LFCC Meeting Minutes Nov 22
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The minutes of the recent LFCCD meeting held on the 24th November 2022 are now available for download at the link below:
Loddon Rivers Week Fish Survey Report Oct22
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The report for the fish surveys conducted on the Charvil Meadows Backwater/River Loddon, The Emm Brook and Swallowfield Backwater is now available at the link below. Thank you to LFCC Chairman Martin Moore for conducting the surveys and for making the report available.
Dam Removal - River Nidd Yorkshire
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The Wild Trout Trust used funding from The European Open Rivers Programme - a grant giving organisation dedicated to restoring rivers - and liased with landowners, the Environment Agency and The Woodland Trust to painstakingly remove this 4-m tall, 75-m wide weir from Yorkshire's River Nidd. This "run of river" weir removal is interesting to consider as part of the wider, global movement dedicated to dam removal (including massive hydropower dams). The weir breached in the floods of 2019 and has been removed safely - rather than left to disintegrate gradually over time, running the risk of causing bankside damage. Removing Scotton Weir will benefit more than just migratory fish such as salmon and sea trout. All fish move up and down stream to some extent as part of their life cycles and the weir removal will help to restore natural processes to the river - particularly the transport of riverbed material including spawning gravels. Restoring these natural processes will alter the flow and shape of the river, which in turn will change the nature of the river bed. This will provide varied habitats for invertebrates to colonise, which in turn will provide food for bird species, for instance. This is how restoring a river's natural processes can have an impact on wildlife around the river, as well as in the river and under the water itself. Currently only 16% of rivers are rated as being in ‘Good’ condition by the Water Framework Directive and a significant cause for failure is man-made barriers interrupting a river’s flow, such as Scotton Weir on the Nidd. Recent research has shown that on average in Great Britain, there is at least one artificial barrier for every 1.5km of stream. In England, Scotland and Wales, only 1% of rivers are free from artificial barriers. Across Europe as a whole there are in excess of 1 million artificial barriers, which collectively has what the European Open Rivers Programme describes as “a catastrophic impact on biodiversity.”
Pennywort Post - September 2022
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The latest edition of the Pennywort Post is now available for you to read. Thank you to LFCC Chairman Martin Moore for publishing this and for keeping his ever roving eyes on things within the catchment. The PDF can be found via the link below
Angling Trust Water Quality Monitoring Network Zoom Meeting
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Description: An opportunity for WQMN volunteers and club officials to ask questions about the WQMN and how it works with an overview of progress so far.
Date: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Time: 19:00 to 20.30
To register please follow this link – https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rkfGjKdCR0eDrO8iku3Nug
If you are unable to attend we will look at organising another session in early December.
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