https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Eldridge123 2026-04-29T00:48:08Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.7 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Reconnecting_the_Rivers&diff=28871 2014-09-17T15:01:32Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.005438152478, -3.2618236541748047<br /> |Kml file=Access 1972 s.png<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/reconnecting.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Name of parent multi-site project= WHIP , pHish , UP! , Leader+ , Lugg &amp; Arrow, Radnor Foal <br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Salmon L A 2003.png<br /> |Project summary=Our first walk over survey of the upper Wye (1995/6) showed that over 50% of all available spawning habitat for salmon (by area) and over three quarters of trout spawning habitat was barred to ascending fish. A combination of neglect and poor regulation had allowed weirs, badly designed crossing points and road culverts to be built without the requirement for free passage of fish. These were the main culprits but huge debris dams had also formed on an alarming number of tributaries, completely sealing off hundreds of kilometres of essential spawning and nursery habitat. For salmon this was disastrous and the main cause of their decline, particularly the loss of the Lugg and its tributaries in the 1980s.<br /> <br /> Small populations of brown trout remained above the blockages but the larger main channel residents, which provided the bulk of the egg deposition, were prevented from reaching the ideal (smaller) sized tributaries. The extent of the decline of brown trout as indicated by juvenile densities was even greater than that of salmon in the Wye by 1996.<br /> <br /> Between 1996 and 1997 the Foundation embarked on a programme to reopen the tributaries of the upper Wye. The experience of the Tweed, North Esk and elsewhere showed that this is the single most cost effective way of increasing fish populations. The programme took two years, including surveying, and reopened 132km of salmon and 330km of trout spawning areas. Since then, the work has continued and as of 2013, there are just a few sites on the lower Usk, Wye and Lugg that require fish passes.<br /> <br /> After this initial effort, the Foundation has continued opening or reopening Wye and Usk streams and rivers in the projects: WHIP , pHish , UP! , Leader+ , Lugg &amp; Arrow, Radnor Foal and ART/Defra. The current and historical situations are detailed on the maps below which show the extent of the Wye and Usk catchment upstream that was blocked to migrating fish in 1972. <br /> <br /> <br /> THE LUGG &amp; ARROW<br /> <br /> The Lugg and Arrow (the Wye's largest tributary system) had numerous barriers, built in the 18th and 19th centuries to control flooding and erosion, and to provide a water supply for agriculture and milling. Until the early 1980s, the catchment was accessible enough to enable up to 3,000 salmon redds to be recorded in a winter. However, in 1982 the Leominster Flood Alleviation Scheme sealed off the Lugg and the run dwindled to a few persistent pairs of salmon. This was partially corrected with a modern Larinier fish pass built at Hampton Court in 2003 and with two passes at Leominster in 2004.The next phase was to secure full access over the historic weirs and this will be completed in 2013.<br /> <br /> <br /> USK<br /> <br /> In 2004 we turned our attention to the Usk and found that while the river above Brecon is mainly unobstructed, the catchment from Brecon to Abergavenny is as bad as on the upper Wye in 1995 with every major tributary having at least one serious obstruction. <br /> Our tour de force was the construction of a fish pass in 2006 on the Cynrig – a stream that collects its rainfall from the steep slopes at the top of the Brecon Beacons.<br /> <br /> Milestones in improving Wye and Usk fish access:<br /> <br /> • 1996/7 Upper Wye Access Project.<br /> <br /> • 2000 Flood washes out Skenfrith weir, Monnow<br /> <br /> • 2003 pHish project - 7 fish passes.<br /> <br /> • 2003 Hampton Court fish Pass opened R Lugg by EA Wales.<br /> <br /> • 2004 Lugg Flood alleviation scheme fish passes (EA Wales).<br /> <br /> • 2004 UP! Project: Cilieni Weir removed.<br /> <br /> • 2006/8 Lugg and Arrow: 12 fish passes completed.<br /> <br /> • 2006 Cynrig fish pass completed and weir removed Menasgin.<br /> <br /> • 2008 Osbaston Fish Pass (Monnow) and lower Arrow passes completed.<br /> <br /> • 2010 Four more fish passes completed on Arrow to take fish above Kington. Three Lugg fish passes modified by EAW below Kingsland. Modifications and removals on the Garren.<br /> <br /> • 2011 EA Wales breaches and removes the weir at Kentchurch, opening up a huge spawning area on the Monnow system as a result.<br /> <br /> • Weirs lowered on the Afon Lwyd (Usk tributary)<br /> <br /> • 2011 Further improvements to upper Lugg and Arrow access with 8 more fish passes.<br /> <br /> • 2012 Easements completed at Ffrwd, Berthin, Rhyd Y Meirch (Usk)<br /> <br /> • 2013 Passes at Downfield and Mahollam (Arrow) completed and temporary easement at Dayhouse (Lugg).<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=1995/01/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Barriers to fish migration<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Creation of fish passes, Removal of blockages<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Defra_Strategic_Environmental_Partnership_Project_(DSEPP)_2011&diff=28870 2014-09-17T14:58:15Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.995873, -3.2323260000000573<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/dsepp.php<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=West Country Rivers Trust, The Severn Rivers Trust, The Rivers Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Dsepp1.jpg<br /> |Project summary=There were two parts to this project:<br /> <br /> <br /> One to determine how a Rivers Trust might perform in assessing and rectifying a waterbody to comply with the Water Framework Directive.<br /> <br /> The second: A review of current policy tools and funding mechanisms available to address water pollution from agriculture in England<br /> WUF was delighted to have been asked to join the West Country Rivers Trust, The Severn Rivers Trust and The Rivers Trust (formerly the Association of Rivers Trusts) in assisting Alex Inman, the consultant involved in preparing the information and report for the second section. Caroline Sherrott, then WUF's Catchment Officer, carried out the assessment and report for our contribution to the first.<br /> <br /> These reports are lengthy and can be downloaded by clicking on the links below <br /> <br /> http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/DSEPP-Component-B-Final-Report-07-11-11.pdf<br /> <br /> http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/WUF-Strategic-Evidence-Partnership-Project.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2011<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Assessing and rectifying a waterbody<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Management interventions=Joining of River Trusts<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Litter_Clear-Ups_(Since_2004)&diff=28869 2014-09-17T14:56:12Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location}}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/litterclearups.php<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations= Keep Wales Tidy, River Wye Preservation Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Litterclearup3.png<br /> |Project summary=The Foundation carried out its first organised litter clearances in 2004 and 2005 when groups of volunteers and staff from WUF and Keep Wales Tidy were involved in several exercises on the upper reaches of both rivers. Analysis of origins of the litter collected from these first efforts was revealing - that a high percentage of the litter (up to 76%) was from agriculture, usually in the form of silage wrap, feed bags/buckets and baler twine. Further single site clear-ups were carried out over the next four or five years but in 2010, Tony Norman (one of WUF's Trustees), took on the considerable challenge of organising the first large-scale litter clean-up exercise with an ambitious goal of clearing the whole Lugg and Arrow catchment in 10 weeks. Starting in March 2011, Tony and 220 volunteers from conservation organisations, government bodies, NGOs, fishing clubs, canoe groups, local councils and others collected 671 sacks of litter and single items from the riverbanks. They also removed larger objects such as tyres, feed buckets, chairs, beds, a saddle and even a children's swimming pool and surf board. Powys County Council also removed 30 tons of rubbish from a Highways Agency depot on the banks of the Lugg in Presteigne, most of which would have eventually been washed downstream. They also took measures to prevent the site being used as a tip in the future. In all, over 100 miles of river was cleared.<br /> <br /> Spurred on by this success, Tony then turned his attention to the upper Wye where he started a similar project in February 2012. Over 12 weeks, 123 volunteers, organised by Tony and WUF with support from Keep Wales Tidy (KWT) and the River Wye Preservation Trust (RWPT), removed litter from the river's source at Pumlumon (Plynlimon) downstream to Builth Wells and beyond, including the tributary streams. They collected 647 sacks of litter and larger items were removed from 103 miles of river and stream, including objects such as a car radiator, a lawnmower and a deep freeze. Even more worryingly, several drums containing agricultural and mechanical chemicals that damage the aquatic environment were also found. The collected litter was picked up and, where possible, recycled by Powys County Council.<br /> <br /> Later in 2012, WUF, volunteers and Keep Wales Tidy got together with a group of canoeists to clean up the river Usk between Sennybridge and Brynich Lock, below Brecon.<br /> <br /> From February to May 2013 Tony Norman and his volunteers braved the extremely harsh spring weather and took to the Wye between Builth and Hay, the Irfon, Ithon and other tributaries along the way. Again, support came from The Wye Preservation Trust and Keep Wales Tidy while Powys County Council picked up all the litter collected and, where possible, recycled it.<br /> <br /> The litter clearing continued in 2014, despite the extreme wet conditions at the start of the year, on the Wye between Hay and Luggsmouth and the Monnow catchment, while various other areas of the catchments were revisited. In 2015 Tony and the volunteers will tackle the rest of the Wye, from Luggsbridge down to Chepstow.<br /> <br /> So far, the totals are:<br /> <br /> Over 900 miles of river bank cleared.... <br /> By over 800 volunteers spending nearly 4,000 hours....<br /> Collecting over 3,000 sacks of litter and other items....<br /> 61% of which were of agricultural origin in number, although nearer 90% in volume and weight.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2004<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Water quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Social measures=Community Litter-picking work<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Project_Usk_River_Restoration_(PURR)_2011-2012&diff=28868 2014-09-17T14:55:00Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.9489469, -3.3914629999999306<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/purr.php<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Water quality<br /> |Country=Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Natural Resources Wales, Brecon Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Purr1.jpg<br /> |Project summary=With the combined resources of Biffaward and the Brecon Beacons Trust, a project to work in the middle Usk started on 1st Jan 2011. Rather unusual geographic limits are attached to PURR: Biffaward is a landfill tax fund that allows activity within a radius of 10 miles of a landfill site, in this case near Felinfach, Brecon, while the geographic constraint of the Beacons Trust is the Park boundary itself. Thankfully they overlap quite conveniently and allow work from Sennybridge to Crickhowell and include the upper reaches of the Monnow tributary, the Honddu. The required landfill tax contribution was made with donations from Usk owners and anglers and the project was scheduled to last for two years.<br /> <br /> So far we have completed habitat restoration on the following:<br /> <br /> <br /> 1.7km of the Menasgin at Llanfrynach<br /> <br /> 0.45km of the Rhiangoll, near Crickhowell<br /> <br /> 1.1km of the Upper Grwyne Fawr<br /> <br /> 1.2 km of the Monnow Honddu<br /> <br /> The habitat team have also cut trees and pleaching in brash on the Caerfanell between Aber and the junction with the Usk.<br /> <br /> We have also completed two fish passes on the Crawnon and two modifications to weirs on the Caerfanell are planned for summer 2012. Restoring salmon access to the Crawnon has been an ongoing project that started in 2006 and it was satisfying to see a large salmon redd in late December, 4 miles above British Waterways’ canal off-take weir. Over the next few years this high quality tributary will become an important salmon nursery area for the Usk.<br /> <br /> Finally, this project has also continued with the work to eradicate Japanese knotweed from the middle reaches of the Usk.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2011/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2012/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Barriers to fish migration, Overgrown<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Creation of fish passes, Removal of trees<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Wye_(Herefordshire)_Improvement_Project_(WHIP2)&diff=28867 2014-09-17T14:53:39Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.0375068, -3.1548104999999396<br /> |Kml file=Whip2-map-overlay.gif<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/whip2.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environmental Agency, Catchment Sensitive Farming <br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Whip2-map-overlay.gif<br /> |Picture description=The Wye catchment area<br /> |Project summary=The Wye catchment is currently failing to meet the required <br /> water quality standard as laid out in the European Water <br /> Framework Directive (WFD). Failures can be as a result of <br /> barriers to fish migration, phosphate levels from sewage <br /> treatment works, septic tanks and diffuse pollution <br /> from agriculture. Farming can impact on water quality <br /> in several ways including soil loss (sediment), nutrient<br /> and pesticides losses.<br /> In the WHIP2 project area (the Wye and its tributaries in North and West Herefordshire) there has <br /> been a progressive shift away from permanent pasture and orchards to intensive arable crops - potatoes, winter cereals and soft fruits/poly tunnels, for example. The undulating slopes of the county and the light and medium soil type make many of these crops much more of a risk to rivers than if grown in flatter, eastern counties. On top of that there are increasing demands for water from more intensive livestock and poultry farms.<br /> In the past 10 years there have been signs of an increase in awareness of these issues within the farming community. Pragmatic solutions are available in both the livestock and arable sectors and are being readily taken up. Experience has shown that the farming community is ready to change further, given appropriate levels of support and the provision of cost effective alternatives.<br /> Free advice and grant funding will therefore target these known causes of water body failure on a catchment by catchment basis. In June 2012, we started WHIP2, a 3-year, £1.6m project funded by Defra's Catchment Restoration Fund.<br /> <br /> The project has two main areas of activity:<br /> <br /> 1. Agricultural diffuse pollution management<br /> In 2011/12 WUF ran a pilot project on 4 streams in Herefordshire that were failing Good Ecological Status (GES). The intervention of WUF advisors coupled with a quick, easy and flexible grant pool corrected a number of longstanding problems and these waterbodies are now well on the way to attaining GES. This was confirmation that farmers are receptive to our solutions and that by working with them in an entire catchment, real improvements to the streams could be made.<br /> By June 2012, in partnership with EA and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF), we prioritised 16 water bodies to receive farm advisory visits. By the end of the project we will have visited nearly 400 farms and produced around 320 'whole farm plans'. These plans will advise of good practice and deliver pragmatic solutions that minimise the risk of that farm contributing to Water Body failure. 80km of riparian fencing will be erected and associated alternative water supplies will be implemented in waterbodies where livestock access is contributing to failure. 96 farm infrastructure improvements will be completed.<br /> In total, the project's target is to improve the status of 33 waterbody elements, bringing an additional 13 of them into Good Ecological Status. 11 others will change from poor status to moderate.<br /> <br /> 2. Barriers to migration<br /> The Lugg and the Arrow have multiple barriers to migration, some have been there for generations, some more recent. WUF is working on three further easements on both rivers and these will be completed in WHIP2. A further fish pass will be completed on the Garren leaving significant structures upstream at Stony Bridge and Trereece where we have been thwarted by lack of consents. These apart, we will complete all the major fish pass work on the Wye, a task we started 18 years ago.<br /> <br /> <br /> Project Progress<br /> <br /> <br /> 1st November 2012<br /> <br /> • 3 new farm advisors recruited and trained. <br /> Farm advisory work commenced in September with farm visits in upper Arrow, Gladestry, Curl and Tippets catchments.<br /> <br /> <br /> 30th June 2013<br /> <br /> • 100 farm plans completed. 80% or better coverage in Upper Arrow, Gladestry, Curl and Tippets catchments. Farm work now moving onto the Honeylake, Lower Arrow, Lugg, Aston Brook, Lye Brook, Ridgemoor Brook and Lime Brook.<br /> <br /> • Erosion risk mapped on SCIMAP and used to help plan operations on all high risk farms.<br /> <br /> • Nutrient management advice for 61 farms.<br /> <br /> • Potato day held and attended by most of the major growers in Herefordshire.<br /> <br /> • 7.627km of grant assisted riparian fencing erected with alternative water provided.<br /> <br /> • 22 farm infrastructure improvements completed.<br /> <br /> • Weir removed on Pinsley Brook.