]> 2026-04-19T03:25:43+00:00 Case study:LARA (Lugg and River Arrow) 500 en Approved Creation of fish passes Bank improvement Cut back of trees Livestock fencing Wye & Usk Foundation Yes No Yes 52.3050656,-3.0730371 Stephen Wye & Usk Foundation Marsh-Smith Creation of fish passes, Bank improvement, Cut back of trees, Livestock fencing,,, ,,, 16850 The results of habitat work on the Pinsley brook. The photo was taken 6 months after the stream was fenced off and shows regeneration of bank and in-river vegetation, along with a narrowing and deepening of the stream. 2010-11-30Z 2455530.5 Lara3.jpg 2008-08-15Z 2454693.5 Complete In 2008 the Foundation secured funding from the SITA Trust's Enriching Nature Programme for a £194,000 lower Lugg and Arrow project. The trust was set up to manage sums from SITA's landfill tax and has used this to support actions under Entrust's DA (Biodiversity) measure. With support from the Lugg & Arrow Fisheries Association (LAFA) and from the Wye Salmon Fisheries Owners Association (WSFOA), LARA will improve the biodiversity in the Lugg and Arrow within 10 miles of Leominster's licensed land fill site. In 2007 salmon, trout and the habitat "rivers and streams" were added to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP). These, plus brook and river lamprey, bullhead, otter, a wide range of invertebrates (inc. crayfish), grey wagtail, kingfisher, dipper and sand martin will benefit from the project. The project has 3 main areas of activity: • Riverline habitat restoration • Fish passage • Improving water quality The project began with baseline surveys including a macrophyte (plants that live in or near water) survey. Habitat Restoration The project will focus on fencing out the most damaged of the tributaries in the area. These include: Pinsley; Tippets; Broad; Aston; Curl and Wellington brooks; and the river Arrow. In addition to this, a sequential 3-year work plan has been developed for 1.2km of the main stem of the Lugg at Mortimer's cross. The first stage of this involved re-establishment of ranunculus and increasing the cover on the banks. 580m was completed in September 2009. Also, a new site of 2.4km of main stem on the Arrow at Monkland was coppiced and the willow laid into the banks. LARA (Lugg and River Arrow) lara (lugg and river arrow) http://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/projects/lara.php Fisheries Habitat and biodiversity Water quality 2014-09-16T17:28:17Z 2456917.2279745 2017-06-02T10:06:14Z 2457906.9209954 LARA (Lugg and River Arrow)