This summer Welland Project Manager Sam Valman travelled to Scotland to help and learn from an international team of researchers monitor a novel flood management scheme. Collaboration is key to understanding different methods of river restoration or enhancement and bringing these to East Mercia River… Read More »The Mutual Benefits Of Working With Nature To Manage Floodwater
Following delays due to Storm Babet, the habitat works for Kibworth and Smeeton Nature Project, restoring a section of the Langton Brook in the Upper Welland, near Smeeton Westerby (Leicestershire) have finally been completed. Funded by the Environment Agency, Harborough District Council, IFM Investors (Australia)… Read More »Kibworth & Smeeton Nature Project (KSNP) Completes
EMRT was truly delighted to be a finalist at the #RRConference this year. Nationally, of the estimated original 2 million hectares of lowland, functional wetland floodplain, only 3000 hectares remained by 2015. The Upper Witham has been deepened, straightened and disconnected from its floodplain, impacting hydrological… Read More »EMRT is a UK River Prize Finalist!
Over the last 200 years, the Upper Witham has been deepened, straightened, and disconnected from its floodplain. Installed land drains removed excess water for agriculture and grazing, but in many cases, this did not create higher grade agricultural land as intended. These measures, along with… Read More »Upper Witham landscape scale restoration, the latest news from Buckminster Estates
The rivers in Horncastle are set for restoration! Tranquil English chalk streams, wonderfully wild and pure in nature, is a scene soon to be found in the town. They have moulded the Lincolnshire Wolds for over 10,000 years. Crucially they provide wildlife corridors linking the… Read More »Going live! Rejuvenating chalk streams in Horncastle
East Mercia Rivers Trust, working in partnership with City of Lincoln Council and the Environment Agency, is seeking public input as they look to begin the fourth phase of Greening the Brayford Pool.The historic pool holds the title of being England’s oldest inland port and… Read More »Greening Brayford Pool, the story continues….