<br /> <br /> • Easements at Downfield and Mahollam consented and due for completion this summer<br /> <br /> • Owners consent secured and funds committed for an easement on Dayhouse Weir (Lugg). Temporary easement to be fitted if necessary.<br /> <br /> <br /> 1st April 2014<br /> <br /> • 170 farm plans completed. SCIMAP proving an essential tool in reducing loss of topsoil.<br /> <br /> • 11.5km of grant assisted riparian fencing erected with alternative water sources provided.<br /> <br /> • 49 farm infrastructure improvements completed.<br /> <br /> • Trial to establish most effective way of reducing soil loss from maize established. This is in response to the plans for an extra 2,000ha of maize in 2015 to feed the Anaerobic Digester (AD) plants. The trial is in partnership with Cranfield University and will run for a year.<br /> <br /> • Easement completed at Dayhouse weir in time for 2014's salmon run up the Lugg.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Monitoring in late 2013 found 4 water bodies in the project area have been lifted to high status for fish. Electrofishing of Lugg and Arrow 2013 showed wide dispersal of salmon (except upper Lugg) including Curl, Hindwell, Pinsley and Knobley brooks.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2012/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2015/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Water quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Introduction of livestock fencing, barrier removal<br /> |Social measures=Farming education<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:WHIP_-_The_Wye_Habitat_Improvement_Project&diff=28866 2014-09-17T14:38:47Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.995873, -3.2323260000000573<br /> |Kml file=Whip.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/whip.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Whip.jpg<br /> |Project summary=WHIP officially ended on 30th June 2002 but for those of us dealing with the paper mountain, it really only finished a week or so into March 2003, when we had confirmation from WEFO that our final audit had been satisfactory and that all matters administrative and financial were satisfactorily concluded. What had been achieved since the auspicious start on April 1st 1998?<br /> <br /> Devised by our Director in 1997 using funds from the European Agriculture and Guidance Fund (EAGGF), the scheme enabled significant amounts of habitat work to be carried out on targeted tributaries. This was the Foundation's first foray into European funding and the complexities these projects bring. Underpinning the main aim was a means of involving farmers who owned tributaries who would take advantage of improvements to their own brown trout fishing, while the principal funding parties would benefit additionally from improved salmon production. The project also aimed to market these small fisheries as part of the scheme. Approval came with a detailed list of agreed targets in such areas as job creation, advisory visits and numbers of innovative schemes and ideas created.<br /> <br /> Up to the last world war, most of the tributaries of the Wye and Usk were rotationally coppiced. The wood extracted was used for charcoal, firewood and clogs. A collapse in demand for this sort of wood meant that most streamside trees remained unmanaged over the last sixty or more years, with multi-stemmed alder a feature of many streams.<br /> <br /> Shading from mature trees gives rise to significant reductions of the numbers of juvenile trout and salmon a stream might otherwise be able to support. Martin O'Grady (1993) found a reduction to 18% and 22% in young trout and salmon densities in shaded streams when compared to unshaded streams. At worst, multi-stemmed trees are prone to topple over. Trunks left in the channel can deflect the flow can give rise to very extensive erosion. The loss of root systems is also likely to cause bank instability. Heavy grazing inhibits new tree growth (see pictures below) and together with the effects of shade, contrives to remove the stabilising effects of the annual bank side vegetation. Thus the essential stream structure is lost and with it, the parr territories that ultimately ensure good numbers for the next generation of salmon. Plenty of reason therefore, to re-introduce a riparian management programme.<br /> <br /> Before work could start however, there were a number of significant logistical problems to solve. We were barely prepared for the chain of consents required to coppice trees, not to mention the concerns of those who believe conservation = doing nothing. This is how the chain went:<br /> At first, we had to rely on the generosity of farmers to allow land to be fenced out of production. Later, following listing of the river system as a SSSI, Section 15 grants allowed them to be paid annually for loss of grazing. This became the vehicle by which CCW contributed to the project. Stream corridors became much wider as a result, and the problem of long-term commitment to maintenance was, from our point of view, solved: CCW part funded the coppicing and fencing and provided the essential legal agreement. The Agency agreed on a general consent for soft revetments, while they too contributed generously to the project. We were at last able to fence off, coppice and repair damaged sections of streams, ensuring farmers were compensated and that they had an interest in maintaining the improvements either through letting the fishing or via Section 15 agreements. So what did we achieve? Unquestionably one of the most important achievements was setting up the process that allowed habitats to be repaired and restored, plus seeing fish numbers significantly rise. Below is a summary of what we actually completed:<br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Streams:<br /> <br /> 25km fenced and coppiced/drinkers gates revetments etc on the... <br /> <br /> Clywedog<br /> Edw <br /> Duhonw <br /> Marteg <br /> Digedi (fish passes) <br /> <br /> <br /> 2. New techniques:<br /> <br /> We developed new techniques for making cost effective Watergates, reveting and a way of fencing certain sections that lie within flood plains.<br /> <br /> <br /> 3. Achievements <br /> <br /> • 8 Full time and 4 part time Jobs Created<br /> <br /> • 6 Jobs Safeguarded<br /> <br /> • 81 Trainee places provided<br /> <br /> • 91 Farm business advised<br /> <br /> • 25 Group activities<br /> <br /> • 2 New products developed<br /> <br /> • 27% Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 29 New/enhanced farm attractions<br /> <br /> • 21 Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 73 Trainee days provided<br /> <br /> <br /> 4. <br /> <br /> WHIP won the Famous Grouse Wild Trout Society Award in 1999, with the Foundation's fish pass programme taking second place. In February 2001 Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) resulted in the work force being prohibited from entering farmland. Sadly we had to lay off most of the habitat team save a few key men. With little foreseeable resolution by May, our resolve to persevere resulted in work continuing on the Digedi fish passes, which fortunately could be accessed from the main road. One casualty of FMD was our marketing scheme, which went on hold to be resurrected with our next project.<br /> <br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Monitoring sought to determine the changes in fish densities against the improvements generated by habitat work through a sophisticated electro fishing regimen. Robert Luxton from Cardiff University carefully monitored the changes in bank side vegetation as a result of habitat work he is just about to publish his PhD on this work. 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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.995873, -3.2323260000000573<br /> |Kml file=Whip.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/whip.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Whip.jpg<br /> |Project summary=WHIP officially ended on 30th June 2002 but for those of us dealing with the paper mountain, it really only finished a week or so into March 2003, when we had confirmation from WEFO that our final audit had been satisfactory and that all matters administrative and financial were satisfactorily concluded. What had been achieved since the auspicious start on April 1st 1998?<br /> <br /> Devised by our Director in 1997 using funds from the European Agriculture and Guidance Fund (EAGGF), the scheme enabled significant amounts of habitat work to be carried out on targeted tributaries. This was the Foundation's first foray into European funding and the complexities these projects bring. Underpinning the main aim was a means of involving farmers who owned tributaries who would take advantage of improvements to their own brown trout fishing, while the principal funding parties would benefit additionally from improved salmon production. The project also aimed to market these small fisheries as part of the scheme. Approval came with a detailed list of agreed targets in such areas as job creation, advisory visits and numbers of innovative schemes and ideas created.<br /> <br /> Up to the last world war, most of the tributaries of the Wye and Usk were rotationally coppiced. The wood extracted was used for charcoal, firewood and clogs. A collapse in demand for this sort of wood meant that most streamside trees remained unmanaged over the last sixty or more years, with multi-stemmed alder a feature of many streams.<br /> <br /> Shading from mature trees gives rise to significant reductions of the numbers of juvenile trout and salmon a stream might otherwise be able to support. Martin O'Grady (1993) found a reduction to 18% and 22% in young trout and salmon densities in shaded streams when compared to unshaded streams. At worst, multi-stemmed trees are prone to topple over. Trunks left in the channel can deflect the flow can give rise to very extensive erosion. The loss of root systems is also likely to cause bank instability. Heavy grazing inhibits new tree growth (see pictures below) and together with the effects of shade, contrives to remove the stabilising effects of the annual bank side vegetation. Thus the essential stream structure is lost and with it, the parr territories that ultimately ensure good numbers for the next generation of salmon. Plenty of reason therefore, to re-introduce a riparian management programme.<br /> <br /> Before work could start however, there were a number of significant logistical problems to solve. We were barely prepared for the chain of consents required to coppice trees, not to mention the concerns of those who believe conservation = doing nothing. This is how the chain went:<br /> At first, we had to rely on the generosity of farmers to allow land to be fenced out of production. Later, following listing of the river system as a SSSI, Section 15 grants allowed them to be paid annually for loss of grazing. This became the vehicle by which CCW contributed to the project. Stream corridors became much wider as a result, and the problem of long-term commitment to maintenance was, from our point of view, solved: CCW part funded the coppicing and fencing and provided the essential legal agreement. The Agency agreed on a general consent for soft revetments, while they too contributed generously to the project. We were at last able to fence off, coppice and repair damaged sections of streams, ensuring farmers were compensated and that they had an interest in maintaining the improvements either through letting the fishing or via Section 15 agreements. So what did we achieve? Unquestionably one of the most important achievements was setting up the process that allowed habitats to be repaired and restored, plus seeing fish numbers significantly rise. Below is a summary of what we actually completed:<br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Streams:<br /> <br /> 25km fenced and coppiced/drinkers gates revetments etc on the... <br /> <br /> Clywedog<br /> Edw <br /> Duhonw <br /> Marteg <br /> Digedi (fish passes) <br /> <br /> <br /> 2. New techniques:<br /> <br /> We developed new techniques for making cost effective Watergates, reveting and a way of fencing certain sections that lie within flood plains.<br /> <br /> <br /> 3. Achievements <br /> <br /> • 8 Full time and 4 part time Jobs Created<br /> <br /> • 6 Jobs Safeguarded<br /> <br /> • 81 Trainee places provided<br /> <br /> • 91 Farm business advised<br /> <br /> • 25 Group activities<br /> <br /> • 2 New products developed<br /> <br /> • 27% Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 29 New/enhanced farm attractions<br /> <br /> • 21 Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 73 Trainee days provided<br /> <br /> <br /> 4. <br /> <br /> WHIP won the Famous Grouse Wild Trout Society Award in 1999, with the Foundation's fish pass programme taking second place. In February 2001 Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) resulted in the work force being prohibited from entering farmland. Sadly we had to lay off most of the habitat team save a few key men. With little foreseeable resolution by May, our resolve to persevere resulted in work continuing on the Digedi fish passes, which fortunately could be accessed from the main road. One casualty of FMD was our marketing scheme, which went on hold to be resurrected with our next project.<br /> <br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Monitoring sought to determine the changes in fish densities against the improvements generated by habitat work through a sophisticated electro fishing regimen. Robert Luxton from Cardiff University carefully monitored the changes in bank side vegetation as a result of habitat work he is just about to publish his PhD on this work. 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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.995873, -3.2323260000000573<br /> |Kml file=Whip.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/whip.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Whip.jpg<br /> |Project summary=WHIP officially ended on 30th June 2002 but for those of us dealing with the paper mountain, it really only finished a week or so into March 2003, when we had confirmation from WEFO that our final audit had been satisfactory and that all matters administrative and financial were satisfactorily concluded. What had been achieved since the auspicious start on April 1st 1998?<br /> <br /> Devised by our Director in 1997 using funds from the European Agriculture and Guidance Fund (EAGGF), the scheme enabled significant amounts of habitat work to be carried out on targeted tributaries. This was the Foundation's first foray into European funding and the complexities these projects bring. Underpinning the main aim was a means of involving farmers who owned tributaries who would take advantage of improvements to their own brown trout fishing, while the principal funding parties would benefit additionally from improved salmon production. The project also aimed to market these small fisheries as part of the scheme. Approval came with a detailed list of agreed targets in such areas as job creation, advisory visits and numbers of innovative schemes and ideas created.<br /> <br /> Up to the last world war, most of the tributaries of the Wye and Usk were rotationally coppiced. The wood extracted was used for charcoal, firewood and clogs. A collapse in demand for this sort of wood meant that most streamside trees remained unmanaged over the last sixty or more years, with multi-stemmed alder a feature of many streams.<br /> <br /> Shading from mature trees gives rise to significant reductions of the numbers of juvenile trout and salmon a stream might otherwise be able to support. Martin O'Grady (1993) found a reduction to 18% and 22% in young trout and salmon densities in shaded streams when compared to unshaded streams. At worst, multi-stemmed trees are prone to topple over. Trunks left in the channel can deflect the flow can give rise to very extensive erosion. The loss of root systems is also likely to cause bank instability. Heavy grazing inhibits new tree growth (see pictures below) and together with the effects of shade, contrives to remove the stabilising effects of the annual bank side vegetation. Thus the essential stream structure is lost and with it, the parr territories that ultimately ensure good numbers for the next generation of salmon. Plenty of reason therefore, to re-introduce a riparian management programme.<br /> <br /> Before work could start however, there were a number of significant logistical problems to solve. We were barely prepared for the chain of consents required to coppice trees, not to mention the concerns of those who believe conservation = doing nothing. This is how the chain went:<br /> At first, we had to rely on the generosity of farmers to allow land to be fenced out of production. Later, following listing of the river system as a SSSI, Section 15 grants allowed them to be paid annually for loss of grazing. This became the vehicle by which CCW contributed to the project. Stream corridors became much wider as a result, and the problem of long-term commitment to maintenance was, from our point of view, solved: CCW part funded the coppicing and fencing and provided the essential legal agreement. The Agency agreed on a general consent for soft revetments, while they too contributed generously to the project. We were at last able to fence off, coppice and repair damaged sections of streams, ensuring farmers were compensated and that they had an interest in maintaining the improvements either through letting the fishing or via Section 15 agreements. So what did we achieve? Unquestionably one of the most important achievements was setting up the process that allowed habitats to be repaired and restored, plus seeing fish numbers significantly rise. Below is a summary of what we actually completed:<br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Streams:<br /> <br /> 25km fenced and coppiced/drinkers gates revetments etc on the... <br /> <br /> Clywedog<br /> Edw <br /> Duhonw <br /> Marteg <br /> Digedi (fish passes) <br /> <br /> <br /> 2. New techniques:<br /> <br /> We developed new techniques for making cost effective Watergates, reveting and a way of fencing certain sections that lie within flood plains.<br /> <br /> <br /> 3. Achievements <br /> <br /> • 8 Full time and 4 part time Jobs Created<br /> <br /> • 6 Jobs Safeguarded<br /> <br /> • 81 Trainee places provided<br /> <br /> • 91 Farm business advised<br /> <br /> • 25 Group activities<br /> <br /> • 2 New products developed<br /> <br /> • 27% Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 29 New/enhanced farm attractions<br /> <br /> • 21 Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 73 Trainee days provided<br /> <br /> <br /> 4. <br /> <br /> WHIP won the Famous Grouse Wild Trout Society Award in 1999, with the Foundation's fish pass programme taking second place. In February 2001 Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) resulted in the work force being prohibited from entering farmland. Sadly we had to lay off most of the habitat team save a few key men. With little foreseeable resolution by May, our resolve to persevere resulted in work continuing on the Digedi fish passes, which fortunately could be accessed from the main road. One casualty of FMD was our marketing scheme, which went on hold to be resurrected with our next project.