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Dales to Vale Rivers Network
Previous meetings identified
• a Vision
• overall Themes
• potential projects
Focus now is to produce Catchment Management Plans
Water for WildlifeGood fishing
Eradication of specific non- native species such as signal crayfish and giant hogweed
Habitat enhancement/connectivity
Species – Otters/Lamprey/eels
Wetlands
Catchment Management Plans
•Local stakeholders collectively prioritise action•Hosted on new DVRN website•Catchment Plans to feed into WFD River Basin Management plans
River Wiske Catchment Management Plan
Current WFD Status
6 waterbodies• 4 heavily modified• 4 are moderate status• 2 are poor status
59 Reasons for Not Achieving Good• 28 agriculture + land management• 3 local + central government• 9 urban + transport• 19 water industry
Issues – identified at May 14 DVRN meeting
Sedimentation
Diffuse phosphate pollution
Lack of habitat diversity in the river corridor
Metaldehyde
Physical modification – very modified but low priority to tackle
this
Fish passage?
Litter – through Northallerton
Flooding in Brompton and Northallerton
Point source pollution - agricultural and sewage
Poor agri-environment uptake
Good arable land and dairy units
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust walkover surveys – Jan – March 15
• Standard survey methodology
• Used volunteers
• Covered gaps in existing YWT data
Catchment issues
EA assessment: dissolved oxygen levels, phosphate levels, phytobenthos, invertebrates and fish
FloodingBrompton and NorthallertonLimited ability of land upstream to store water
Water pollutionDiffuse water pollution from agricultural run-offSiltation from sediment washed out of fields, eroding banks and livestock poachingOrganic pollution from sewage overflows and waste water treatment
Low biodiversityEcologically poor or moderate Arable land and offers little habitat for wildlifeInvasive non-native species present such as Himalayan Balsam