Case study:Bourne End Recreation Ground River Enhancement Project
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Project overview
Status | Complete |
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Themes | Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Social benefits, Urban |
Country | England |
Main contact forename | Allen |
Main contact surname | Beechey |
Main contact user ID | User:ChilternChalkStreams |
Contact organisation | Chilterns Chalk Streams Project |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.chilternsaonb.org/chalk-streams |
Partner organisations | Chiltern Rangers, Revive the Wye, Environment Agency, Wooburn Gree & Bourne End Parish Council, Foundation for Water Research |
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Project summary
The purpose of the Project was to enhance river habitat along a 150m stretch of the R. Wye that borders Bourne End Recreation Ground in Buckinghamshire. Through a combination of tree management work and the installation of Woody Habitat structures, the scheme narrowed the previously over-wide channel and increased heterogeneity of flow and habitat. The scheme was designed to directly contribute to the R. Wye achieving Good Ecological Status under the Water Framework Directive. This project was one of three habitat enhancement Projects on the river being supported by the Catchment Partnership Fund in 2016 and was managed by the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project (CCSP) working in partnership with the Chiltern Rangers CIC, Environment Agency, Wooburn Green & Bourne End Parish Council and the River Chess Association. The project was funded by the CCSP, the Catchment Partnership Action Fund and the Chiltern Rangers CIC.
Monitoring surveys and results
Fixed point photography before, during & after the works.
Monthly riverfly monitoring - Anglers Riverfly Monitoring Initiative (commenced September 2015)
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Catchment and subcatchment
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Reasons for river restoration
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Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic
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