<br /> <br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Monitoring sought to determine the changes in fish densities against the improvements generated by habitat work through a sophisticated electro fishing regimen. Robert Luxton from Cardiff University carefully monitored the changes in bank side vegetation as a result of habitat work he is just about to publish his PhD on this work. 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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.995873, -3.2323260000000573<br /> |Kml file=Whip.jpg<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/whip.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Whip.jpg<br /> |Project summary=WHIP officially ended on 30th June 2002 but for those of us dealing with the paper mountain, it really only finished a week or so into March 2003, when we had confirmation from WEFO that our final audit had been satisfactory and that all matters administrative and financial were satisfactorily concluded. What had been achieved since the auspicious start on April 1st 1998?<br /> <br /> Devised by our Director in 1997 using funds from the European Agriculture and Guidance Fund (EAGGF), the scheme enabled significant amounts of habitat work to be carried out on targeted tributaries. This was the Foundation's first foray into European funding and the complexities these projects bring. Underpinning the main aim was a means of involving farmers who owned tributaries who would take advantage of improvements to their own brown trout fishing, while the principal funding parties would benefit additionally from improved salmon production. The project also aimed to market these small fisheries as part of the scheme. Approval came with a detailed list of agreed targets in such areas as job creation, advisory visits and numbers of innovative schemes and ideas created.<br /> <br /> Up to the last world war, most of the tributaries of the Wye and Usk were rotationally coppiced. The wood extracted was used for charcoal, firewood and clogs. A collapse in demand for this sort of wood meant that most streamside trees remained unmanaged over the last sixty or more years, with multi-stemmed alder a feature of many streams.<br /> <br /> Shading from mature trees gives rise to significant reductions of the numbers of juvenile trout and salmon a stream might otherwise be able to support. Martin O'Grady (1993) found a reduction to 18% and 22% in young trout and salmon densities in shaded streams when compared to unshaded streams. At worst, multi-stemmed trees are prone to topple over. Trunks left in the channel can deflect the flow can give rise to very extensive erosion. The loss of root systems is also likely to cause bank instability. Heavy grazing inhibits new tree growth (see pictures below) and together with the effects of shade, contrives to remove the stabilising effects of the annual bank side vegetation. Thus the essential stream structure is lost and with it, the parr territories that ultimately ensure good numbers for the next generation of salmon. Plenty of reason therefore, to re-introduce a riparian management programme.<br /> <br /> Before work could start however, there were a number of significant logistical problems to solve. We were barely prepared for the chain of consents required to coppice trees, not to mention the concerns of those who believe conservation = doing nothing. This is how the chain went:<br /> At first, we had to rely on the generosity of farmers to allow land to be fenced out of production. Later, following listing of the river system as a SSSI, Section 15 grants allowed them to be paid annually for loss of grazing. This became the vehicle by which CCW contributed to the project. Stream corridors became much wider as a result, and the problem of long-term commitment to maintenance was, from our point of view, solved: CCW part funded the coppicing and fencing and provided the essential legal agreement. The Agency agreed on a general consent for soft revetments, while they too contributed generously to the project. We were at last able to fence off, coppice and repair damaged sections of streams, ensuring farmers were compensated and that they had an interest in maintaining the improvements either through letting the fishing or via Section 15 agreements. So what did we achieve? Unquestionably one of the most important achievements was setting up the process that allowed habitats to be repaired and restored, plus seeing fish numbers significantly rise. Below is a summary of what we actually completed:<br /> <br /> <br /> 1. Streams:<br /> <br /> 25km fenced and coppiced/drinkers gates revetments etc on the... <br /> <br /> Clywedog<br /> Edw <br /> Duhonw <br /> Marteg <br /> Digedi (fish passes) <br /> <br /> <br /> 2. New techniques:<br /> <br /> We developed new techniques for making cost effective Watergates, reveting and a way of fencing certain sections that lie within flood plains.<br /> <br /> <br /> 3. Achievements <br /> <br /> • 8 Full time and 4 part time Jobs Created<br /> <br /> • 6 Jobs Safeguarded<br /> <br /> • 81 Trainee places provided<br /> <br /> • 91 Farm business advised<br /> <br /> • 25 Group activities<br /> <br /> • 2 New products developed<br /> <br /> • 27% Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 29 New/enhanced farm attractions<br /> <br /> • 21 Farmers assisted under 40<br /> <br /> • 73 Trainee days provided<br /> <br /> <br /> 4. <br /> <br /> WHIP won the Famous Grouse Wild Trout Society Award in 1999, with the Foundation's fish pass programme taking second place. In February 2001 Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) resulted in the work force being prohibited from entering farmland. Sadly we had to lay off most of the habitat team save a few key men. With little foreseeable resolution by May, our resolve to persevere resulted in work continuing on the Digedi fish passes, which fortunately could be accessed from the main road. One casualty of FMD was our marketing scheme, which went on hold to be resurrected with our next project.<br /> <br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Monitoring sought to determine the changes in fish densities against the improvements generated by habitat work through a sophisticated electro fishing regimen. Robert Luxton from Cardiff University carefully monitored the changes in bank side vegetation as a result of habitat work he is just about to publish his PhD on this work. 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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:PHish_-_Powys_Habitat_Improvement_Scheme&diff=28858 2014-09-17T14:10:47Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.150023, -3.4045919999999796<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/phish.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Wales Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission, University of Wales, Cardiff Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Country Landowners Association, Wales Tourist Board, Brecknock Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=PHish-logo2.gif<br /> |Project summary=After a year of preparation, pHish was given the go ahead on 1st October 2002. This was the largest venture the Wye &amp; Usk Foundation has ever undertaken and extended our activities into a number of new areas. Funding was granted under the Wales ERDF Objective 2 Priority 2 Measure 1 programme and the overall budget was originally £1.5 million. The project was extended in 2006 to end mid 2008 and the budget increased to £2.1million.<br /> The overall aim was to improve the Wye fishery upstream of Hay in a way that is both long lasting and permanent – sustainably. It was intrinsic to the bid that our fishery work delivers actual benefits to Powys rural economy by way of employment and other targets. Our interpretation of the programme document resulted in a scheme that sought to solve all the significant river problems in the upper Wye.<br /> <br /> The project had four main areas of activity:<br /> <br /> • Remedy the effects of acid rain in the extreme upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> • Continue the ongoing restoration of the habitat in the tributaries.<br /> <br /> • To engage the local community and farmers to appreciate the value of the river.<br /> <br /> • Generate meaningful economic benefits to the local economy from the improvements realised by this project and previous work.<br /> In addition, we took on the responsibility for managing the mitigation stocking of salmon from a hatchery we constructed at Painscastle.<br /> <br /> <br /> Acid Water Treatment<br /> <br /> Taking forward the principles of acid waters management from the work done by Steve Ormerod on the neighbouring Tywi, we determined that success would depend on:<br /> <br /> • Developing an effective yet cheap delivery system that we could manage ourselves.<br /> <br /> • Persuading statutory bodies that the benefits far outweighed any downsides.<br /> <br /> • Finding a monitoring programme that could determine unequivocally whether and to what extent we had been successful.<br /> <br /> • Landowner, Stakeholder and Partnership approval.<br /> <br /> <br /> Work started in 2003 and we learnt very quickly how difficult liming would be in these remote and high rainfall areas. Summer 2004 was washed out but the summers of 2005, 2006 and spring 2007 were ideal for lime distribution. New skills were learned. By 2007, the required dose had been reached on the upper Wye but not on the Irfon. A significant problem was that here many of the hydrological sources had been obliterated by the forestry drainage schemes, leaving no available sites in which to deliver the lime (this is now being managed in our ISAC project).<br /> To counter this we tried 'sand liming' on a single, severely acid tributary - site 56 - in 2006 and subsequent monitoring suggested a significant water quality improvement. Sand liming involves applying larger (sand sized) chippings of calcium carbonate to first and second order streams. While forestry deprived us of hydrological sources, their intricate road system made this a relatively easy task. Streams without adequate sources now receive annual sand lime treatments.<br /> <br /> <br /> Monitoring consisted of investigations in the following areas:<br /> <br /> • Diatom analysis.<br /> <br /> • Invertebrate analysis.<br /> <br /> • pH, conductivity and water chemistry.<br /> <br /> • Fish densities and distribution.<br /> <br /> • Leaf litter break down.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat and Access work<br /> <br /> pHish coppiced, fenced and repaired another 40km of stream to add to the 35km completed in previous projects. By the end of the project, Louis and his teams had completed habitat restoration on the Hafrena, Lynfi Dulas, Felindre, Tregoed, Duhonw, Nant Gwyn, Nantmel Dulas, Irfon, Marteg, Cammarch, Cnyffiad and Hirnant. Six barriers to migration were removed and one fish pass built.<br /> <br /> <br /> Marketing<br /> <br /> A special post Foot and Mouth disease fund, Adfywio enabled the pHish project to create the Foundation's 'Passport' scheme, an initiative to revitalise angling tourism on the back of the physical improvements being made to the fisheries. Once an important local income source, the upper Wye had suffered a collapse in angling business. The Passport scheme begun to turn this around. In addition, it also brings in revenue to newly established wild trout fisheries of the tributaries, created through the Foundation's habitat work, giving farmers and landowners an economic incentive to look after these important rivers.<br /> <br /> In 2003, the first 'Upper Wye Passport' was published. Since then the scheme has proved enormously popular with close to exponential growth rates experienced. In 2005 the scheme was expanded to incorporate the Usk. 'Passport to the rivers' It attracts visitors from all over the UK and from abroad means that many local businesses (accommodation providers, tackle shops, fishing guides etc) benefit from the scheme. Giving rivers an economic value is a vital part of ensuring their future health. It provides re-investment to protect and enhance them, ultimately creating a truly 'sustainable' system.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2002/10/01<br /> |Project completed=2008/06/30<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Acidic water, Habitat degradation, Barriers to fish migration, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Acidic water amelioration, Creation of fish passes, <br /> |Other technical measure=Fish stocking<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:PHish_-_Powys_Habitat_Improvement_Scheme&diff=28857 2014-09-17T14:09:32Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.150023, -3.4045919999999796<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/phish.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Wales Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission, University of Wales, Cardiff Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Country Landowners Association, Wales Tourist Board, Brecknock Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=PHish-logo2.gif<br /> |Project summary=After a year of preparation, pHish was given the go ahead on 1st October 2002. This was the largest venture the Wye &amp; Usk Foundation has ever undertaken and extended our activities into a number of new areas. Funding was granted under the Wales ERDF Objective 2 Priority 2 Measure 1 programme and the overall budget was originally £1.5 million. The project was extended in 2006 to end mid 2008 and the budget increased to £2.1million.<br /> The overall aim was to improve the Wye fishery upstream of Hay in a way that is both long lasting and permanent – sustainably. It was intrinsic to the bid that our fishery work delivers actual benefits to Powys rural economy by way of employment and other targets. Our interpretation of the programme document resulted in a scheme that sought to solve all the significant river problems in the upper Wye.<br /> <br /> The project had four main areas of activity:<br /> <br /> • Remedy the effects of acid rain in the extreme upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> • Continue the ongoing restoration of the habitat in the tributaries.<br /> <br /> • To engage the local community and farmers to appreciate the value of the river.<br /> <br /> • Generate meaningful economic benefits to the local economy from the improvements realised by this project and previous work.<br /> In addition, we took on the responsibility for managing the mitigation stocking of salmon from a hatchery we constructed at Painscastle.<br /> <br /> <br /> Acid Water Treatment<br /> <br /> Taking forward the principles of acid waters management from the work done by Steve Ormerod on the neighbouring Tywi, we determined that success would depend on:<br /> <br /> • Developing an effective yet cheap delivery system that we could manage ourselves.<br /> <br /> • Persuading statutory bodies that the benefits far outweighed any downsides.<br /> <br /> • Finding a monitoring programme that could determine unequivocally whether and to what extent we had been successful.<br /> <br /> • Landowner, Stakeholder and Partnership approval.<br /> <br /> <br /> Work started in 2003 and we learnt very quickly how difficult liming would be in these remote and high rainfall areas. Summer 2004 was washed out but the summers of 2005, 2006 and spring 2007 were ideal for lime distribution. New skills were learned. By 2007, the required dose had been reached on the upper Wye but not on the Irfon. A significant problem was that here many of the hydrological sources had been obliterated by the forestry drainage schemes, leaving no available sites in which to deliver the lime (this is now being managed in our ISAC project).<br /> To counter this we tried 'sand liming' on a single, severely acid tributary - site 56 - in 2006 and subsequent monitoring suggested a significant water quality improvement. Sand liming involves applying larger (sand sized) chippings of calcium carbonate to first and second order streams. While forestry deprived us of hydrological sources, their intricate road system made this a relatively easy task. Streams without adequate sources now receive annual sand lime treatments.<br /> <br /> <br /> Monitoring consisted of investigations in the following areas:<br /> <br /> • Diatom analysis.<br /> <br /> • Invertebrate analysis.<br /> <br /> • pH, conductivity and water chemistry.<br /> <br /> • Fish densities and distribution.<br /> <br /> • Leaf litter break down.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat and Access work<br /> <br /> pHish coppiced, fenced and repaired another 40km of stream to add to the 35km completed in previous projects. By the end of the project, Louis and his teams had completed habitat restoration on the Hafrena, Lynfi Dulas, Felindre, Tregoed, Duhonw, Nant Gwyn, Nantmel Dulas, Irfon, Marteg, Cammarch, Cnyffiad and Hirnant. Six barriers to migration were removed and one fish pass built.<br /> <br /> <br /> Marketing<br /> <br /> A special post Foot and Mouth disease fund, Adfywio enabled the pHish project to create the Foundation's 'Passport' scheme, an initiative to revitalise angling tourism on the back of the physical improvements being made to the fisheries. Once an important local income source, the upper Wye had suffered a collapse in angling business. The Passport scheme begun to turn this around. In addition, it also brings in revenue to newly established wild trout fisheries of the tributaries, created through the Foundation's habitat work, giving farmers and landowners an economic incentive to look after these important rivers.<br /> <br /> In 2003, the first 'Upper Wye Passport' was published. Since then the scheme has proved enormously popular with close to exponential growth rates experienced. In 2005 the scheme was expanded to incorporate the Usk. 'Passport to the rivers' It attracts visitors from all over the UK and from abroad means that many local businesses (accommodation providers, tackle shops, fishing guides etc) benefit from the scheme. Giving rivers an economic value is a vital part of ensuring their future health. It provides re-investment to protect and enhance them, ultimately creating a truly 'sustainable' system.