https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=FWAGSW-H2L 2026-04-28T23:41:07Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.39.7 https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40855 2018-04-27T10:06:48Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Approved<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Partner organisations=FWAG SW, Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project picture=HILLStoLEVELScmyk (2).tif<br /> |Picture description=Hills to Levels Logo<br /> |Project summary=Following the devastating floods in Somerset winter in 2013/14, ‘Hills to Levels’ was set up as a collaboration between the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) SouthWest, Somerset Wildlife Trust (SWT), RSPB and the Royal Bath &amp; West Society. The work is over five main catchments – River Parrett, River Tone, West Somerset Streams, River Brue and River Axe. Since then, Hills to Levels has come a long way: water quality, erosion reduction and improving habitats have been added to the original project remit and the funders and project partners have changed. Currently, Hills to Levels is supported by and works in partnership with the Somerset Rivers Authority, the Environment Agency, Interreg 2 Seas (Triple C project) and Natural England Catchment Sensitive Farming.<br /> <br /> Many streams in the area are failing current standards for inputs of sediment and phosphate and poor fish habitat; and their ecology suffers from being heavily modified through centuries of use. The project uses a holistic catchment approach, providing advice on soil and land use management in order to reduce sediment runoff to the rivers, and improve infiltration and hydrological processes to reduce flooding and improve drought resilience.<br /> <br /> Every field, every farm and every stream have a part to play.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Half field trials have been undertaken to assess the effect subsoiling and grassland aeration have on soil infiltration rates.<br /> Leaky woody dams are being monitored to assess their effect on the flood hydrograph and in-channel geomorphology and habitats. FWAG SW are working with Bristol University and providing sites to monitor; so far monitoring equipment has been installed in a floodplain storage scheme and other sites are being identified for investigation.<br /> <br /> Results to be made available in due course.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Dams in Flood (24.1.18).jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Woody Dams<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Soil.jpg<br /> |Caption=Soil Assessments and Soil Husbandry Advice<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Local Growth Fund, Peoples Postcode Lottery, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Somerset Rivers Authority, Water Environment Improvement Fund, WFD GiA, Interegg Two Seas, Princes Countryside Fund<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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 /> {{Case study monitoring documents<br /> |Monitoring document=Monitoring Summary.pdf<br /> |Description=Hills to Levels - summary of leaky woody dam monitoring<br /> }}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40854 2018-04-27T10:04:42Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Approved<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Partner organisations=FWAG SW, Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project picture=HILLStoLEVELScmyk (2).tif<br /> |Picture description=Hills to Levels Logo<br /> |Project summary=Following the devastating floods in Somerset in 2014, the ‘Hills to Levels’ project was set up as a collaboration between the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) SouthWest, Somerset Wildlife Trust (SWT), RSPB and the Royal Bath &amp; West Society. The work is over five main catchments – River Parrett, River Tone, West Somerset Streams, River Brue and River Axe. Since then, Hills to Levels has come a long way: water quality, erosion reduction and improving habitats have been added to the original project remit and the funders and project partners have changed. Currently, Hills to Levels is supported by and works in partnership with the Somerset Rivers Authority, the Environment Agency, Interreg 2 Seas for the Triple C project and Natural England Catchment Sensitive Farming.<br /> <br /> Many streams in the area are failing current standards for inputs of sediment and phosphate and poor fish habitat; and their ecology suffers from being heavily modified through centuries of use. The project uses a holistic catchment approach, providing advice on soil and land use management in order to reduce sediment runoff to the rivers, and improve infiltration and hydrological processes to reduce flooding and improve drought resilience.<br /> <br /> Every field, every farm and every stream have a part to play.<br /> |Monitoring surveys and results=Half field trials have been undertaken to assess the effect subsoiling and grassland aeration have on soil infiltration rates.<br /> Leaky woody dams are being monitored to assess their effect on the flood hydrograph and in-channel geomorphology and habitats. FWAG SW are working with Bristol University and providing sites to monitor; so far monitoring equipment has been installed in a floodplain storage scheme and other sites are being identified for investigation.<br /> <br /> Results to be made available in due course.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Dams in Flood (24.1.18).jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Woody Dams<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Soil.jpg<br /> |Caption=Soil Assessments and Soil Husbandry Advice<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Local Growth Fund, Peoples Postcode Lottery, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Somerset Rivers Authority, Water Environment Improvement Fund, WFD GiA, Interegg Two Seas, Princes Countryside Fund<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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 /> {{Case study monitoring documents<br /> |Monitoring document=Monitoring Summary.pdf<br /> |Description=Hills to Levels - summary of leaky woody dam monitoring<br /> }}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40770 2018-03-23T14:32:00Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Approved<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Partner organisations=FWAG SW, Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project picture=HILLStoLEVELScmyk (2).tif<br /> |Picture description=Hills to Levels Logo<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Dams in Flood (24.1.18).jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Woody Dams<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Soil.jpg<br /> |Caption=Soil Assessments and Soil Husbandry Advice<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Local Growth Fund, Peoples Postcode Lottery, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Somerset Rivers Authority, Water Environment Improvement Fund, WFD GiA, Interegg Two Seas, Princes Countryside Fund<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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 /> {{Case study monitoring documents<br /> |Monitoring document=Monitoring Summary.pdf<br /> |Description=Hills to Levels - summary of leaky woody dam monitoring<br /> }}<br /> {{Monitoring documents end}}<br /> {{Additional Documents}}<br /> {{Additional Documents end}}<br /> {{Additional links and references header}}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Monitoring_Summary.pdf&diff=40769 2018-03-23T14:31:28Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: Hills to Levels - summary of leaky woody dam monitoring results</p> <hr /> <div>Hills to Levels - summary of