Emmanuel’s Common Phase 2
Here are a few pictures of the second phase of our Emmanuel’s Common project in Norfolk (overall project control and funding Norfolk Rivers IDB, designer myself, contractor…
Before and after.
Having finally uploaded a few recent shots of river restoration projects I’ve put together a small album of before and after photos of our work on…
Instead of dredging?
I’ve written about why dredging doesn’t work. Here’s a (timely) post by way of suggesting at least one part of an alternative approach: a Norfolk Rivers Trust “re-wilding” project…
Emmanuel’s Common One Year On
This is a set of before-and-after images from a river recreation project at Emmanuel’s Common on the River Nar. This is a brand-new river channel cut…
Time for a Cuppa
Friday 24th April, was the final day of a three-year restoration project on the River Nar in Norfolk. Phew! 7km of re-meandering with woody berms, 2km…
River “Restoration”?
This is a slightly shortened version of a talk I gave last week at the WWF chalk-stream conference: I was asked to address what river restoration should mean…
Chalk-Stream Index 2014
I recently compiled my best attempt at a complete index of all the English chalk-streams, partly to satisfy my own cataloguing obsession, partly because it was…
The ‘shocking’ State of England’s Chalk-Streams 2014
Last night I was invited to speak at the launch of WWF’s new report: The State of England’s Chalk Streams 2014. The report reveals that over three-quarters of…
Restoration Drama Continued
The second in my mini-series on our (Norfolk Rivers Trust) 2014 river restoration projects begins in the headwaters of the River Nar. You have to go…
Restoration Drama
The first in a series of blogs for river restorationists. The reason why nothing has appeared on here for the past four months: I’ve been a…
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