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2002/10/01<br /> |Project completed=2008/06/30<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Acidic water, Habitat degradation, Barriers to fish migration, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:PHish_-_Powys_Habitat_Improvement_Scheme&diff=28856 2014-09-17T14:09:08Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.150023, -3.4045919999999796<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/phish.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Wales Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission, University of Wales, Cardiff Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Country Landowners Association, Wales Tourist Board, Brecknock Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=PHish-logo2.gif<br /> |Project summary=After a year of preparation, pHish was given the go ahead on 1st October 2002. This was the largest venture the Wye &amp; Usk Foundation has ever undertaken and extended our activities into a number of new areas. Funding was granted under the Wales ERDF Objective 2 Priority 2 Measure 1 programme and the overall budget was originally £1.5 million. The project was extended in 2006 to end mid 2008 and the budget increased to £2.1million.<br /> The overall aim was to improve the Wye fishery upstream of Hay in a way that is both long lasting and permanent – sustainably. It was intrinsic to the bid that our fishery work delivers actual benefits to Powys rural economy by way of employment and other targets. Our interpretation of the programme document resulted in a scheme that sought to solve all the significant river problems in the upper Wye.<br /> <br /> The project had four main areas of activity:<br /> <br /> • Remedy the effects of acid rain in the extreme upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> • Continue the ongoing restoration of the habitat in the tributaries.<br /> <br /> • To engage the local community and farmers to appreciate the value of the river.<br /> <br /> • Generate meaningful economic benefits to the local economy from the improvements realised by this project and previous work.<br /> In addition, we took on the responsibility for managing the mitigation stocking of salmon from a hatchery we constructed at Painscastle.<br /> <br /> <br /> Acid Water Treatment<br /> <br /> Taking forward the principles of acid waters management from the work done by Steve Ormerod on the neighbouring Tywi, we determined that success would depend on:<br /> <br /> • Developing an effective yet cheap delivery system that we could manage ourselves.<br /> <br /> • Persuading statutory bodies that the benefits far outweighed any downsides.<br /> <br /> • Finding a monitoring programme that could determine unequivocally whether and to what extent we had been successful.<br /> <br /> • Landowner, Stakeholder and Partnership approval.<br /> <br /> <br /> Work started in 2003 and we learnt very quickly how difficult liming would be in these remote and high rainfall areas. Summer 2004 was washed out but the summers of 2005, 2006 and spring 2007 were ideal for lime distribution. New skills were learned. By 2007, the required dose had been reached on the upper Wye but not on the Irfon. A significant problem was that here many of the hydrological sources had been obliterated by the forestry drainage schemes, leaving no available sites in which to deliver the lime (this is now being managed in our ISAC project).<br /> To counter this we tried 'sand liming' on a single, severely acid tributary - site 56 - in 2006 and subsequent monitoring suggested a significant water quality improvement. Sand liming involves applying larger (sand sized) chippings of calcium carbonate to first and second order streams. While forestry deprived us of hydrological sources, their intricate road system made this a relatively easy task. Streams without adequate sources now receive annual sand lime treatments.<br /> <br /> <br /> Monitoring consisted of investigations in the following areas:<br /> <br /> • Diatom analysis.<br /> <br /> • Invertebrate analysis.<br /> <br /> • pH, conductivity and water chemistry.<br /> <br /> • Fish densities and distribution.<br /> <br /> • Leaf litter break down.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat and Access work<br /> <br /> pHish coppiced, fenced and repaired another 40km of stream to add to the 35km completed in previous projects. By the end of the project, Louis and his teams had completed habitat restoration on the Hafrena, Lynfi Dulas, Felindre, Tregoed, Duhonw, Nant Gwyn, Nantmel Dulas, Irfon, Marteg, Cammarch, Cnyffiad and Hirnant. Six barriers to migration were removed and one fish pass built.<br /> <br /> <br /> Marketing<br /> <br /> A special post Foot and Mouth disease fund, Adfywio enabled the pHish project to create the Foundation's 'Passport' scheme, an initiative to revitalise angling tourism on the back of the physical improvements being made to the fisheries. Once an important local income source, the upper Wye had suffered a collapse in angling business. The Passport scheme begun to turn this around. In addition, it also brings in revenue to newly established wild trout fisheries of the tributaries, created through the Foundation's habitat work, giving farmers and landowners an economic incentive to look after these important rivers.<br /> <br /> In 2003, the first 'Upper Wye Passport' was published. Since then the scheme has proved enormously popular with close to exponential growth rates experienced. In 2005 the scheme was expanded to incorporate the Usk. 'Passport to the rivers' It attracts visitors from all over the UK and from abroad means that many local businesses (accommodation providers, tackle shops, fishing guides etc) benefit from the scheme. Giving rivers an economic value is a vital part of ensuring their future health. It provides re-investment to protect and enhance them, ultimately creating a truly 'sustainable' system.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2002/10/01<br /> |Project completed=2008/06/30<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Acidic water, Habitat degradation, Barriers to fish migration, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:PHish_-_Powys_Habitat_Improvement_Scheme&diff=28855 2014-09-17T14:08:09Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.150023, -3.4045919999999796<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/phish.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Wales Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission, University of Wales, Cardiff Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Country Landowners Association, Wales Tourist Board, Brecknock Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=PHish-logo2.gif<br /> |Project summary=After a year of preparation, pHish was given the go ahead on 1st October 2002. This was the largest venture the Wye &amp; Usk Foundation has ever undertaken and extended our activities into a number of new areas. Funding was granted under the Wales ERDF Objective 2 Priority 2 Measure 1 programme and the overall budget was originally £1.5 million. The project was extended in 2006 to end mid 2008 and the budget increased to £2.1million.<br /> The overall aim was to improve the Wye fishery upstream of Hay in a way that is both long lasting and permanent – sustainably. It was intrinsic to the bid that our fishery work delivers actual benefits to Powys rural economy by way of employment and other targets. Our interpretation of the programme document resulted in a scheme that sought to solve all the significant river problems in the upper Wye.<br /> <br /> The project had four main areas of activity:<br /> <br /> • Remedy the effects of acid rain in the extreme upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> • Continue the ongoing restoration of the habitat in the tributaries.<br /> <br /> • To engage the local community and farmers to appreciate the value of the river.<br /> <br /> • Generate meaningful economic benefits to the local economy from the improvements realised by this project and previous work.<br /> In addition, we took on the responsibility for managing the mitigation stocking of salmon from a hatchery we constructed at Painscastle.<br /> <br /> <br /> Acid Water Treatment<br /> <br /> Taking forward the principles of acid waters management from the work done by Steve Ormerod on the neighbouring Tywi, we determined that success would depend on:<br /> <br /> • Developing an effective yet cheap delivery system that we could manage ourselves.<br /> <br /> • Persuading statutory bodies that the benefits far outweighed any downsides.<br /> <br /> • Finding a monitoring programme that could determine unequivocally whether and to what extent we had been successful.<br /> <br /> • Landowner, Stakeholder and Partnership approval.<br /> <br /> <br /> Work started in 2003 and we learnt very quickly how difficult liming would be in these remote and high rainfall areas. Summer 2004 was washed out but the summers of 2005, 2006 and spring 2007 were ideal for lime distribution. New skills were learned. By 2007, the required dose had been reached on the upper Wye but not on the Irfon. A significant problem was that here many of the hydrological sources had been obliterated by the forestry drainage schemes, leaving no available sites in which to deliver the lime (this is now being managed in our ISAC project).<br /> To counter this we tried 'sand liming' on a single, severely acid tributary - site 56 - in 2006 and subsequent monitoring suggested a significant water quality improvement. Sand liming involves applying larger (sand sized) chippings of calcium carbonate to first and second order streams. While forestry deprived us of hydrological sources, their intricate road system made this a relatively easy task. Streams without adequate sources now receive annual sand lime treatments.<br /> <br /> <br /> Monitoring consisted of investigations in the following areas:<br /> <br /> • Diatom analysis.<br /> <br /> • Invertebrate analysis.<br /> <br /> • pH, conductivity and water chemistry.<br /> <br /> • Fish densities and distribution.<br /> <br /> • Leaf litter break down.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat and Access work<br /> <br /> pHish coppiced, fenced and repaired another 40km of stream to add to the 35km completed in previous projects. By the end of the project, Louis and his teams had completed habitat restoration on the Hafrena, Lynfi Dulas, Felindre, Tregoed, Duhonw, Nant Gwyn, Nantmel Dulas, Irfon, Marteg, Cammarch, Cnyffiad and Hirnant. Six barriers to migration were removed and one fish pass built.<br /> <br /> <br /> Marketing<br /> <br /> A special post Foot and Mouth disease fund, Adfywio enabled the pHish project to create the Foundation's 'Passport' scheme, an initiative to revitalise angling tourism on the back of the physical improvements being made to the fisheries. Once an important local income source, the upper Wye had suffered a collapse in angling business. The Passport scheme begun to turn this around. In addition, it also brings in revenue to newly established wild trout fisheries of the tributaries, created through the Foundation's habitat work, giving farmers and landowners an economic incentive to look after these important rivers.<br /> <br /> In 2003, the first 'Upper Wye Passport' was published. Since then the scheme has proved enormously popular with close to exponential growth rates experienced. In 2005 the scheme was expanded to incorporate the Usk. 'Passport to the rivers' It attracts visitors from all over the UK and from abroad means that many local businesses (accommodation providers, tackle shops, fishing guides etc) benefit from the scheme. Giving rivers an economic value is a vital part of ensuring their future health. It provides re-investment to protect and enhance them, ultimately creating a truly 'sustainable' system.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2002/10/01<br /> |Project completed=2008/06/30<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:PHish_-_Powys_Habitat_Improvement_Scheme&diff=28854 2014-09-17T14:06:15Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.150023, -3.4045919999999796<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/phish.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Wales Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission, University of Wales, Cardiff Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, Country Landowners Association, Wales Tourist Board, Brecknock Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=PHish-logo2.gif<br /> |Project summary=After a year of preparation, pHish was given the go ahead on 1st October 2002. This was the largest venture the Wye &amp; Usk Foundation has ever undertaken and extended our activities into a number of new areas. Funding was granted under the Wales ERDF Objective 2 Priority 2 Measure 1 programme and the overall budget was originally £1.5 million. The project was extended in 2006 to end mid 2008 and the budget increased to £2.1million.<br /> The overall aim was to improve the Wye fishery upstream of Hay in a way that is both long lasting and permanent – sustainably. It was intrinsic to the bid that our fishery work delivers actual benefits to Powys rural economy by way of employment and other targets. Our interpretation of the programme document resulted in a scheme that sought to solve all the significant river problems in the upper Wye.<br /> <br /> The project had four main areas of activity:<br /> <br /> • Remedy the effects of acid rain in the extreme upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> • Continue the ongoing restoration of the habitat in the tributaries.<br /> <br /> • To engage the local community and farmers to appreciate the value of the river.<br /> <br /> • Generate meaningful economic benefits to the local economy from the improvements realised by this project and previous work.<br /> In addition, we took on the responsibility for managing the mitigation stocking of salmon from a hatchery we constructed at Painscastle.<br /> <br /> <br /> Acid Water Treatment<br /> <br /> Taking forward the principles of acid waters management from the work done by Steve Ormerod on the neighbouring Tywi, we determined that success would depend on:<br /> <br /> • Developing an effective yet cheap delivery system that we could manage ourselves.<br /> <br /> • Persuading statutory bodies that the benefits far outweighed any downsides.<br /> <br /> • Finding a monitoring programme that could determine unequivocally whether and to what extent we had been successful.<br /> <br /> • Landowner, Stakeholder and Partnership approval.<br /> <br /> <br /> Work started in 2003 and we learnt very quickly how difficult liming would be in these remote and high rainfall areas. Summer 2004 was washed out but the summers of 2005, 2006 and spring 2007 were ideal for lime distribution. New skills were learned. By 2007, the required dose had been reached on the upper Wye but not on the Irfon. A significant problem was that here many of the hydrological sources had been obliterated by the forestry drainage schemes, leaving no available sites in which to deliver the lime (this is now being managed in our ISAC project).<br /> To counter this we tried 'sand liming' on a single, severely acid tributary - site 56 - in 2006 and subsequent monitoring suggested a significant water quality improvement. Sand liming involves applying larger (sand sized) chippings of calcium carbonate to first and second order streams. While forestry deprived us of hydrological sources, their intricate road system made this a relatively easy task. Streams without adequate sources now receive annual sand lime treatments.<br /> <br /> <br /> Monitoring consisted of investigations in the following areas:<br /> <br /> • Diatom analysis.<br /> <br /> • Invertebrate analysis.<br /> <br /> • pH, conductivity and water chemistry.<br /> <br /> • Fish densities and distribution.<br /> <br /> • Leaf litter break down.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat and Access work<br /> <br /> pHish coppiced, fenced and repaired another 40km of stream to add to the 35km completed in previous projects. By the end of the project, Louis and his teams had completed habitat restoration on the Hafrena, Lynfi Dulas, Felindre, Tregoed, Duhonw, Nant Gwyn, Nantmel Dulas, Irfon, Marteg, Cammarch, Cnyffiad and Hirnant. Six barriers to migration were removed and one fish pass built.<br /> <br /> <br /> Marketing<br /> <br /> A special post Foot and Mouth disease fund, Adfywio enabled the pHish project to create the Foundation's 'Passport' scheme, an initiative to revitalise angling tourism on the back of the physical improvements being made to the fisheries. Once an important local income source, the upper Wye had suffered a collapse in angling business. The Passport scheme begun to turn this around. In addition, it also brings in revenue to newly established wild trout fisheries of the tributaries, created through the Foundation's habitat work, giving farmers and landowners an economic incentive to look after these important rivers.<br /> <br /> In 2003, the first 'Upper Wye Passport' was published. Since then the scheme has proved enormously popular with close to exponential growth rates experienced. In 2005 the scheme was expanded to incorporate the Usk. 'Passport to the rivers' It attracts visitors from all over the UK and from abroad means that many local businesses (accommodation providers, tackle shops, fishing guides etc) benefit from the scheme. Giving rivers an economic value is a vital part of ensuring their future health. 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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.703533, -2.903404000000023<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Brecon Beacons National Park, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Usk Fishermen's Association, Keep Wales Tidy, Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Upper usk.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Upper Usk<br /> |Project summary=Our first venture with the Usk owners and fishermen was the joint buy out of the putchers and nets in the Estuary in 2000. Working together showed how much there was in common with the interests on the Wye and at the end of an appropriate 'engagement', we merged. The first priority after joining forces was to submit a project under ERDF Objective 2 and Transitional funding as these sources of major funds for river restoration were coming to an end. After several months work, the Foundation succeeded in gaining approval for two paired projects in the Transitional and Objective 2 areas that jointly cover the Usk catchment from source to Abergavenny. The projects commenced in January 2004 originally to run until the end of 2006. Together they are called the Usk Project, or more simply UP! and have a total projected spend of £0.9 million.<br /> <br /> In 2007, a year's extension was granted to UP! (above Brecon) taking the total budget to £1.12m.<br /> UP! funding was used to restore the degraded and inaccessible habitat on the Usk tributary streams and through the reopening of the blocked tributaries.