Case study:Source to Sea Programme

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Location: 54° 1' 37.91" N, 2° 48' 14.33" W
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Project overview

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Status In progress
Project web site http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/projects/details/324123-source-to-sea
Themes Economic aspects, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Social benefits, Water quality
Country England
Main contact forename Richard
Main contact surname Cooper
Main contact user ID User:S2S-PO
Contact organisation RSPB
Contact organisation web site http://http://www.rspb.org.uk/
Partner organisations Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria Woodlands, Lune Rivers Trust, Morecambe Bay Partnership, Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership, South Cumbria Rivers Trust, RSPB
This is a parent project
encompassing the following
projects
Source to Sea Programme – 1. Leighton Moss Resource Protection, Source to Sea Programme – 10. River Gilpin, Foulshaw and Winster Restoration, Source to Sea Programme – 11. River Rawthey, Source to Sea Programme – 2. Pan-Morecambe Bay Wetlands and Waterbodies Restoration, Source to Sea Programme – 3. Upper Wenning Restoration, Source to Sea Programme – 4. River Kent tributaries, Source to Sea Programme – 5. Borrowdale Moss, Peatland Restoration, Source to Sea Programme – 6. Roeburn Ford easement, Source to Sea Programme – 7. Beckfoot Ford, Barbon Beck, Source to Sea Programme – 8. River Keer Restoration, Source to Sea Programme – 9. Kent, Leven and Duddon Estuaries beach cleans and volunteer ambassadors
River Lune - Source to Sea area

Project summary

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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. 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.

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Catchment and subcatchment



Site

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Heavily modified water body No
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Protected species present No
Invasive species present No
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Project background

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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 Diffuse pollution
Hydromorphology Quantity & dynamics of flow, Continuity for organisms, Continuity of sediment transport
Biology Fish
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Measures

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Bank/bed modifications Blocking of certain grips, Tree planting
Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wetlands, Removal of the obstruction for fish passage
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Other 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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