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|Main contact id=Laura.watson | |Main contact id=Laura.watson | ||
|Contact organisation= | |Contact organisation=Yorkshire Wildlife Trust | ||
|Contact organisation url=www.ywt.org.uk | |Contact organisation url=www.ywt.org.uk | ||
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|Project summary=Under the Water Framework Directive, the River Tutt is classified as being heavily modified and as having only Moderate Ecological Potential (2015, EA). It fails on the basis of fish habitat and numbers. The Tutt is part of YWT’s River Ure Living Landscape. Living Landscapes were developed to create robust ecological networks, enabling species to adapt to climate change. They align with the principles of the Natural Environment White Paper, which advocates ‘more, bigger, better and joined’ natural spaces. The River Tutt is straightened, over-deepened and the banks re-sectioned, with little heterogeneity in the flow and a lack of features such as deposits and areas of erosion. Water quality is poor, with high sediment after rain. In many locations intensively managed land runs right up to the river bank. A feasibility study, habitat survey and fluvial audit carried out by YWT and Middlemarch Environmental (Jan and Feb 2015) identified a comprehensive set of solutions that were available to improve the Tutt’s ecological quality. YWT intend to use a phased approach to implement these measures, working in partnership with the Swale and Ure Drainage Board, who manage the river, and with other riparian landowners. | |Project summary=Under the Water Framework Directive, the River Tutt is classified as being heavily modified and as having only Moderate Ecological Potential (2015, EA). It fails on the basis of fish habitat and numbers. The Tutt is part of YWT’s River Ure Living Landscape. Living Landscapes were developed to create robust ecological networks, enabling species to adapt to climate change. They align with the principles of the Natural Environment White Paper, which advocates ‘more, bigger, better and joined’ natural spaces. The River Tutt is straightened, over-deepened and the banks re-sectioned, with little heterogeneity in the flow and a lack of features such as deposits and areas of erosion. Water quality is poor, with high sediment after rain. In many locations intensively managed land runs right up to the river bank. A feasibility study, habitat survey and fluvial audit carried out by YWT and Middlemarch Environmental (Jan and Feb 2015) identified a comprehensive set of solutions that were available to improve the Tutt’s ecological quality. YWT intend to use a phased approach to implement these measures, working in partnership with the Swale and Ure Drainage Board, who manage the river, and with other riparian landowners. | ||
This project would constitute one phase of these works. It would decrease sedimentation, increase connectivity and mitigate the impact of historic modifications on the ecological potential of the water by carrying out a range of works such as bankside fencing, tree planting and management, creation of buffer strips, installation of cattle drinking areas, bank re-profiling and willow spiling. YWT hopes to hear from riparian landowners in the catchment who might be keen to have such works carried out on their land which could be funded through a YWT managed project. | This project would constitute one phase of these works. It would decrease sedimentation, increase connectivity and mitigate the impact of historic modifications on the ecological potential of the water by carrying out a range of works such as bankside fencing, tree planting and management, creation of buffer strips, installation of cattle drinking areas, bank re-profiling and willow spiling. YWT hopes to hear from riparian landowners in the catchment who might be keen to have such works carried out on their land which could be funded through a YWT managed project. | ||
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Project overview
| Status | In progress |
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| Themes | Habitat and biodiversity |
| Country | England |
| Main contact forename | Laura |
| Main contact surname | Watson |
| Main contact user ID | User:Laura.watson |
| Contact organisation | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust |
| Contact organisation web site | http://www.ywt.org.uk |
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| This is a parent project encompassing the following projects |
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Under the Water Framework Directive, the River Tutt is classified as being heavily modified and as having only Moderate Ecological Potential (2015, EA). It fails on the basis of fish habitat and numbers. The Tutt is part of YWT’s River Ure Living Landscape. Living Landscapes were developed to create robust ecological networks, enabling species to adapt to climate change. They align with the principles of the Natural Environment White Paper, which advocates ‘more, bigger, better and joined’ natural spaces. The River Tutt is straightened, over-deepened and the banks re-sectioned, with little heterogeneity in the flow and a lack of features such as deposits and areas of erosion. Water quality is poor, with high sediment after rain. In many locations intensively managed land runs right up to the river bank. A feasibility study, habitat survey and fluvial audit carried out by YWT and Middlemarch Environmental (Jan and Feb 2015) identified a comprehensive set of solutions that were available to improve the Tutt’s ecological quality. YWT intend to use a phased approach to implement these measures, working in partnership with the Swale and Ure Drainage Board, who manage the river, and with other riparian landowners.
This project would constitute one phase of these works. It would decrease sedimentation, increase connectivity and mitigate the impact of historic modifications on the ecological potential of the water by carrying out a range of works such as bankside fencing, tree planting and management, creation of buffer strips, installation of cattle drinking areas, bank re-profiling and willow spiling. YWT hopes to hear from riparian landowners in the catchment who might be keen to have such works carried out on their land which could be funded through a YWT managed project.
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