and a small group of RRC Members, ventured to a couple of sites on the search for local beaver activity.