Case study:River Tutt Restoration Project

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Location: 54° 3' 50.47" N, 1° 27' 4.73" W

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Status	In progress
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Themes	Habitat and biodiversity
Country	England
Main contact forename	Laura
Main contact surname	Watson
Main contact user ID	User:Laura.watson
Contact organisation	Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Contact organisation web site	http://www.ywt.org.uk
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Parent multi-site project
This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Staveley Nature Reserve, scrape creation

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Under the Water Framework Directive, the River Tutt is classified as being heavily modified and as having only Moderate Ecological Potential (2015, EA). It fails on the basis of fish habitat and numbers. The Tutt is part of YWT’s River Ure Living Landscape. Living Landscapes were developed to create robust ecological networks, enabling species to adapt to climate change. They align with the principles of the Natural Environment White Paper, which advocates ‘more, bigger, better and joined’ natural spaces. The River Tutt is straightened, over-deepened and the banks re-sectioned, with little heterogeneity in the flow and a lack of features such as deposits and areas of erosion. Water quality is poor, with high sediment after rain. In many locations intensively managed land runs right up to the river bank. A feasibility study, habitat survey and fluvial audit carried out by YWT and Middlemarch Environmental (Jan and Feb 2015) identified a comprehensive set of solutions that were available to improve the Tutt’s ecological quality. YWT intend to use a phased approach to implement these measures, working in partnership with the Swale and Ure Drainage Board, who manage the river, and with other riparian landowners. This project would constitute one phase of these works. It would decrease sedimentation, increase connectivity and mitigate the impact of historic modifications on the ecological potential of the water by carrying out a range of works such as bankside fencing, tree planting and management, creation of buffer strips, installation of cattle drinking areas, bank re-profiling and willow spiling. YWT hopes to hear from riparian landowners in the catchment who might be keen to have such works carried out on their land which could be funded through a YWT managed project.

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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 Humber River basin Swale, Ure, Nidd and Upper Ouse Subcatchment River name River Tutt Catchment (Trib of Ure) Area category 10 - 100 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Less than 100 m Maximum altitude (m) 9999 m <br />0.099 km <br />9,900 cm <br /> Dominant geology Calcareous Ecoregion Great Britain Dominant land cover Arable and Horticulture Waterbody ID GB104027064100 Site Edit site Name River Tutt Catchment WFD water body codes GB104027064100 WFD (national) typology WFD water body name River Tutt Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body Yes National/international site designation Local/regional site designations Protected species present Yes Invasive species present Yes Species of interest European Otter, bats (noctule, pipistrelle, brown long-eared, daubenton's) Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use arable farming, Improved/semi-improved grassland/pasture Average bankfull channel width category 2 - 5 m Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category 0.5 - 2 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) Project started 2015/01/01 Works started 2015/01/01 Works completed Project completed Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Environment Agency, 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 Hydromorphology Biology Fish Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Excavation for floodplain creation Planform / Channel pattern Flow deflectors, Creation of backwater Other Tree planting 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