Project Brief
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Restore a heavily engineered channel to favourable condition.
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The main drive was the need to: i) improve wild trout populations for the resdent fly fishing club and ii) improve bankside access for anglers.
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The scheme enabled a variety of additional habitat initiatives to be bolted onto the clubs primary objectives
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Solution
Working in partnership with water wardens Ronnie Butler and Jeremy Waters, the uniformly engineered reach was re-sectioned using locally-sourced logs, brushwood and on-site spoil.
'Judicious' narrowing stimulated natural adjustments to the river bed, resulting in a bio-diverse, multi-staged channel following a series of winter flood events.
The re-distribution of sediment and gravels has promoted successful trout spawning and created a variety of localised niches for key species of flora and fauna.
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