Case study:Eden Crayfish Restoration Project

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Location: 54° 44' 25.72" N, 2° 45' 17.36" W

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Project overview

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Social benefits, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Joanne
Main contact surname	Backshall
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Contact organisation	Eden River Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.edenriverstrust.org.uk/
Partner organisations	Defra, Environment Agency
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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This project will improve the habitat and water quality of rivers within the Eden catchment in Cumbria. The River Eden is of international importance for its wildlife and is designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). It sup-ports many significant species including white-clawed crayfish, salmon, trout, eel, bullhead, lamprey, otter, water vole, invertebrates of river shingle and water crowfoot. The Eden is the best remaining stronghold of the endan-gered white-clawed crayfish, which is threatened and declining across the UK and Western Europe. The Eden catchment comprises 98 water bodies. Under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) classification 59% of these fail to achieve Good Ecological Status and none of them are in “high” condition. Problems within the Eden are due to agriculture, sewage, septic tanks, urbanisation, invasive species and poor quality habitats along and within rivers. The project will restore more natural features in and around rivers and reduce the impact of diffuse pollution arising from agriculture. It aims to protect and expand populations of white-clawed crayfish as well as those of other valued river species.

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Name	Rivers Leith, Lyvennet, Lowther, Hoff and Helm Becks, Croglin Water and Hayber Beck
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Heavily modified water body	No
National/international site designation	EU - Special Area of Conservation
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Protected species present	No
Invasive species present	Yes
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River corridor land use	Intensive agriculture (arable)
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Total cost category	500 - 1000 k€
Total cost (k€)	550550 k€ <br />550,000 € <br />
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Funding sources	Defra

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Mitigation of a pressure	Agriculture, Urbanisation, Sewage, Invasive species
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Floodplain / River corridor	Planting, Installing riverside fencing
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Other	producing 20 farm assessments in areas of crayfish populations, carrying out improvement work on 20 farms to reduce diffuse pollution; carrying out instream habitat improvements at 5 locations.
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Other	There will be a greater under-standing and stewardship of the river environment amongst farmers and other land owners, volunteers and the general public.

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Eden Catchment - ecological status

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