2023-24 Tales from an East Anglian Riverbank - Portfolio - Page 6
The Environment
Programme in East
Anglia has eight locally
iden}昀椀ed priori}es:
HALTING THE
INVASION
Maintaining the
health of the water
environment by
controlling aqua}c
invasive species
BEAUTIFUL BROADS
Restoring and
protec}ng East Anglia’s
precious Broadland
RURAL LAND
MANAGEMENT
Using the natural
capital approach to
improve soil health,
reduce loss of
pollutants to the
water environment
and deliver
biodiversity and water
quality bene昀椀ts in all
catchments
FABULOUS FENS
Restoring and
protec}ng East
Anglia’s precious
Fenland
LOCAL PRIORITIES
Great Ouse Invasives
Bedford Ouse Floa}ng
Pennywort
HALTING
THE INVASION
Cymbeline Meadows
Restora}on Project
Landscape Scale Delivery—
SWT
North Essex Farm Cluster
Na}onal Landscapes
Enhancement Project
RURAL LAND
MANAGEMENT
Chalky Water River Tas
Middle Yare Restoring Natural
Processes
Yare Valley Green Infrastructure Bluebell Marsh
Granta Barriers
Chalk Headwater Monitoring—Flow
Norfolk Chalk Catchment Water
Resource Management & Drought
Plans
North Herts Chalk Stream
restora}on
Anglian Region Chalk Headwater
Monitoring
CHALK TO SEA
Alconbury Brook Enhancement
Increasing resilience in the
Waveney
Yellow Fish (Ipswich)
CHALK TO SEA
Restoring and
protec}ng East
Anglia’s chalk streams
and aquifers
Revitalising the Colne Valley Fiddler’s Hill
INTEGRATING NFM
AND WFD
Working with FCRM
and catchment partners to deliver Natural Flood Management schemes with
mul}ple bene昀椀ts
where communi}es
are at risk
INTEGRATED
WETLANDS
Bathing Waters
Not so ordinary watercourses
- Wensum
River Ant - Bridge Farm
Upper Bure Riverlands
Essex Fish Migra}on
Roadmap
Thet Fish Pass
Wet Brecks Fish Pass Project
INTEGRATED
WETLANDS
Using wetlands as a
natural way of
trea}ng and
enhancing water
quality with great
biodiversity bene昀椀ts
HOLISTIC CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
Improving connec}vity
from sea to source
HOLISTIC
CATCHMENT
MANAGEMENT
All projects are listed
under their main
priority, with links to
highlighted case
studies.
INTEGRATING
NFM
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