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We are pleased to welcome you on this RRC Site Visit to the Barnskew project on Lyvennet Beck in the Eden catchment and the Whitbeck project in the Derwent catchment, Cumbria.
RRC Site Visit The Eden and Derwent catchments
Tuesday August 19th 2014
Programme and information
The site visit will be hosted by Maggie Robinson (NE), Oliver Southgate (EA), Gareth Pedley (Eden
Rivers Trust) and Ulrika Åberg (RRC).
To book a place please email us: [email protected], booking ends 12th August.
10-11.30 — Barnskew visit, Lyvennet Beck 11.30-12.45 — travel to next site and lunch 12.45-2.15 — Whitbeck visit
The visit is FREE to RRC members. If space is available, non-members are welcome to attend at a cost of £30. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to RRC members and subject to a maximum number of attendees. Please note you will need to organise your own lunch and transport. More information on location and meeting point will follow after booking.
Summary of the project
The Cumbria river restoration strategy is a partnership program between the EA, Natural England, Eden Rivers Trust, West Cumbria Rivers Trust and South Cumbria Rivers Trust. The group are delivering a wide range of restoration projects across all three key Cumbrian catchments to deliver Natura 2000, WFD and flood risk wins. This year we have two very ambitious projects underway on the River Lyvennet and Whitbeck.
The aim of the day is to learn from issues encountered on site and to share successes and best
practice between the project partners and attendees.
The restoration project at Barnskew aims to reconnect three sections of the River Lyvennet and one of the Howe Beck tributary to their paleo-channels, thereby reinstating a lower gradient with natural channel morphology and substrate transport. This more natural diversity of habitats, along with the increase in river length, will move the river towards favourable status. The project is being managed by Eden Rivers Trust. The aim of the Whitbeck project is to restore a 350m section of heavily modified raised river channel back to a more natural self-sustainable course. The new 1200m long channel and will improve flood plain connectivity and hydromorphology, improve habitats and boost wildlife. The project is being managed by West Cumbria Rivers Trust.