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|Status=In progress
|Status=In progress
|Themes=Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits, Water quality
|Project web site url=lovemybeach.org/groups/morecambe-bay/
|Themes=Economic aspects, Social benefits, Water quality
|Country=England
|Country=England
|Main contact forename=Richard
|Main contact forename=Emma
|Main contact surname=Cooper
|Main contact surname=McColm
|Contact organisation=RSPB
|Contact organisation=Morecambe Bay Partnership
|Partner organisations=Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Woodlands, Lune Rivers Trust, Morecambe Bay Partnership, Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership
|Contact organisation url=www.morecambebay.org.uk/
|Partner organisations=RSPB, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Woodlands, Lune Rivers Trust, Morecambe Bay Partnership, Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership, South Cumbria Rivers Trust,
|Name of parent multi-site project=Case_study:Source to Sea Programme
|Name of parent multi-site project=Case_study:Source to Sea Programme
|Multi-site=No
|Multi-site=No
|Project summary=Morecambe Bay and its river catchments should be considered as one interacting entity. Therefore, the Source to Sea Programme is a pan-Morecambe Bay Catchment Restoration Fund initiative that encompasses restoration projects for a range of waterbodies, protected sites, and associated priority hab-itats and species. The project will restore the natural connections along watercourses (removing barriers) and between water-courses and their floodplains and headwaters (restoring habitats). The project works in partnership with landowners and managers to bring about land management change to benefit water quality and raises awareness amongst Morecambe Bay coastal communities. Diffuse pollution, a lack of riparian habitat, unnatural flow regimes attributable to upland drainage and obstructions to fish passage are causing certain watercourses in the project area to fail to meet the required standards under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Fish populations, particularly salmonids, have been found to be greatly diminished.  
|Project picture=North Walney Nature Reserve 11May13 041.JPG
|Picture description=Marine litter on North Walney beach
|Project summary=Significant areas of the Kent, Duddon, and Leven estuaries currently fail to achieve even moderate WFD status, predominantly due to water quality for shellfish.  Discarded rubbish and plastics are also significant problems in these areas. There is poor public awareness of the issues affecting our estuaries.
This project will build awareness of the issues and build volunteer capacity.  Volunteer teams led and hosted by Morecambe Bay Partnership will carry out beach cleans removing litter, especially plastics. The project will focus on coastal sections of the Bay that are currently failing.  Additional training will be supported so we develop a network of volunteer champions/ ambassadors who will communicate constructive message with the press and with their local communities, raising awareness of water quality issues and able to highlight actions to address these.


To ensure that the failing waterbodies achieve Good Ecological Status under the WFD, the project aims to improve the habitat and connectivity in order to generate sustainable fish populations. The creation of wetland habitats and riparian buffer zones will reduce diffuse pollution from farmland and roads, and some upland drainage grips are to be blocked to encourage a sustainable return to natural flow regimes.
Community Involvement - Engagement activities will include public consultations, practical volunteering activities like beach cleans, and tree planting, and awareness-raising through media and face-to-face contact.
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|Name=Duddon catchments
|Name=Duddon catchments
|WFD water body code=GB531207212100
|WFD (national) typology=Estuarine,
|WFD water body name=LUNE
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Heavily modified water body=No
|Protected species present=No
|Protected species present=No
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|Project started=2012/06/28
|Project completed=2015/03/31
|Total cost category=1000 - 5000 k€
|Total cost category=1000 - 5000 k€
|Total1 cost=1350
|Total1 cost=1350
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds,  
|Funding sources=Catchment Restoration Funds,
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|Specific mitigation=Diffusse pollution
|Specific mitigation=Pollution incident, 
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Quantity & dynamics of flow, Continuity for organisms, Continuity of sediment transport,  
|Hydromorphological quality elements=Structure & condition of intertidal zone,  
|Biological quality elements=Fish,  
|Biological quality elements=Fish,
|Physico-chemical quality elements=Specific synthetic pollutants, Specific non-synthetic pollutants,
|Other motivation=Community awareness
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|Bank and bed modifications measure=Blocking of certain grips, Tree planting  
|Bank and bed modifications measure=Blocking of certain grips, Tree planting
|Floodplain / River corridor=Creation of wetlands, Removal of the obstruction for fish passage
|Floodplain / River corridor=Creation of wetland, Improving fish migration,
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Engagement activities will include public consultations, practical volunteering activities like beach cleans, and tree planting, and awareness-raising through media and face-to-face contact.
|Social measures=Awareness raising, Media,
|Wider stakeholder / citizen engagement=Practical volunteering activities like beach cleans, Public consultation,
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|Description=RRC Monitoring table - Kent, Leven and Duddon Estuaries
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Project overview

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Status In progress
Project web site http://lovemybeach.org/groups/morecambe-bay/
Themes Economic aspects, Social benefits, Water quality
Country England
Main contact forename Emma
Main contact surname McColm
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation Morecambe Bay Partnership
Contact organisation web site http://www.morecambebay.org.uk/
Partner organisations RSPB, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Woodlands, Lune Rivers Trust, Morecambe Bay Partnership, Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership, South Cumbria Rivers Trust
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Project summary

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Significant areas of the Kent, Duddon, and Leven estuaries currently fail to achieve even moderate WFD status, predominantly due to water quality for shellfish. Discarded rubbish and plastics are also significant problems in these areas. There is poor public awareness of the issues affecting our estuaries.

This project will build awareness of the issues and build volunteer capacity. Volunteer teams led and hosted by Morecambe Bay Partnership will carry out beach cleans removing litter, especially plastics. The project will focus on coastal sections of the Bay that are currently failing. Additional training will be supported so we develop a network of volunteer champions/ ambassadors who will communicate constructive message with the press and with their local communities, raising awareness of water quality issues and able to highlight actions to address these.

Community Involvement - Engagement activities will include public consultations, practical volunteering activities like beach cleans, and tree planting, and awareness-raising through media and face-to-face contact.

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Catchment and subcatchment

Catchment

River basin district North West
River basin Lune

Subcatchment

River name LUNE
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Ecoregion Great Britain
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Waterbody ID GB531207212100



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Site

Name Duddon catchments
WFD water body codes GB531207212100
WFD (national) typology Estuarine
WFD water body name LUNE
Pre-project morphology
Reference morphology
Desired post project morphology
Heavily modified water body No
National/international site designation
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
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Project background

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Project started 2012/06/28
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Works completed
Project completed 2015/03/31
Total cost category 1000 - 5000 k€
Total cost (k€) 13501,350 k€ <br />1,350,000 € <br />
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Funding sources Catchment Restoration Funds

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Reasons for river restoration

Mitigation of a pressure Pollution incident
Hydromorphology Structure & condition of intertidal zone
Biology Fish
Physico-chemical Specific synthetic pollutants, Specific non-synthetic pollutants
Other reasons for the project Community awareness


Measures

Structural measures
Bank/bed modifications Blocking of certain grips, Tree planting
Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wetland, Improving fish migration
Planform / Channel pattern
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Non-structural measures
Management interventions
Social measures (incl. engagement) Awareness raising, Media
Other Practical volunteering activities like beach cleans, Public consultation


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