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Planning, delivery and evaluation of our

rivers: challenges and choices

17TH RRC ANNUAL NETWORK CONFERENCE

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Water Voles

European Eels Otters Native Cray Fish

Beavers

Jasmine Errey Richard Edwards Gez Foster Jenny Wheeldon Thea Winfield Gene Hammond Mary-Rose Lane Tina Bardill Tim Brooks Caroline Laburn David Carden Gareth Greer

Jane Hornsby Galen Fulford JolOld Nick Wardlaw Karen Potter James Maddison Denise Ashton Kathryn Edwards Helen Mandley Amanda Patterson Leonardo Camelo

Richard Brazier Iain Stewart-Russon Claire Pattison Bella Davies Suzie Maas Sylvian Barry Gary Morris Linda Mathieson Russ Spencer Anna Gee Neil Entwistle

Liz Henderson Lydia B-G Eric Gillies Will Bond Beth Hancock Lindsay Ward Jenny Davies Caroline Riley Karen Twin David Warren Ruth Reaney

Jo Cullis Roisin C-P Katie Atkinson Steven Peters Olly van Biervliet David Harper Liz Horton Heather P-J Stewart Clarke Karl Fuller Steve Rose

Groups

Working with Natural Processes reducing flood risk Lydia Burgess-Gamble – Principal Scientist – Environment Agency Steve Rose – Technical Director – JBA Email: WWNP@environment-agency.gov.uk

Develop a high quality Working with Natural Processes evidence base to help flood and coastal erosion risk management authorities understand, justify, develop and implement schemes which WWNP to reduce flood risk.

What are we not covering • SUDS • Urban WWNP • Greening of hard defences • Green engineering measures

WP1. Evidence Directory

WP2. Opportunity Maps

WP3. Catchment & Coastal Labs

Key challenges Draw together robust and trusted evidence base/ key metrics which can be used to support investment decisions, making the case for WWNP Being honest about what we know and don’t know

Exercises 1. Defining WWNP/NFM (20min) 2. Examples – old, new and literature

(30min) 3. R&D gaps and funding mechanisms

(30min)

Exercise 1. 15 Mins

Rural

Hill slopes Floodplains Rivers Estuaries Coasts

Urban

Preserving and protecting rivers , floodplains and

coasts

WWNP/NFM

Green engineering

Grey engineering

A spectrum

Runoff management

Woodland

Floodplain and in-channel

Managing fine sediment at source

Group name:

3. Woodlands in wider catchment & as flow interception

1. Land /soil management

4. River & floodplain reconnection

2. Traditional flood storage reservoirs

5. River & floodplain woodlands 4. Grip blocking

7. Wetland restoration/creation 6. Flow interception and leaky dams

12. Ponds & runoff attenuation 11. Woody material

9. River restoration 10. In-channel measures to force water on to floodplain for temporary storage / attenuation

Quick discussion in groups Any missing WWNP/NFM measures? Any measures that could be in several groups?

Exercise 2. 30 Mins

Runoff management

Woodland River floodplain

Case studies (name, location, lead contact)

Key literature (academic and grey lit)

New projects (name, location, lead contact)

Exercise 3. What stops WWNP/NFM from being more mainstream 30 Mins

What are our scientific knowledge gaps? What funding mechanisms do you use?

Quick discussion in groups Rank your R&D gaps in terms of how urgent they are to address

rrc@therrc.co.uk 01234 752979 www.therrc.co.uk

Planning, delivery and evaluation of our

rivers: challenges and choices

17TH RRC ANNUAL NETWORK CONFERENCE

We would like to thank the sponsors of the conference who support discounted places

Tweet us #RRCBlackpool