Case study:Wyre Riparian Restoration Initiative

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Project overview

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Status	Complete
Project web site
Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Fisheries, Flood risk management, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring, Water quality
Country	England
Main contact forename	Thomas
Main contact surname	Myerscough
Main contact user ID	User:Tom_WRT
Contact organisation	Wyre Rivers Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.wyreriverstrust.org
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Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

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Project summary

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The Wyre Riparian Restoration Initiative has delivered a large riparian restoration scheme on the middle reaches of Woodplumpton Brook. This has been delivered in conjunction with two landowners and covers around 1km of watercourse. A large section of this watercourse was unfenced and significantly affected by the impacts of over grazing, poaching and diffuse pollution. To address these issues, we have installed over 1,150 metres of stock proof fencing, 5 soft engineering solutions and restored an agricultural machinery track which runs through the watercourse. It is expected that this will have a positive impact on the water quality of the brook in this area by reducing the amount of diffuse pollution, sediment and faecal matter which enters the watercourse.

Monitoring surveys and results

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Kick Sampling - PSSI, BMWP, ASPT Fixed Point Photography River Corridor Surveys

The data which has been collected as part of this project has been the most rigorous of any Wyre Rivers Trust project that has been delivered to date. By engaging the services of two students from Lancaster University we have been able to deliver a considerable of pre project delivery monitoring and we expect that we will be able to engage another student when the project has been delivered therefore allowing us to evaluate the success of our project over the next year. The majority of the data which has been recorded is invertebrate data which has collected using kick sampling, this has been analysed and various indices have been used to interpret it. We were also fortunate to have the use of two Environment Agency SONDES which were installed in June 2015, this data has been recorded and we hope to be able to compare it to SONDE data which will be collected in the summer of 2016. Further to this we have also collected river corridor data and undertaken fixed point photography which will allow us to compare the changes to the watercourse after a season of growth.

Lessons learnt

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A number of lessons were learnt from this project, the most important of which was the relative ease with which monitoring data can be collected and used to inform project development and delivery. Where possible WRT and WWCP will now include a monitoring budget in future riparian restoration projects to ensure that similar datasets can be built for other watercourses within the Wyre Catchment.

The project has also allowed WRT and WWCP to build their relationships with a local university. The pre-project monitoring was carried out by a Lancaster University student as part of her Degree course, it is expected that we will be successful in identifying a further student to undertake post project monitoring for a similar period of time to that which was covered initially. The quality of the monitoring which was delivered by the student was very high and ultimately she was highly reliable and required little supervision. This has highlighted the value of working with local universities to us and we will continue to do this in future projects

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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 North West River basin Wyre Subcatchment River name Woodplumpton Brook Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category 100 - 200 m Maximum altitude (m) 117117 m <br />0.117 km <br />11,700 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Improved grassland Waterbody ID GB112072065760 Site Edit site Name School Lane, Catforth WFD water body codes GB112072065760 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Woodplumpton Brook 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 Yes Species of interest European eel (Anguilla anguilla), Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera ) Dominant hydrology Artificially Modified Dominant substrate Fine Sediment River corridor land use Intensive agriculture (Pastoral) Average bankfull channel width category Less than 2 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Less than 0.5 m 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) 950950 m <br />0.95 km <br />95,000 cm <br /> Project started 2015/07/01 Works started 2016/03/14 Works completed 2016/05/13 Project completed 2016/05/31 Total cost category 10 - 50 k€ Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Catchment Partnership Action Fund 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 Over grazing, unfenced river bank, poaching Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Diffuse pollution Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Fencing, Livestock fencing Floodplain / River corridor Planform / Channel pattern Other Soft engineering methods, restored machinery track 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