]> 2026-04-05T11:43:13+00:00 Case study:Hills to Levels 500 en Suite of videos demonstrating practices adopted across the project area Somerset Rivers Authority formed from the Somerset 20 year Flood Action Plan. Hills to Levels is delivering the Land Management workstream Approved Bank stabilisation habitat creation Opening long sections of culverts leaky woody dams Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest FWAG SW Somerset Rivers Authority Environment Agency RSPB Somerset Wildlife Trust Local Growth Fund Peoples Postcode Lottery Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership Somerset Rivers Authority Water Environment Improvement Fund Interegg Two Seas Princes Countryside Fund Environment Agency Grant in Aid Yes Yes Yes false Photo - Leaky Pond.jpg Photo - Leaky Dams in Flood (24.1.18).jpg Photo - Soil.jpg Leaky Pond, South Somerset Leaky Woody Dams Soil Assessments and Soil Husbandry Advice No 51.099196212027,-2.9644616089122 FWAGSW-H2L Joanna Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group SouthWest Uglow Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality Bank stabilisation, habitat creation,Floodplain reconnection, floodplain scrapes, floodplain woodland planting,Opening long sections of culverts, leaky woody dams Run-off interception, diversion, attenuation,Soil managment and land use to improve infiltration and water quality,Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups, Monitoring Summary.pdf Hills to Levels - summary of leaky woody dam monitoring Half field trials have been undertaken to assess the effect subsoiling and grassland aeration have on soil infiltration rates. 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. Results to be made available in due course. Run-off interception diversion attenuation 23176 FWAG SW, Somerset Rivers Authority, Environment Agency, RSPB, Somerset Wildlife Trust Hills to Levels Logo 31 Hills to Levels.png 2015-01-01Z 2457023.5 In progress 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 & 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. 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. Every field, every farm and every stream have a part to play. Hills to Levels hills to levels http://https://www.therrc.co.uk/sites/default/files/projects/31_hillstolevels.pdf No Floodplain reconnection floodplain scrapes floodplain woodland planting Parrett, Tone, Brue, Axe and West Somerset Streams parrett, tone, brue, axe and west somerset streams Working with Parish Councils and Flood Action Groups Flood risk management Habitat and biodiversity Land use management - agriculture Land use management - forestry Monitoring Water quality 2018-02-16T18:55:43Z 2458166.2886921 2018-11-05T15:45:45Z 2458428.1567708 Hills to Levels 500 1 list 3 [[Category:Case study]] [[Parent project::Case study:Hills to Levels]] Hills to Levels# QUERY05ae73bc0f4259ae3c4a526a71a2f12a 500 [2,"smw_unitnotallowed","\u00a3"] Hills to Levels# ERR7c4821480ce616a602940635f30465e2