<br /> <br /> A marketing strategy similar to that set up in pHish was used to bring the benefits of river improvements to the rural economy with the ultimate goal of making these improvements self funding and sustainable. Our partners are listed below and includes for the first time Brecon Beacons National Park, through which most of the rivers involved in the project flow.<br /> <br /> While the salmon fishing on the Usk may have improved since the 2000 net buy off (funded by Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association, United Usk Fisherman's Association and the then Wye Foundation), there is still considerable scope for improvement and the famous Usk brown trout is not as numerous as it once was. Many regular fishermen are pointing out that while the average size of trout has risen dramatically (2lb fish are now common), numbers of small fish have declined. Stocking with hatchery reared fish is bad news for the river as it is expensive, fails to tackle the underlying problems and endangers the native populations. In addition, 'stockies' are no substitute for the famous native Usk trout.<br /> <br /> Fishery scientists use the term 'lack of recruitment' to describe the phenomenon of poor juvenile fish production. The problem lies in the smaller tributaries. Siltation, diffuse pollution, habitat destruction and obstructions are the prime suspects and UP! is the means of putting right these evils.<br /> <br /> <br /> UP! 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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.703533, -2.903404000000023<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Brecon Beacons National Park, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Usk Fishermen's Association, Keep Wales Tidy, Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Upper usk.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Upper Usk<br /> |Project summary=Our first venture with the Usk owners and fishermen was the joint buy out of the putchers and nets in the Estuary in 2000. Working together showed how much there was in common with the interests on the Wye and at the end of an appropriate 'engagement', we merged. The first priority after joining forces was to submit a project under ERDF Objective 2 and Transitional funding as these sources of major funds for river restoration were coming to an end. After several months work, the Foundation succeeded in gaining approval for two paired projects in the Transitional and Objective 2 areas that jointly cover the Usk catchment from source to Abergavenny. The projects commenced in January 2004 originally to run until the end of 2006. Together they are called the Usk Project, or more simply UP! and have a total projected spend of £0.9 million.<br /> <br /> In 2007, a year's extension was granted to UP! (above Brecon) taking the total budget to £1.12m.<br /> UP! funding was used to restore the degraded and inaccessible habitat on the Usk tributary streams and through the reopening of the blocked tributaries.<br /> <br /> A marketing strategy similar to that set up in pHish was used to bring the benefits of river improvements to the rural economy with the ultimate goal of making these improvements self funding and sustainable. Our partners are listed below and includes for the first time Brecon Beacons National Park, through which most of the rivers involved in the project flow.<br /> <br /> While the salmon fishing on the Usk may have improved since the 2000 net buy off (funded by Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association, United Usk Fisherman's Association and the then Wye Foundation), there is still considerable scope for improvement and the famous Usk brown trout is not as numerous as it once was. Many regular fishermen are pointing out that while the average size of trout has risen dramatically (2lb fish are now common), numbers of small fish have declined. Stocking with hatchery reared fish is bad news for the river as it is expensive, fails to tackle the underlying problems and endangers the native populations. In addition, 'stockies' are no substitute for the famous native Usk trout.<br /> <br /> Fishery scientists use the term 'lack of recruitment' to describe the phenomenon of poor juvenile fish production. The problem lies in the smaller tributaries. Siltation, diffuse pollution, habitat destruction and obstructions are the prime suspects and UP! is the means of putting right these evils.<br /> <br /> <br /> UP! Project achievements:<br /> <br /> Fish passes were built on:<br /> <br /> Cynrig <br /> <br /> Rhiangoll <br /> <br /> Crawnon<br /> <br /> <br /> Significant barriers to fish migration were removed on:<br /> <br /> Cilieni <br /> <br /> Menasgin <br /> <br /> Sorgwm <br /> <br /> Ychen<br /> <br /> <br /> ...while minor barriers were removed on:<br /> <br /> Tarell <br /> <br /> Menasgin (again) <br /> <br /> Honddu <br /> <br /> Grwyne.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat restoration work was completed on:<br /> <br /> Bran <br /> <br /> Crai <br /> <br /> Ysgir Fawr <br /> <br /> Grwyne <br /> <br /> Upper main stem Usk <br /> <br /> Ethrim <br /> <br /> Rhiangoll <br /> <br /> Tarell <br /> <br /> Honddu<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2004/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Barriers to fish migration, Habitat degredation, Siltation, Diffuse pollution<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.703533, -2.903404000000023<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Brecon Beacons National Park, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Usk Fishermen's Association, Keep Wales Tidy, Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Upper usk.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Upper Usk<br /> |Project summary=Our first venture with the Usk owners and fishermen was the joint buy out of the putchers and nets in the Estuary in 2000. Working together showed how much there was in common with the interests on the Wye and at the end of an appropriate 'engagement', we merged. The first priority after joining forces was to submit a project under ERDF Objective 2 and Transitional funding as these sources of major funds for river restoration were coming to an end. After several months work, the Foundation succeeded in gaining approval for two paired projects in the Transitional and Objective 2 areas that jointly cover the Usk catchment from source to Abergavenny. The projects commenced in January 2004 originally to run until the end of 2006. Together they are called the Usk Project, or more simply UP! and have a total projected spend of £0.9 million.<br /> <br /> In 2007, a year's extension was granted to UP! (above Brecon) taking the total budget to £1.12m.<br /> UP! funding was used to restore the degraded and inaccessible habitat on the Usk tributary streams and through the reopening of the blocked tributaries.<br /> <br /> A marketing strategy similar to that set up in pHish was used to bring the benefits of river improvements to the rural economy with the ultimate goal of making these improvements self funding and sustainable. Our partners are listed below and includes for the first time Brecon Beacons National Park, through which most of the rivers involved in the project flow.<br /> <br /> While the salmon fishing on the Usk may have improved since the 2000 net buy off (funded by Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association, United Usk Fisherman's Association and the then Wye Foundation), there is still considerable scope for improvement and the famous Usk brown trout is not as numerous as it once was. Many regular fishermen are pointing out that while the average size of trout has risen dramatically (2lb fish are now common), numbers of small fish have declined. Stocking with hatchery reared fish is bad news for the river as it is expensive, fails to tackle the underlying problems and endangers the native populations. In addition, 'stockies' are no substitute for the famous native Usk trout.<br /> <br /> Fishery scientists use the term 'lack of recruitment' to describe the phenomenon of poor juvenile fish production. The problem lies in the smaller tributaries. Siltation, diffuse pollution, habitat destruction and obstructions are the prime suspects and UP! is the means of putting right these evils.<br /> <br /> <br /> UP! Project achievements:<br /> <br /> Fish passes were built on:<br /> <br /> Cynrig <br /> <br /> Rhiangoll <br /> <br /> Crawnon<br /> <br /> <br /> Significant barriers to fish migration were removed on:<br /> <br /> Cilieni <br /> <br /> Menasgin <br /> <br /> Sorgwm <br /> <br /> Ychen<br /> <br /> <br /> ...while minor barriers were removed on:<br /> <br /> Tarell <br /> <br /> Menasgin (again) <br /> <br /> Honddu <br /> <br /> Grwyne.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat restoration work was completed on:<br /> <br /> Bran <br /> <br /> Crai <br /> <br /> Ysgir Fawr <br /> <br /> Grwyne <br /> <br /> Upper main stem Usk <br /> <br /> Ethrim <br /> <br /> Rhiangoll <br /> <br /> Tarell <br /> <br /> Honddu<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2004/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.703533, -2.903404000000023<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Themes=Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=Environment Agency, Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Brecon Beacons National Park, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Usk Fishermen's Association, Keep Wales Tidy, Wildlife Trusts<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Upper usk.jpg<br /> |Picture description=Upper Usk<br /> |Project summary=Our first venture with the Usk owners and fishermen was the joint buy out of the putchers and nets in the Estuary in 2000. Working together showed how much there was in common with the interests on the Wye and at the end of an appropriate 'engagement', we merged. The first priority after joining forces was to submit a project under ERDF Objective 2 and Transitional funding as these sources of major funds for river restoration were coming to an end. After several months work, the Foundation succeeded in gaining approval for two paired projects in the Transitional and Objective 2 areas that jointly cover the Usk catchment from source to Abergavenny. The projects commenced in January 2004 originally to run until the end of 2006. Together they are called the Usk Project, or more simply UP! and have a total projected spend of £0.9 million.<br /> <br /> In 2007, a year's extension was granted to UP! (above Brecon) taking the total budget to £1.12m.<br /> UP! funding was used to restore the degraded and inaccessible habitat on the Usk tributary streams and through the reopening of the blocked tributaries.<br /> <br /> A marketing strategy similar to that set up in pHish was used to bring the benefits of river improvements to the rural economy with the ultimate goal of making these improvements self funding and sustainable. Our partners are listed below and includes for the first time Brecon Beacons National Park, through which most of the rivers involved in the project flow.<br /> <br /> While the salmon fishing on the Usk may have improved since the 2000 net buy off (funded by Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association, United Usk Fisherman's Association and the then Wye Foundation), there is still considerable scope for improvement and the famous Usk brown trout is not as numerous as it once was. Many regular fishermen are pointing out that while the average size of trout has risen dramatically (2lb fish are now common), numbers of small fish have declined. Stocking with hatchery reared fish is bad news for the river as it is expensive, fails to tackle the underlying problems and endangers the native populations. In addition, 'stockies' are no substitute for the famous native Usk trout.<br /> <br /> Fishery scientists use the term 'lack of recruitment' to describe the phenomenon of poor juvenile fish production. The problem lies in the smaller tributaries. Siltation, diffuse pollution, habitat destruction and obstructions are the prime suspects and UP! is the means of putting right these evils.<br /> <br /> <br /> UP! Project achievements:<br /> <br /> Fish passes were built on:<br /> <br /> Cynrig <br /> <br /> Rhiangoll <br /> <br /> Crawnon<br /> <br /> <br /> Significant barriers to fish migration were removed on:<br /> <br /> Cilieni <br /> <br /> Menasgin <br /> <br /> Sorgwm <br /> <br /> Ychen<br /> <br /> <br /> ...while minor barriers were removed on:<br /> <br /> Tarell <br /> <br /> Menasgin (again) <br /> <br /> Honddu <br /> <br /> Grwyne.<br /> <br /> <br /> Habitat restoration work was completed on:<br /> <br /> Bran <br /> <br /> Crai <br /> <br /> Ysgir Fawr <br /> <br /> Grwyne <br /> <br /> Upper main stem Usk <br /> <br /> Ethrim <br /> <br /> Rhiangoll <br /> <br /> Tarell <br /> <br /> Honddu<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Tubney_Charitable_Trust&diff=28844 2014-09-17T13:29:37Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location}}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Tubney Charitable Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Otter.jpg<br /> |Project summary=The Tubney Charitable Trust make grants to other charities that work within certain defined areas, supporting work that benefits species listed in the UK Biodiversity Plan (UKBAP). It has generously supported the Foundation with core funding for various projects.<br /> <br /> Tubney Funding is improving the fortunes of Otters in the Wye and UskWhen we first applied in 2006, the application was made in respect of white clawed crayfish, (Austropotomobius pallipes), otter (Lutra lutra), shad (Alosa alosa and Alosa fallax), and freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). These were included in the UKBAP and all respond favourably to improvements in water quality, habitat restoration and reconnection of stream access. The fresh water pearl mussel has a life stage that is dependent on salmon or trout for upstream distribution. Otters depend on good habitat and an abundant supply of food - fish!<br /> <br /> Each species is subject to specific pressures. For example, otter are frequent victims of road collisions. White clawed crayfish have serious problems with sheep dip and competition from its American rival, the signal crayfish.<br /> <br /> In 2007, perhaps recognising both the importance of salmonids as indicators of riverine health, or just mindful of the Water Framework Directive, rivers and streams (not all!) have been added to the UK BAP list of habitats and atlantic salmon, brown trout, loach and eels are to be included in the UKBAP list of species.<br /> <br /> Tubney's contribution goes towards the following specific areas of activity:<br /> <br /> White clawed crayfish project: Habitat restoration (fencing and tree management) of those streams that still have a population of them, namely Builth Road Dulas, Llynfi Dulas, Sgithwen and Edw and eradication of signals in the Bachawy brook. By October 2007, 31,464 signals had been trapped and 6km double bank restored and stock excluded. Trapping is considered a holding operation pending a final solution.<br /> <br /> Fish Access: Tubney's funding has enabled us to fully fund our ambitious projects that include building fish passes or removing barriers throughout the Lugg and Arrow, upper Wye and Usk catchments.<br /> <br /> Water Quality: Funding is used to continue our acid waters amelioration programme which is proving very successful on the upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> Habitat Restoration: A common feature of our projects is a commitment to restore the habitat of the tributary system. The Tubney funding has enabled this to be carried out on a sufficiently large scale to make a difference on the huge catchments of our two rivers.<br /> <br /> The Wye &amp; Usk Foundation is very fortunate to be in receipt of this support as matching the EU and other inputs are crucial to the success of our mission.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Invasive species, Cattle encroachment, Acidic water,<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Creation of fish passes, Acidic water amelioration, Fencing, Tree management<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Tubney_Charitable_Trust&diff=28843 2014-09-17T13:28:23Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location}}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Tubney Charitable Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Otter.jpg<br /> |Project summary=The Tubney Charitable Trust make grants to other charities that work within certain defined areas, supporting work that benefits species listed in the UK Biodiversity Plan (UKBAP). It has generously supported the Foundation with core funding for various projects.<br /> <br /> Tubney Funding is improving the fortunes of Otters in the Wye and UskWhen we first applied in 2006, the application was made in respect of white clawed crayfish, (Austropotomobius pallipes), otter (Lutra lutra), shad (Alosa alosa and Alosa fallax), and freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). These were included in the UKBAP and all respond favourably to improvements in water quality, habitat restoration and reconnection of stream access. The fresh water pearl mussel has a life stage that is dependent on salmon or trout for upstream distribution. Otters depend on good habitat and an abundant supply of food - fish!<br /> <br /> Each species is subject to specific pressures. For example, otter are frequent victims of road collisions. White clawed crayfish have serious problems with sheep dip and competition from its American rival, the signal crayfish.<br /> <br /> In 2007, perhaps recognising both the importance of salmonids as indicators of riverine health, or just mindful of the Water Framework Directive, rivers and streams (not all!) have been added to the UK BAP list of habitats and atlantic salmon, brown trout, loach and eels are to be included in the UKBAP list of species.<br /> <br /> Tubney's contribution goes towards the following specific areas of activity:<br /> <br /> White clawed crayfish project: Habitat restoration (fencing and tree management) of those streams that still have a population of them, namely Builth Road Dulas, Llynfi Dulas, Sgithwen and Edw and eradication of signals in the Bachawy brook. By October 2007, 31,464 signals had been trapped and 6km double bank restored and stock excluded. Trapping is considered a holding operation pending a final solution.<br /> <br /> Fish Access: Tubney's funding has enabled us to fully fund our ambitious projects that include building fish passes or removing barriers throughout the Lugg and Arrow, upper Wye and Usk catchments.