Case study:2e Lower Woodsford River and Floodplain Enhancement

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Location: 50° 43' 12.17" N, 2° 18' 50.69" W

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Land use management - forestry, Monitoring
Country	England
Main contact forename	Aly
Main contact surname	Maxwell
Main contact user ID	User:Alymaxwell
Contact organisation	Envioronment Agency
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Partner organisations	Forestry Commission, Woodland Trust, Dorset Wildlife Trust
Parent multi-site project	Case_study:River Frome Rehabilitation Plan
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

File:2e Lower Woodsford Project Record.pdf

Project summary

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This is a river and floodplain project including 15ha of floodplain and 2kms of main river. Reaches of the River Frome have been improved through removing raised embankments and hard stone bank protection. This allows for natural river processes to occur and reconnects the river and floodplain during high flow events.

Existing floodplain ditches have been re-profiled improving their habitat value while others have been created in a network including new scrapes.

Over 22,000 trees were planted in the project area as part of the wider project utilising Forestry Commission funds through the English Woodland Grant Scheme.

Monitoring surveys and results

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A monitoring Plan has been produced and a baseline of pre works data was collected. This includes biotype mapping, sediment sampling, electro fish survey, RHS Survey and fixed point photography

Lessons learnt

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Applying an ecosystems approach form the start could have attracted more partners funds and benefits and avoided any negative impacts.

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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 West River basin Dorset Subcatchment River name Frome Dorset (Lower) & Furzebrook Stream Area category 100 - 1000 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 200 - 500 m Maximum altitude (m) 223223 m <br />0.223 km <br />22,300 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Arable and Horticulture Waterbody ID GB108044009690 Other case studies in this subcatchment: Bockhampton Enhancement, Hurst Bridge (downstream), Louds Mill (Downstream)m Enhancement, Lower Bockhampton, Lower Woodsford, Martins River Island, Moreton Channel Gravel Reprofiling, North Channel Upper Reach, River Frome Rehabilitation Plan, Unit 1b - Long Bridge to Downstream of Louds Mill... further results Site Edit site Name WFD water body codes GB108044009690 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Frome Dorset (Lower) & Furzebrook Stream 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 Hydromorphology Assisted natural recovery Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Protect a nearly pylon and powerline Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Lowered embankment and revetment removed; planted trees Planform / Channel pattern Re-profiled ditch Other Non-structural measures Management interventions Social measures (incl. engagement) Involved local community and schools Other Raised interest in future projects 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