People throughout the riverscape are coming together to help the Western Rother.
We're working in partnership with organisations, farmers, landowners and local communities to draw together a collective plan for action to allow the river Rother to flourish again. We'll be turning this plan into actions focussing on improving water quality, ecological networks and measures to increase resilience to flood and drought. We're excited about the partnership projects being developed and the range of opportunities for riparian landowners to help restore and enhance the riverscapes, for example:
· Installing riparian buffers and sensitive ditch management
· Creation of wetlands, winter storage reservoirs and natural flood management
· Catchment-wide identification (using INNS Mapper) & removal of Himalayan Balsam
· Signing up for a 'smart' mink trap as part of the Water Life Recovery Trust Programme, coordinated locally by SDNPA
· Renewal of septic tanks
· Modification of barriers / structures, e.g. weirs, sluice gates, to improve passage of fish and other species
There will be many opportunities to involve the wider community in a range of practical tasks, awareness raising and citizen science initiatives, to help inform projects and grow awareness of the local Rother riverscapes
Please get in touch to find out more about how you can get involved.