<br /> <br /> Water Quality: Funding is used to continue our acid waters amelioration programme which is proving very successful on the upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> Habitat Restoration: A common feature of our projects is a commitment to restore the habitat of the tributary system. The Tubney funding has enabled this to be carried out on a sufficiently large scale to make a difference on the huge catchments of our two rivers.<br /> <br /> The Wye &amp; Usk Foundation is very fortunate to be in receipt of this support as matching the EU and other inputs are crucial to the success of our mission.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Invasive species, Cattle encroachment, Acidic water,<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Tubney_Charitable_Trust&diff=28842 2014-09-17T13:25:11Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location}}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Tubney Charitable Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Otter.jpg<br /> |Project summary=The Tubney Charitable Trust make grants to other charities that work within certain defined areas, supporting work that benefits species listed in the UK Biodiversity Plan (UKBAP). It has generously supported the Foundation with core funding for various projects.<br /> <br /> Tubney Funding is improving the fortunes of Otters in the Wye and UskWhen we first applied in 2006, the application was made in respect of white clawed crayfish, (Austropotomobius pallipes), otter (Lutra lutra), shad (Alosa alosa and Alosa fallax), and freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). These were included in the UKBAP and all respond favourably to improvements in water quality, habitat restoration and reconnection of stream access. The fresh water pearl mussel has a life stage that is dependent on salmon or trout for upstream distribution. Otters depend on good habitat and an abundant supply of food - fish!<br /> <br /> Each species is subject to specific pressures. For example, otter are frequent victims of road collisions. White clawed crayfish have serious problems with sheep dip and competition from its American rival, the signal crayfish.<br /> <br /> In 2007, perhaps recognising both the importance of salmonids as indicators of riverine health, or just mindful of the Water Framework Directive, rivers and streams (not all!) have been added to the UK BAP list of habitats and atlantic salmon, brown trout, loach and eels are to be included in the UKBAP list of species.<br /> <br /> Tubney's contribution goes towards the following specific areas of activity:<br /> <br /> White clawed crayfish project: Habitat restoration (fencing and tree management) of those streams that still have a population of them, namely Builth Road Dulas, Llynfi Dulas, Sgithwen and Edw and eradication of signals in the Bachawy brook. By October 2007, 31,464 signals had been trapped and 6km double bank restored and stock excluded. Trapping is considered a holding operation pending a final solution.<br /> <br /> Fish Access: Tubney's funding has enabled us to fully fund our ambitious projects that include building fish passes or removing barriers throughout the Lugg and Arrow, upper Wye and Usk catchments.<br /> <br /> Water Quality: Funding is used to continue our acid waters amelioration programme which is proving very successful on the upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> Habitat Restoration: A common feature of our projects is a commitment to restore the habitat of the tributary system. The Tubney funding has enabled this to be carried out on a sufficiently large scale to make a difference on the huge catchments of our two rivers.<br /> <br /> The Wye &amp; Usk Foundation is very fortunate to be in receipt of this support as matching the EU and other inputs are crucial to the success of our mission.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Tubney_Charitable_Trust&diff=28841 2014-09-17T13:23:25Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location}}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Tubney Charitable Trust<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Otter.jpg<br /> |Project summary=The Tubney Charitable Trust make grants to other charities that work within certain defined areas, supporting work that benefits species listed in the UK Biodiversity Plan (UKBAP). It has generously supported the Foundation with core funding for various projects.<br /> <br /> Tubney Funding is improving the fortunes of Otters in the Wye and UskWhen we first applied in 2006, the application was made in respect of white clawed crayfish, (Austropotomobius pallipes), otter (Lutra lutra), shad (Alosa alosa and Alosa fallax), and freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera). These were included in the UKBAP and all respond favourably to improvements in water quality, habitat restoration and reconnection of stream access. The fresh water pearl mussel has a life stage that is dependent on salmon or trout for upstream distribution. Otters depend on good habitat and an abundant supply of food - fish!<br /> <br /> Each species is subject to specific pressures. For example, otter are frequent victims of road collisions. White clawed crayfish have serious problems with sheep dip and competition from its American rival, the signal crayfish.<br /> <br /> In 2007, perhaps recognising both the importance of salmonids as indicators of riverine health, or just mindful of the Water Framework Directive, rivers and streams (not all!) have been added to the UK BAP list of habitats and atlantic salmon, brown trout, loach and eels are to be included in the UKBAP list of species.<br /> <br /> Tubney's contribution goes towards the following specific areas of activity:<br /> <br /> White clawed crayfish project: Habitat restoration (fencing and tree management) of those streams that still have a population of them, namely Builth Road Dulas, Llynfi Dulas, Sgithwen and Edw and eradication of signals in the Bachawy brook. By October 2007, 31,464 signals had been trapped and 6km double bank restored and stock excluded. Trapping is considered a holding operation pending a final solution.<br /> <br /> Fish Access: Tubney's funding has enabled us to fully fund our ambitious projects that include building fish passes or removing barriers throughout the Lugg and Arrow, upper Wye and Usk catchments.<br /> <br /> Water Quality: Funding is used to continue our acid waters amelioration programme which is proving very successful on the upper Wye and Irfon catchments.<br /> <br /> Habitat Restoration: A common feature of our projects is a commitment to restore the habitat of the tributary system. The Tubney funding has enabled this to be carried out on a sufficiently large scale to make a difference on the huge catchments of our two rivers.<br /> <br /> The Wye &amp; Usk Foundation is very fortunate to be in receipt of this support as matching the EU and other inputs are crucial to the success of our mission.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Otter.jpg&diff=28840 2014-09-17T13:22:28Z

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Tubney_Charitable_Trust&diff=28839 2014-09-17T13:20:15Z

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Tubney_Charitable_Trust&diff=28838 2014-09-17T13:19:37Z

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Leader_%2B&diff=28833 2014-09-17T12:24:15Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.3050656, -3.073037099999965<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/luggandarrow.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association, Environment Agency, Herefordshire Rivers, The Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Leader+1.jpg<br /> |Project summary=Herefordshire Rivers LEADER+ Programme:<br /> <br /> A Fisheries Improvement Scheme<br /> <br /> <br /> The essential features of the project were:<br /> <br /> • Engaging with local people and explaining the importance of their rivers, the problems affecting them and the value their rivers bring.<br /> <br /> • Restoring and correcting some of the factors that limit Lugg and Arrow fisheries - fish passes and habitat restoration.<br /> <br /> • Education - salmon in the classroom. Reared salmon were released by children at various local schools into the Arrow to help restore the run, a <br /> useful introduction to biology. This was in combination with the removal of obstructions to migration. The four schools involved in this aspect of the project were: Kingsland CE School; Kington Primary School; Marden Primary and Pembridge Primary School.<br /> <br /> At the outset, we identified a need for fencing on some of the lowland tributaries where excessive stock poaching and grazing was causing a serious siltation problem. Our efforts to tackle this put us in direct conflict with the Lugg Internal Drainage Board, whose prime objective is not principally concerned with the good ecological status of the streams in their domain.<br /> <br /> Weirs were originally constructed for many reasons ranging from providing water power and irrigation, via a series of carriers, to flood and erosion prevention. Many are either an intrinsic part of the Herefordshire countryside and still functional and so removal is either too costly or unacceptable. Fortunately, providing fish access does not necessarily require this as there are simpler ways using the natural ability of salmonids to ascend obstacles by fitting fish passes on the weirs or by using existing leats to bypass the weir.<br /> <br /> 14 fish access schemes have been completed to ease upstream movement. Where EAW is the weir owner, they have led the work and WUF has taken the lead on privately owned structures.<br /> <br /> On the Lugg the project has completed fish passes on Yatton Court, Ballsgate and upper Lye weirs and there have been alterations to the blockstone weirs at Crowards, Coxall and Eyton. This takes forward the work done with the fish passes at Leominster and Hampton Court built prior to the project. Salmon now have access to the Welsh headwaters for the first time in at least 30 years.<br /> <br /> On the Arrow, fish passes have been installed on Grove Farm weir and bypass channels re-established on Mowley, Hunton and Malhollam. In addition, obstructions have been eased on the Stansbach stream, an important trout spawning stream.<br /> <br /> At Folly farm and Glanarrow weirs, structural surveys, planning, listed building and flood risk management consents have been obtained and fish passes &quot;built&quot;. However, the high flows of summer 2007 delayed the final &quot;bolting down&quot;. These will now be installed in the spring of 2008 at the Foundation's expense.<br /> <br /> <br /> Access and Economics<br /> <br /> As with all schemes to enhance the natural environment, encouraging people to enjoy, appreciate, use but above all share concern for the rivers must be accompanied by raising awareness of the opportunities available balanced against the threats facing the rivers.<br /> The inclusion of sections of the Herefordshire Lugg and Arrow in the Wye and Usk Passport has proved to be a great success. The booklet detailing the scheme now has a circulation of over 10,000 and the availability of Herefordshire's natural resource and the Leader + Project work is a feature of the publication.<br /> <br /> The 2006 edition of the passport included 2 Arrow beats which brought in 122 rod days. In 2007 the Passport expanded with the inclusion of 7 more Lugg and Arrow fisheries and in total they generated 278 visits. Surveys in both 2006 and 2007 within the Passport showed that 64% of the rod days were associated with a least 1 nights accommodation within the county. In 2008 a further 4 fisheries joined the scheme and early sales of vouchers in 2008 are showing considerable growth (137% over the first 2 months). It is anticipated that these beats will accommodate in excess of 800 rod days in 2008.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements:<br /> <br /> • Community groups/trusts/forums established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 9 Environmental / cultural appraisals carried out<br /> <br /> • 1 Community environmental / cultural activities established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 18 Environmental advice or assistance facilities provided for business<br /> <br /> • 3 Information facilities provided<br /> <br /> • 11 Sites made available for tourism activity<br /> <br /> • 2 community initiatives developed<br /> <br /> • 50+ People involved in groups / trusts / forums on activities<br /> <br /> • 287 People involved in studies or appraisals<br /> <br /> • 44 People undertaking enhancement projects<br /> <br /> • 230+ People participating in local cultural and recreational events or festivals<br /> <br /> • 14 Environmental enhancements on historic and cultural features completed<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Barriers to fish migration, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Creation of fish passes, <br /> |Social measures=Community Education, Teaching children about salmon lifecycle<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Leader_%2B&diff=28832 2014-09-17T12:21:49Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.3050656, -3.073037099999965<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/luggandarrow.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association, Environment Agency, Herefordshire Rivers, The Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Leader+1.jpg<br /> |Project summary=Herefordshire Rivers LEADER+ Programme:<br /> <br /> A Fisheries Improvement Scheme<br /> <br /> <br /> The essential features of the project were:<br /> <br /> • Engaging with local people and explaining the importance of their rivers, the problems affecting them and the value their rivers bring.<br /> <br /> • Restoring and correcting some of the factors that limit Lugg and Arrow fisheries - fish passes and habitat restoration.<br /> <br /> • Education - salmon in the classroom. Reared salmon were released by children at various local schools into the Arrow to help restore the run, a <br /> useful introduction to biology. This was in combination with the removal of obstructions to migration. The four schools involved in this aspect of the project were: Kingsland CE School; Kington Primary School; Marden Primary and Pembridge Primary School.<br /> <br /> At the outset, we identified a need for fencing on some of the lowland tributaries where excessive stock poaching and grazing was causing a serious siltation problem. Our efforts to tackle this put us in direct conflict with the Lugg Internal Drainage Board, whose prime objective is not principally concerned with the good ecological status of the streams in their domain.<br /> <br /> Weirs were originally constructed for many reasons ranging from providing water power and irrigation, via a series of carriers, to flood and erosion prevention. Many are either an intrinsic part of the Herefordshire countryside and still functional and so removal is either too costly or unacceptable. Fortunately, providing fish access does not necessarily require this as there are simpler ways using the natural ability of salmonids to ascend obstacles by fitting fish passes on the weirs or by using existing leats to bypass the weir.<br /> <br /> 14 fish access schemes have been completed to ease upstream movement. Where EAW is the weir owner, they have led the work and WUF has taken the lead on privately owned structures.<br /> <br /> On the Lugg the project has completed fish passes on Yatton Court, Ballsgate and upper Lye weirs and there have been alterations to the blockstone weirs at Crowards, Coxall and Eyton. This takes forward the work done with the fish passes at Leominster and Hampton Court built prior to the project. Salmon now have access to the Welsh headwaters for the first time in at least 30 years.<br /> <br /> On the Arrow, fish passes have been installed on Grove Farm weir and bypass channels re-established on Mowley, Hunton and Malhollam. In addition, obstructions have been eased on the Stansbach stream, an important trout spawning stream.<br /> <br /> At Folly farm and Glanarrow weirs, structural surveys, planning, listed building and flood risk management consents have been obtained and fish passes &quot;built&quot;. However, the high flows of summer 2007 delayed the final &quot;bolting down&quot;. These will now be installed in the spring of 2008 at the Foundation's expense.<br /> <br /> <br /> Access and Economics<br /> <br /> As with all schemes to enhance the natural environment, encouraging people to enjoy, appreciate, use but above all share concern for the rivers must be accompanied by raising awareness of the opportunities available balanced against the threats facing the rivers.<br /> The inclusion of sections of the Herefordshire Lugg and Arrow in the Wye and Usk Passport has proved to be a great success. The booklet detailing the scheme now has a circulation of over 10,000 and the availability of Herefordshire's natural resource and the Leader + Project work is a feature of the publication.<br /> <br /> The 2006 edition of the passport included 2 Arrow beats which brought in 122 rod days. In 2007 the Passport expanded with the inclusion of 7 more Lugg and Arrow fisheries and in total they generated 278 visits. Surveys in both 2006 and 2007 within the Passport showed that 64% of the rod days were associated with a least 1 nights accommodation within the county. In 2008 a further 4 fisheries joined the scheme and early sales of vouchers in 2008 are showing considerable growth (137% over the first 2 months). It is anticipated that these beats will accommodate in excess of 800 rod days in 2008.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements:<br /> <br /> • Community groups/trusts/forums established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 9 Environmental / cultural appraisals carried out<br /> <br /> • 1 Community environmental / cultural activities established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 18 Environmental advice or assistance facilities provided for business<br /> <br /> • 3 Information facilities provided<br /> <br /> • 11 Sites made available for tourism activity<br /> <br /> • 2 community initiatives developed<br /> <br /> • 50+ People involved in groups / trusts / forums on activities<br /> <br /> • 287 People involved in studies or appraisals<br /> <br /> • 44 People undertaking enhancement projects<br /> <br /> • 230+ People participating in local cultural and recreational events or festivals<br /> <br /> • 14 Environmental enhancements on historic and cultural features completed<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Barriers to fish migration, <br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Leader_%2B&diff=28831 2014-09-17T12:18:25Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.3050656, -3.073037099999965<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/luggandarrow.