Case study:Trees on the River Uck

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Location: 50° 57' 59.09" N, 0° 5' 45.29" E

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Project overview

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Status	In progress
Project web site	http://www.treesontheriveruck.org.uk/
Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Social benefits, Water quality, Urban
Country	England
Main contact forename	Sandra
Main contact surname	Manning-Jones
Main contact user ID	User:SandraMJ
Contact organisation	Trees on the River Uck
Contact organisation web site	http://www.treesontheriveruck.org.uk/
Partner organisations	Environment Agency, Woodland Trust, Sussex Wildlife Trust
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Aims and objectives

TRUck Vision

To develop a pilot project that highlights the role of natural riparian and floodplain intervention measures in managing flood risk in a discreet river catchment (the River Uck) through delivery of natural riparian and floodplain interventions such as wet woodland.

Subsidiary Vision

To document and provide evidence of the ecosystem service and biodiversity benefits accrued from applying a naturalistic landscape-scale flood risk management strategy to the Uck catchment.

Aims of the TRUck Project To form an innovative partnership between Sussex Wildlife Trust, Environment Agency, Woodland Trust and other partners that delivers the project vision. To deliver the aims of the Water Framework Directive and Ouse Catchment Flood Management Plan through natural floodplain enhancements in order to:

       * Help decrease velocities of flood flows by naturally increasing the in-channel and floodplain roughness of the Uck catchment. 
       * Help decrease unnecessary drainage and run-off from the catchment upstream of Uckfield.
       * Help increase the carrying capacity of washlands and the water storage capacity of the Uck.
       * Help all water bodies in the project area to achieve ‘good’ ecological and chemical status.

To engage the public, landowners, farmers and stakeholders in the process of promoting good practice catchment management.

To help others to have a better understanding of natural flooding and river processes and their implications for catchment management.

Objectives

Delivery

• Identify suitable sites for Catchment Riparian Intervention Measures (CRIMs) and floodplain habitat and natural flood storage enhancements through the analysis, interpretation and collation of research and GIS data.
• Produce a project plan outlining timings and focus areas for the project.
• Support and facilitate the appropriate installation of CRIMs and other riparian enhancements such as floodplain woodland.
• Set up an effective monitoring system along the river to assess the effects of TRUck project work.

Communication

• Promote natural processes and naturalistic river and floodplain restoration methods and encourage others to implement them in appropriate locations.
• Promote the TrUck project, its outputs and landowner offers (such as tree planting) through literature, events, communications and other media.
• Provide an accessible and informative project ‘hub’ and public face for the TrUck project materials.
• Hold stakeholder and community engagement events, and a project presence at other events where appropriate.
• Produce a project summary using TrUck as a case study of best practice and lessons learnt from project delivery.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district South East River basin Adur and Ouse Subcatchment River name River Uck at Uckfield Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m Maximum altitude (m) 6969 m <br />0.069 km <br />6,900 cm <br /> Dominant geology Siliceous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Suburban Waterbody ID GB107041012660 Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB107041012660 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Uck at Uckfield Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present No Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started Works started Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Impoundments (not hydropower), Flood risk management, Land drainage Hydromorphology Continuity of sediment transport, Quantity & dynamics of flow, Substrate conditions, Width & depth variation Biology Fish Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Ecosystem services Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Introducing large woody debris Floodplain / River corridor Creation of wet woodland, Tree planting Planform / Channel pattern Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Other Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information