Case study:Lunterse Beek
Project overview
Status | Complete |
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Project web site | http://www.sprengenbeken.nl/tag/lunterse-beek/ |
Themes | Environmental flows and water resources, Habitat and biodiversity, Hydromorphology, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring, Water quality |
Country | Netherlands |
Main contact forename | Maarten |
Main contact surname | Veldhuis |
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Contact organisation | Waterschap Vallei en Veluwe |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.vallei-veluwe.nl/ |
Partner organisations | STOWA |
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Project summary
Restoration measures were carried out in a trajectory of the Lunterse Beek to the west of Renswoude, south of the N224 up to the Liniedijk.
Since the Lunterse beek is a mass of water with little flow and dynamics, the water authority created a side channel, which should be embedded in the landscape and improve the stream’s ecology. This side channel also functions as a spillway when discharges are high. Because a weir is present at the location where the stream cuts through the Liniedijk, the side channel was led through a culvert in the dyke, after which it becomes a meandering stream that connects to the Lunterse Beek downstream of the weir.
The side channel passes through the small woodland area of Klein Wolfswinkel, where it passes close by a badger’s sett (Du: Dassenburcht); one of the pictures shows the badger’s nursery. The area also features living quarters of a fox, a hawk and a buzzard and is home to a colony of herons.
The ecology will be monitored further, both at the banks, where stubbs were introduced as a bank edge, and in the stream itself. The vegetation that was introduced at several locations near the stream will be monitored as well. The design of the area is such that little maintenance should be necessary.
The restorion measures in the Lunterse Beek aim to improve the flow conditions and increase the variation in flora and fauna. Fish like the gudge (Nl: riviergrondel) and ide (Nl: winde) will soon be able to swim upstream when the weir at the Groeperkade will be made passable for fish.
Source: https://www.sprengenbeken.nl/tag/lunterse-beek/
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