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association, Environment Agency, Herefordshire Rivers, The Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Leader+1.jpg<br /> |Project summary=Herefordshire Rivers LEADER+ Programme:<br /> <br /> A Fisheries Improvement Scheme<br /> <br /> <br /> The essential features of the project were:<br /> <br /> • Engaging with local people and explaining the importance of their rivers, the problems affecting them and the value their rivers bring.<br /> <br /> • Restoring and correcting some of the factors that limit Lugg and Arrow fisheries - fish passes and habitat restoration.<br /> <br /> • Education - salmon in the classroom. Reared salmon were released by children at various local schools into the Arrow to help restore the run, a <br /> useful introduction to biology. This was in combination with the removal of obstructions to migration. The four schools involved in this aspect of the project were: Kingsland CE School; Kington Primary School; Marden Primary and Pembridge Primary School.<br /> <br /> At the outset, we identified a need for fencing on some of the lowland tributaries where excessive stock poaching and grazing was causing a serious siltation problem. Our efforts to tackle this put us in direct conflict with the Lugg Internal Drainage Board, whose prime objective is not principally concerned with the good ecological status of the streams in their domain.<br /> <br /> Weirs were originally constructed for many reasons ranging from providing water power and irrigation, via a series of carriers, to flood and erosion prevention. Many are either an intrinsic part of the Herefordshire countryside and still functional and so removal is either too costly or unacceptable. Fortunately, providing fish access does not necessarily require this as there are simpler ways using the natural ability of salmonids to ascend obstacles by fitting fish passes on the weirs or by using existing leats to bypass the weir.<br /> <br /> 14 fish access schemes have been completed to ease upstream movement. Where EAW is the weir owner, they have led the work and WUF has taken the lead on privately owned structures.<br /> <br /> On the Lugg the project has completed fish passes on Yatton Court, Ballsgate and upper Lye weirs and there have been alterations to the blockstone weirs at Crowards, Coxall and Eyton. This takes forward the work done with the fish passes at Leominster and Hampton Court built prior to the project. Salmon now have access to the Welsh headwaters for the first time in at least 30 years.<br /> <br /> On the Arrow, fish passes have been installed on Grove Farm weir and bypass channels re-established on Mowley, Hunton and Malhollam. In addition, obstructions have been eased on the Stansbach stream, an important trout spawning stream.<br /> <br /> At Folly farm and Glanarrow weirs, structural surveys, planning, listed building and flood risk management consents have been obtained and fish passes &quot;built&quot;. However, the high flows of summer 2007 delayed the final &quot;bolting down&quot;. These will now be installed in the spring of 2008 at the Foundation's expense.<br /> <br /> <br /> Access and Economics<br /> <br /> As with all schemes to enhance the natural environment, encouraging people to enjoy, appreciate, use but above all share concern for the rivers must be accompanied by raising awareness of the opportunities available balanced against the threats facing the rivers.<br /> The inclusion of sections of the Herefordshire Lugg and Arrow in the Wye and Usk Passport has proved to be a great success. The booklet detailing the scheme now has a circulation of over 10,000 and the availability of Herefordshire's natural resource and the Leader + Project work is a feature of the publication.<br /> <br /> The 2006 edition of the passport included 2 Arrow beats which brought in 122 rod days. In 2007 the Passport expanded with the inclusion of 7 more Lugg and Arrow fisheries and in total they generated 278 visits. Surveys in both 2006 and 2007 within the Passport showed that 64% of the rod days were associated with a least 1 nights accommodation within the county. In 2008 a further 4 fisheries joined the scheme and early sales of vouchers in 2008 are showing considerable growth (137% over the first 2 months). It is anticipated that these beats will accommodate in excess of 800 rod days in 2008.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements:<br /> <br /> • Community groups/trusts/forums established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 9 Environmental / cultural appraisals carried out<br /> <br /> • 1 Community environmental / cultural activities established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 18 Environmental advice or assistance facilities provided for business<br /> <br /> • 3 Information facilities provided<br /> <br /> • 11 Sites made available for tourism activity<br /> <br /> • 2 community initiatives developed<br /> <br /> • 50+ People involved in groups / trusts / forums on activities<br /> <br /> • 287 People involved in studies or appraisals<br /> <br /> • 44 People undertaking enhancement projects<br /> <br /> • 230+ People participating in local cultural and recreational events or festivals<br /> <br /> • 14 Environmental enhancements on historic and cultural features completed<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Leader_%2B&diff=28829 2014-09-17T12:16:58Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.3050656, -3.073037099999965<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/luggandarrow.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association, Environment Agency, Herefordshire Rivers, The Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Leader+3.gif<br /> |Project summary=Herefordshire Rivers LEADER+ Programme:<br /> <br /> A Fisheries Improvement Scheme<br /> <br /> <br /> The essential features of the project were:<br /> <br /> • Engaging with local people and explaining the importance of their rivers, the problems affecting them and the value their rivers bring.<br /> <br /> • Restoring and correcting some of the factors that limit Lugg and Arrow fisheries - fish passes and habitat restoration.<br /> <br /> • Education - salmon in the classroom. Reared salmon were released by children at various local schools into the Arrow to help restore the run, a <br /> useful introduction to biology. This was in combination with the removal of obstructions to migration. The four schools involved in this aspect of the project were: Kingsland CE School; Kington Primary School; Marden Primary and Pembridge Primary School.<br /> <br /> At the outset, we identified a need for fencing on some of the lowland tributaries where excessive stock poaching and grazing was causing a serious siltation problem. Our efforts to tackle this put us in direct conflict with the Lugg Internal Drainage Board, whose prime objective is not principally concerned with the good ecological status of the streams in their domain.<br /> <br /> Weirs were originally constructed for many reasons ranging from providing water power and irrigation, via a series of carriers, to flood and erosion prevention. Many are either an intrinsic part of the Herefordshire countryside and still functional and so removal is either too costly or unacceptable. Fortunately, providing fish access does not necessarily require this as there are simpler ways using the natural ability of salmonids to ascend obstacles by fitting fish passes on the weirs or by using existing leats to bypass the weir.<br /> <br /> 14 fish access schemes have been completed to ease upstream movement. Where EAW is the weir owner, they have led the work and WUF has taken the lead on privately owned structures.<br /> <br /> On the Lugg the project has completed fish passes on Yatton Court, Ballsgate and upper Lye weirs and there have been alterations to the blockstone weirs at Crowards, Coxall and Eyton. This takes forward the work done with the fish passes at Leominster and Hampton Court built prior to the project. Salmon now have access to the Welsh headwaters for the first time in at least 30 years.<br /> <br /> On the Arrow, fish passes have been installed on Grove Farm weir and bypass channels re-established on Mowley, Hunton and Malhollam. In addition, obstructions have been eased on the Stansbach stream, an important trout spawning stream.<br /> <br /> At Folly farm and Glanarrow weirs, structural surveys, planning, listed building and flood risk management consents have been obtained and fish passes &quot;built&quot;. However, the high flows of summer 2007 delayed the final &quot;bolting down&quot;. These will now be installed in the spring of 2008 at the Foundation's expense.<br /> <br /> <br /> Access and Economics<br /> <br /> As with all schemes to enhance the natural environment, encouraging people to enjoy, appreciate, use but above all share concern for the rivers must be accompanied by raising awareness of the opportunities available balanced against the threats facing the rivers.<br /> The inclusion of sections of the Herefordshire Lugg and Arrow in the Wye and Usk Passport has proved to be a great success. The booklet detailing the scheme now has a circulation of over 10,000 and the availability of Herefordshire's natural resource and the Leader + Project work is a feature of the publication.<br /> <br /> The 2006 edition of the passport included 2 Arrow beats which brought in 122 rod days. In 2007 the Passport expanded with the inclusion of 7 more Lugg and Arrow fisheries and in total they generated 278 visits. Surveys in both 2006 and 2007 within the Passport showed that 64% of the rod days were associated with a least 1 nights accommodation within the county. In 2008 a further 4 fisheries joined the scheme and early sales of vouchers in 2008 are showing considerable growth (137% over the first 2 months). It is anticipated that these beats will accommodate in excess of 800 rod days in 2008.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements:<br /> <br /> • Community groups/trusts/forums established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 9 Environmental / cultural appraisals carried out<br /> <br /> • 1 Community environmental / cultural activities established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 18 Environmental advice or assistance facilities provided for business<br /> <br /> • 3 Information facilities provided<br /> <br /> • 11 Sites made available for tourism activity<br /> <br /> • 2 community initiatives developed<br /> <br /> • 50+ People involved in groups / trusts / forums on activities<br /> <br /> • 287 People involved in studies or appraisals<br /> <br /> • 44 People undertaking enhancement projects<br /> <br /> • 230+ People participating in local cultural and recreational events or festivals<br /> <br /> • 14 Environmental enhancements on historic and cultural features completed<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/12/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Leader_%2B&diff=28828 2014-09-17T12:13:12Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.3050656, -3.073037099999965<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/luggandarrow.php<br /> |Themes=Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=The Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association, Environment Agency, Herefordshire Rivers, The Wye Salmon Fishery Owners Association<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Leader+3.gif<br /> |Project summary=Herefordshire Rivers LEADER+ Programme:<br /> <br /> A Fisheries Improvement Scheme<br /> <br /> <br /> The essential features of the project were:<br /> <br /> • Engaging with local people and explaining the importance of their rivers, the problems affecting them and the value their rivers bring.<br /> <br /> • Restoring and correcting some of the factors that limit Lugg and Arrow fisheries - fish passes and habitat restoration.<br /> <br /> • Education - salmon in the classroom. Reared salmon were released by children at various local schools into the Arrow to help restore the run, a <br /> useful introduction to biology. This was in combination with the removal of obstructions to migration. The four schools involved in this aspect of the project were: Kingsland CE School; Kington Primary School; Marden Primary and Pembridge Primary School.<br /> <br /> At the outset, we identified a need for fencing on some of the lowland tributaries where excessive stock poaching and grazing was causing a serious siltation problem. Our efforts to tackle this put us in direct conflict with the Lugg Internal Drainage Board, whose prime objective is not principally concerned with the good ecological status of the streams in their domain.<br /> <br /> Weirs were originally constructed for many reasons ranging from providing water power and irrigation, via a series of carriers, to flood and erosion prevention. Many are either an intrinsic part of the Herefordshire countryside and still functional and so removal is either too costly or unacceptable. Fortunately, providing fish access does not necessarily require this as there are simpler ways using the natural ability of salmonids to ascend obstacles by fitting fish passes on the weirs or by using existing leats to bypass the weir.<br /> <br /> 14 fish access schemes have been completed to ease upstream movement. Where EAW is the weir owner, they have led the work and WUF has taken the lead on privately owned structures.<br /> <br /> On the Lugg the project has completed fish passes on Yatton Court, Ballsgate and upper Lye weirs and there have been alterations to the blockstone weirs at Crowards, Coxall and Eyton. This takes forward the work done with the fish passes at Leominster and Hampton Court built prior to the project. Salmon now have access to the Welsh headwaters for the first time in at least 30 years.<br /> <br /> On the Arrow, fish passes have been installed on Grove Farm weir and bypass channels re-established on Mowley, Hunton and Malhollam. In addition, obstructions have been eased on the Stansbach stream, an important trout spawning stream.<br /> <br /> At Folly farm and Glanarrow weirs, structural surveys, planning, listed building and flood risk management consents have been obtained and fish passes &quot;built&quot;. However, the high flows of summer 2007 delayed the final &quot;bolting down&quot;. These will now be installed in the spring of 2008 at the Foundation's expense.<br /> <br /> <br /> Access and Economics<br /> <br /> As with all schemes to enhance the natural environment, encouraging people to enjoy, appreciate, use but above all share concern for the rivers must be accompanied by raising awareness of the opportunities available balanced against the threats facing the rivers.<br /> The inclusion of sections of the Herefordshire Lugg and Arrow in the Wye and Usk Passport has proved to be a great success. The booklet detailing the scheme now has a circulation of over 10,000 and the availability of Herefordshire's natural resource and the Leader + Project work is a feature of the publication.<br /> <br /> The 2006 edition of the passport included 2 Arrow beats which brought in 122 rod days. In 2007 the Passport expanded with the inclusion of 7 more Lugg and Arrow fisheries and in total they generated 278 visits. Surveys in both 2006 and 2007 within the Passport showed that 64% of the rod days were associated with a least 1 nights accommodation within the county. In 2008 a further 4 fisheries joined the scheme and early sales of vouchers in 2008 are showing considerable growth (137% over the first 2 months). It is anticipated that these beats will accommodate in excess of 800 rod days in 2008.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements:<br /> <br /> • Community groups/trusts/forums established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 9 Environmental / cultural appraisals carried out<br /> <br /> • 1 Community environmental / cultural activities established or assisted<br /> <br /> • 18 Environmental advice or assistance facilities provided for business<br /> <br /> • 3 Information facilities provided<br /> <br /> • 11 Sites made available for tourism activity<br /> <br /> • 2 community initiatives developed<br /> <br /> • 50+ People involved in groups / trusts / forums on activities<br /> <br /> • 287 People involved in studies or appraisals<br /> <br /> • 44 People undertaking enhancement projects<br /> <br /> • 230+ People participating in local cultural and recreational events or festivals<br /> <br /> • 14 Environmental enhancements on historic and cultural features completed<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:The_Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Leader_%2B&diff=28824 2014-09-17T12:00:40Z