leaky woody dam monitoring results</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40628 2018-02-16T20:23:58Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Partner organisations=FWAG SW, Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project picture=HILLStoLEVELScmyk (2).tif<br /> |Picture description=Hills to Levels Logo<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Dams in Flood (24.1.18).jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Woody Dams<br /> }}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Soil.jpg<br /> |Caption=Soil Assessments and Soil Husbandry Advice<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Local Growth Fund, Peoples Postcode Lottery, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Somerset Rivers Authority, Water Environment Improvement Fund, WFD GiA, Interegg Two Seas, Princes Countryside Fund<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Photo_-_Soil.jpg&diff=40627 2018-02-16T20:22:36Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: Soil structure assessments aid farm-specific soil husbandry advice to improve infiltration (reduce run-off and erosion), build soil organic matter and improve soil health while benefiting farm businesses.</p> <hr /> <div>Soil structure assessments aid farm-specific soil husbandry advice to improve infiltration (reduce run-off and erosion), build soil organic matter and improve soil health while benefiting farm businesses.</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Photo_-_Leaky_Dams_in_Flood_(24.1.18).jpg&diff=40626 2018-02-16T20:20:18Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: Leaky woody dams slow the flow and temporarily store water on proto-floodplains</p> <hr /> <div>Leaky woody dams slow the flow and temporarily store water on proto-floodplains</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40625 2018-02-16T20:18:05Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Partner organisations=FWAG SW, Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project picture=HILLStoLEVELScmyk (2).tif<br /> |Picture description=Hills to Levels Logo<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Local Growth Fund, Peoples Postcode Lottery, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Somerset Rivers Authority, Water Environment Improvement Fund, WFD GiA, Interegg Two Seas, Princes Countryside Fund<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:HILLStoLEVELScmyk_(2).tif&diff=40624 2018-02-16T20:17:44Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: Hills to Levels</p> <hr /> <div>Hills to Levels</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40623 2018-02-16T20:15:45Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Local Growth Fund, Peoples Postcode Lottery, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, Somerset Rivers Authority, Water Environment Improvement Fund, WFD GiA, Interegg Two Seas, Princes Countryside Fund<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40622 2018-02-16T20:13:54Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> |Kml file=H2L Catchments.pdf<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, Iterreg, Peoples Postcode Lottery<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:H2L_Catchments.pdf&diff=40621 2018-02-16T20:13:46Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: Hills to Levels is a county-wide initiative, working in all of Somerset&#039;s river catchments.</p> <hr /> <div>Hills to Levels is a county-wide initiative, working in all of Somerset's river catchments.</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40620 2018-02-16T20:09:33Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, Iterreg, Peoples Postcode Lottery<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<br /> |Social measures=Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40619 2018-02-16T19:57:30Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background<br /> |Project started=2015/01/01<br /> |Funding sources=Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, Iterreg, Peoples Postcode Lottery<br /> }}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40618 2018-02-16T19:54:53Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references<br /> |Link=http://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk/<br /> |Description=Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40617 2018-02-16T19:51:57Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<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<br /> |Link=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQzUFXhjlwqsahY4JGQgkWw<br /> |Description=Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area<br /> }}<br /> {{Additional links and references footer}}<br /> {{Supplementary Information}}<br /> {{Toggle content end}}</div>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40616 2018-02-16T19:48:39Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<br /> }}<br /> {{Measures<br /> |Bank and bed modifications measure=Bank stabilisation, habitat creation<br /> |Floodplain / River corridor=Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting<br /> |Planform / Channel pattern=Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams<br /> |Other technical measure=Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation<br /> |Management interventions=Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality<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>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40615 2018-02-16T19:43:57Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery end}}<br /> {{Toggle button}}<br /> {{Toggle content start}}<br /> {{Case study subcatchment}}<br /> {{Site}}<br /> {{Project background}}<br /> {{Motivations<br /> |Specific mitigation=Flooding and Water Quality<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>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=Case_study:Hills_to_Levels&diff=40614 2018-02-16T19:42:08Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Case study status<br /> |Approval status=Draft<br /> }}<br /> {{Location<br /> |Location=51.099196212027, -2.9644616089122<br /> }}<br /> {{Project overview<br /> |Status=In progress<br /> |Themes=Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring, Water quality<br /> |Country=England<br /> |Main contact forename=Joanna<br /> |Main contact surname=Uglow<br /> |Main contact id=FWAGSW-H2L<br /> |Contact organisation=Farming &amp; Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest<br /> |Contact organisation url=www.fwagsw.org.uk/<br /> |Multi-site=Yes<br /> |Project summary=Hills to Levels is an holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’.<br /> The Hills to Levels approach started as a partnership between the RSPB, Royal Bath &amp; West Society, Somerset Wildlife Trust and FWAG SW after the 2013/14 flooding of the Somerset Levels. The project aimed to reduce flood risk, increase farm resilience and to join up the communities in the upper and lower catchments in Somerset.<br /> |Project title=Hills to Levels<br /> }}<br /> {{Image gallery}}<br /> {{Case study image<br /> |File name=Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg<br /> |Caption=Leaky Pond, South Somerset<br /> }}<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>

FWAGSW-H2L https://restorerivers.eu/wiki/index.php?title=File:Photo_-_Leaky_Pond.jpg&diff=40613 2018-02-16T19:41:28Z

<p>FWAGSW-H2L: One method that Hills to Levels is constructing leaky ponds and adapting existing ponds to improve flodowater storage capacity. This leaky pond in South Somerset has both a passive and controlled outlet.</p> <hr /> <div>One method that Hills to Levels is constructing leaky ponds and adapting existing ponds to improve flodowater storage capacity. This leaky pond in South Somerset has both a passive and controlled outlet.</div>

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