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Re-Engaging_Children_With_Rivers_(REACH)&diff=28823 2014-09-17T11:48:30Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.0765164, -2.654418200000009<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/reach.php<br /> |Themes=Habitat and biodiversity, Water quality<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Hazel<br /> |Main contact surname=Evans<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Reach1.png<br /> |Picture description=One class enjoying participating in the REACH Project.<br /> |Project summary=The Re-Engaging Children with Rivers(REACH) Project carried out in the spring and summer of 2013, worked with 15 primary schools in the Herefordshire and Monmouthshire region. The aim was to inform children about the wide diversity of organisms that live in the rivers that surround them, and how they can be managed to protect the animals which inhabit them. It involved sending the children on field trips to local rivers with ID charts, buckets and wellies. This gave them first-hand experience of which animals inhabited the area and how the presence of certain organisms in the river could dictate the water quality and health of the river.<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2013/01/01<br /> |Project completed=2014/10/31<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=-<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Social measures=community education<br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Rural_Enterprise_Scheme&diff=28821 2014-09-17T11:44:52Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.05639799999999, -2.71597399999996<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/res.php<br /> |Themes=Economic aspects, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=DEFRA, Rural Enterprise Scheme<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Respic3.jpg<br /> |Project summary=In August 2006 the Foundation's work extended into the English side of the border: A project to increase angling tourism to the river Wye and its tributaries in Herefordshire was approved by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). With falling numbers of anglers (and, as a consequence, investment) the infrastructure of many middle Wye fisheries had fallen into disrepair - eroded croys, lost paths and tracks, derelict huts, overgrown banks etc were all too common sights.<br /> <br /> Part-funded through the (DEFRA) Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES), the Foundation facilitated work to restore neglected infrastructure and to promote angling on this section of the Wye. Increased visitor numbers increased revenues for fishery owners, encouraging re-investment into the river. Also more business was brought to local accommodation providers and other angling related businesses. 42 fishery infrastructure sites on the Herefordshire Wye were improved within the project, with priority given to those fisheries that offered better tourism opportunities (i.e. those not held for private use or limited syndicate), either through the Passport scheme or their own marketing scheme. In addition, 6km of river habitat improvement was completed, chiefly in the Lugg and Arrow catchment.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements <br /> <br /> • 6.8 ha of Fish Habitat Restoration<br /> <br /> • 43 Capital Improvements to fishery<br /> infrastructure sites<br /> <br /> • 35 New Beats to Passport Scheme <br /> - Booking Office<br /> <br /> • 1,436 Angler Days Sold in England (sold in England from August 2008 to July 2010)<br /> <br /> • 26.9% of fishing beats let from <br /> Hay to Monmouth<br /> <br /> • 30 Accommodation Providers assisted<br /> <br /> • 3 FTE jobs created<br /> <br /> <br /> The fishing of the middle Wye has been an important addition to the 'Wye &amp; Usk Passport' scheme. For salmon anglers, being at the right part of the river at the right time is crucial and often difficult to achieve. Salmon fishing is now available over 100 miles of the Wye under the Passport scheme. The RES project also tapped into the huge coarse fishing potential of the middle river to provide fishery owners and local accommodation providers with much-needed 'year round' revenue.<br /> <br /> Other achievements included the innovative use of modern technology. For the first time, anglers can now view river heights and clarity via the Foundation's website, giving them a much clearer idea on the kind of conditions that await them. The project funded 4 cameras: two on the Wye; one on the Monnow and one on the Lugg and Arrow system. In addition, the project funded the development of our first Online Booking System, enabling anglers to quickly secure their fishing with a few clicks of a mouse.<br /> <br /> The RES Project provided a much needed boost for the fisheries of Herefordshire, which had declined to their lowest economic level in recent history. Anglers from across the UK and abroad are now aware of what the Herefordshire Wye and tributaries has to offer. From this very encouraging start, generated in a mere 8 months from a very modest budget, we can confidently predict ongoing growth with significant future economic benefits to the County.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/08/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/04/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Neglected Infrastructure<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Fish habitat restoration<br /> |Management interventions=Increased fishing rights, <br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Rural_Enterprise_Scheme&diff=28820 2014-09-17T11:43:04Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.05639799999999, -2.71597399999996<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/res.php<br /> |Themes=Economic aspects, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=DEFRA, Rural Enterprise Scheme<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Respic3.jpg<br /> |Project summary=In August 2006 the Foundation's work extended into the English side of the border: A project to increase angling tourism to the river Wye and its tributaries in Herefordshire was approved by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). With falling numbers of anglers (and, as a consequence, investment) the infrastructure of many middle Wye fisheries had fallen into disrepair - eroded croys, lost paths and tracks, derelict huts, overgrown banks etc were all too common sights.<br /> <br /> Part-funded through the (DEFRA) Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES), the Foundation facilitated work to restore neglected infrastructure and to promote angling on this section of the Wye. Increased visitor numbers increased revenues for fishery owners, encouraging re-investment into the river. Also more business was brought to local accommodation providers and other angling related businesses. 42 fishery infrastructure sites on the Herefordshire Wye were improved within the project, with priority given to those fisheries that offered better tourism opportunities (i.e. those not held for private use or limited syndicate), either through the Passport scheme or their own marketing scheme. In addition, 6km of river habitat improvement was completed, chiefly in the Lugg and Arrow catchment.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements <br /> <br /> • 6.8 ha of Fish Habitat Restoration<br /> <br /> • 43 Capital Improvements to fishery<br /> infrastructure sites<br /> <br /> • 35 New Beats to Passport Scheme <br /> - Booking Office<br /> <br /> • 1,436 Angler Days Sold in England (sold in England from August 2008 to July 2010)<br /> <br /> • 26.9% of fishing beats let from <br /> Hay to Monmouth<br /> <br /> • 30 Accommodation Providers assisted<br /> <br /> • 3 FTE jobs created<br /> <br /> <br /> The fishing of the middle Wye has been an important addition to the 'Wye &amp; Usk Passport' scheme. For salmon anglers, being at the right part of the river at the right time is crucial and often difficult to achieve. Salmon fishing is now available over 100 miles of the Wye under the Passport scheme. The RES project also tapped into the huge coarse fishing potential of the middle river to provide fishery owners and local accommodation providers with much-needed 'year round' revenue.<br /> <br /> Other achievements included the innovative use of modern technology. For the first time, anglers can now view river heights and clarity via the Foundation's website, giving them a much clearer idea on the kind of conditions that await them. The project funded 4 cameras: two on the Wye; one on the Monnow and one on the Lugg and Arrow system. In addition, the project funded the development of our first Online Booking System, enabling anglers to quickly secure their fishing with a few clicks of a mouse.<br /> <br /> The RES Project provided a much needed boost for the fisheries of Herefordshire, which had declined to their lowest economic level in recent history. Anglers from across the UK and abroad are now aware of what the Herefordshire Wye and tributaries has to offer. From this very encouraging start, generated in a mere 8 months from a very modest budget, we can confidently predict ongoing growth with significant future economic benefits to the County.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/08/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/04/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Neglected Infrastructure<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Rural_Enterprise_Scheme&diff=28819 2014-09-17T11:39:35Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.05639799999999, -2.71597399999996<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/res.php<br /> |Themes=Economic aspects, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=DEFRA, Rural Enterprise Scheme<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Respic3.jpg<br /> |Project summary=In August 2006 the Foundation's work extended into the English side of the border: A project to increase angling tourism to the river Wye and its tributaries in Herefordshire was approved by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). With falling numbers of anglers (and, as a consequence, investment) the infrastructure of many middle Wye fisheries had fallen into disrepair - eroded croys, lost paths and tracks, derelict huts, overgrown banks etc were all too common sights.<br /> <br /> Part-funded through the (DEFRA) Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES), the Foundation facilitated work to restore neglected infrastructure and to promote angling on this section of the Wye. Increased visitor numbers increased revenues for fishery owners, encouraging re-investment into the river. Also more business was brought to local accommodation providers and other angling related businesses. 42 fishery infrastructure sites on the Herefordshire Wye were improved within the project, with priority given to those fisheries that offered better tourism opportunities (i.e. those not held for private use or limited syndicate), either through the Passport scheme or their own marketing scheme. In addition, 6km of river habitat improvement was completed, chiefly in the Lugg and Arrow catchment.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements <br /> <br /> • 6.8 ha of Fish Habitat Restoration<br /> <br /> • 43 Capital Improvements to fishery<br /> infrastructure sites<br /> <br /> • 35 New Beats to Passport Scheme <br /> - Booking Office<br /> <br /> • 1,436 Angler Days Sold in England (sold in England from August 2008 to July 2010)<br /> <br /> • 26.9% of fishing beats let from <br /> Hay to Monmouth<br /> <br /> • 30 Accommodation Providers assisted<br /> <br /> • 3 FTE jobs created<br /> <br /> <br /> The fishing of the middle Wye has been an important addition to the 'Wye &amp; Usk Passport' scheme. For salmon anglers, being at the right part of the river at the right time is crucial and often difficult to achieve. Salmon fishing is now available over 100 miles of the Wye under the Passport scheme. The RES project also tapped into the huge coarse fishing potential of the middle river to provide fishery owners and local accommodation providers with much-needed 'year round' revenue.<br /> <br /> Other achievements included the innovative use of modern technology. For the first time, anglers can now view river heights and clarity via the Foundation's website, giving them a much clearer idea on the kind of conditions that await them. The project funded 4 cameras: two on the Wye; one on the Monnow and one on the Lugg and Arrow system. In addition, the project funded the development of our first Online Booking System, enabling anglers to quickly secure their fishing with a few clicks of a mouse.<br /> <br /> The RES Project provided a much needed boost for the fisheries of Herefordshire, which had declined to their lowest economic level in recent history. Anglers from across the UK and abroad are now aware of what the Herefordshire Wye and tributaries has to offer. From this very encouraging start, generated in a mere 8 months from a very modest budget, we can confidently predict ongoing growth with significant future economic benefits to the County.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/08/01<br /> |Project completed=2007/04/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Rural_Enterprise_Scheme&diff=28818 2014-09-17T11:38:07Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.05639799999999, -2.71597399999996<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/res.php<br /> |Themes=Economic aspects, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity<br /> |Country=England, Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Partner organisations=DEFRA, Rural Enterprise Scheme<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Respic3.jpg<br /> |Project summary=In August 2006 the Foundation's work extended into the English side of the border: A project to increase angling tourism to the river Wye and its tributaries in Herefordshire was approved by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). With falling numbers of anglers (and, as a consequence, investment) the infrastructure of many middle Wye fisheries had fallen into disrepair - eroded croys, lost paths and tracks, derelict huts, overgrown banks etc were all too common sights.<br /> <br /> Part-funded through the (DEFRA) Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES), the Foundation facilitated work to restore neglected infrastructure and to promote angling on this section of the Wye. Increased visitor numbers increased revenues for fishery owners, encouraging re-investment into the river. Also more business was brought to local accommodation providers and other angling related businesses. 42 fishery infrastructure sites on the Herefordshire Wye were improved within the project, with priority given to those fisheries that offered better tourism opportunities (i.e. those not held for private use or limited syndicate), either through the Passport scheme or their own marketing scheme. In addition, 6km of river habitat improvement was completed, chiefly in the Lugg and Arrow catchment.<br /> <br /> <br /> Achievements <br /> <br /> • 6.8 ha of Fish Habitat Restoration<br /> <br /> • 43 Capital Improvements to fishery<br /> infrastructure sites<br /> <br /> • 35 New Beats to Passport Scheme <br /> - Booking Office<br /> <br /> • 1,436 Angler Days Sold in England (sold in England from August 2008 to July 2010)<br /> <br /> • 26.9% of fishing beats let from <br /> Hay to Monmouth<br /> <br /> • 30 Accommodation Providers assisted<br /> <br /> • 3 FTE jobs created<br /> <br /> <br /> The fishing of the middle Wye has been an important addition to the 'Wye &amp; Usk Passport' scheme. For salmon anglers, being at the right part of the river at the right time is crucial and often difficult to achieve. Salmon fishing is now available over 100 miles of the Wye under the Passport scheme. The RES project also tapped into the huge coarse fishing potential of the middle river to provide fishery owners and local accommodation providers with much-needed 'year round' revenue.<br /> <br /> Other achievements included the innovative use of modern technology. For the first time, anglers can now view river heights and clarity via the Foundation's website, giving them a much clearer idea on the kind of conditions that await them. The project funded 4 cameras: two on the Wye; one on the Monnow and one on the Lugg and Arrow system. In addition, the project funded the development of our first Online Booking System, enabling anglers to quickly secure their fishing with a few clicks of a mouse.<br /> <br /> The RES Project provided a much needed boost for the fisheries of Herefordshire, which had declined to their lowest economic level in recent history. Anglers from across the UK and abroad are now aware of what the Herefordshire Wye and tributaries has to offer. From this very encouraging start, generated in a mere 8 months from a very modest budget, we can confidently predict ongoing growth with significant future economic benefits to the County.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations}}<br /> {{Measures}}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Rural_Enterprise_Scheme&diff=28816 2014-09-17T11:28:25Z

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Eldridge123 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Lugg_%26_Arrow,_Radnorshire&diff=28808 2014-09-17T08:57:18Z

<p>Eldridge123: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=52.3567723, -3.209249399999976<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=Complete<br /> |Project web site url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/luggandarrowrad.php<br /> |Themes=Economic aspects, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity<br /> |Country=Wales<br /> |Main contact forename=Stephen<br /> |Main contact surname=Marsh-Smith<br /> |Contact organisation=Wye &amp; Usk Foundation<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.wyeuskfoundation.org/<br /> |Name of parent multi-site project=Leader+, RES, LARA<br /> |Multi-site=No<br /> |Project picture=Work-completed-la1.gif<br /> |Project summary=The upper most part of the rivers Lugg and Arrow rise in east Wales, before flowing through the border towns of Presteigne and Kington. At this point, both are quite substantial rivers and since these upper reaches qualify for funding from East Wales European Regional Development Funds, and are in urgent need of restoration, we designed a project focussing on habitat restoration and fisheries development. Building on work delivered by the Foundation and its partners within the Leader + Projects downstream in Herefordshire (which established fish access within the lower Lugg and Arrow), the project's aims are: restoring the riparian habitat so that fish populations become self sustaining and encouraging the diversification of rural businesses to meet the growing demand for 'wild' fishing, thereby enhancing the rural economy of Radnorshire.<br /> <br /> This will be achieved by implementing the following measures:<br /> <br /> • A comprehensive survey of the environmental/ecological issues within the Lugg and Arrow catchments.<br /> <br /> • Targeted restoration of 25km of riparian habitat, directly ourselves and in association with landowners and other conservation organisations such as the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust.<br /> <br /> • Restoration of riparian habitat, using our own workforce and in association with landowners and other conservation organisations such as the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust.<br /> <br /> • Restoration of fish access especially for brown trout within the sub catchment by removal of barriers.<br /> <br /> • Supporting local fisheries through marketing initiatives (The Passport) and increasing business for local accommodation providers, pubs etc.<br /> Work commenced on the Gladestry Brook, an important tributary of the Arrow, where coppicing and fencing was completed on 3.5km of river. Other sites completed during the project included the Lugg at Pilleth, Dolly Green, Litton, Rock Bridge and Achill, the Arrow at Wernol and Upper Hergest, the Cascob Brook and the Builth Road Dulas. Most encouraging of all was the response from landowners, who realise the rationale behind the work and the undoubted benefits that accrue.<br /> <br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2006/06/01<br /> |Project completed=2008/06/01<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Habitat degradation, Barriers to fish migration, Erosion of banks<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Removal of fish barriers, Fencing,<br /> |Management interventions=Supporting local fisheries through marketing initiatives <br /> }}<br /> {{Hydromorphological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Biological quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Physico-chemical quality elements header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Other responses header}}<br /> {{End table}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents}}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

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