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Presentations

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9th February 2006, CIWEM/IFM evening - Catchment Scale Ecosystem Restoration and Technology
Achieving a Rapid Assessment of the River Environment - Lucy Dugdale & Judith Dickson, Eden Rivers Trust
It is widely acknowledged that a catchment scale approach to river and fisheries restoration is now required, yet identifying the exact spatial extent and location of environmental problems at this scale still proves problematic. This paper aims to evaluate the contribution technological advancements in aerial surveying, digital terrain models, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can make to the assessment of river habitat condition at the catchment scale.
The paper presents results for the River Eden catchment, in Cumbria, demonstrating how these techniques are being employed to extract valuable information, such as the distribution of bank erosion due to stock poaching, channel shading, channel slope and flow type. The paper reports on the accuracy of these techniques and evaluates them in the context of the traditional walkover survey.

Lucy Dugdale presentation  (1.62Mb)

The Great Fen Wetland Project - John Gibbs, Ewan Group plc.
This is one of the most ambitious habitat restoration projects ever undertaken in Britain and will create one of England’s largest (3000 ha) lowland wetland nature reserves between Huntingdon and Peterborough. This extensive partnership project involving English Nature, Wildlife Trust, the Environment Agency and the local District Council will safeguard threatened species such as bittern, water vole, otter and fen violet.
Ewan’s Hydrometric Services Team has installed its advanced Acoustic Doppler Profiling (ADP) technology at ten locations throughout the watercourse system draining the Great Fen. These units use beams of ultrasound and sonar technology to determine with great accuracy, the shape of the riverbed to establish an accurate cross-section, along with the velocity of the water. This is then used to determine the magnitude of flow in the channel.
Ewan’s team is responsible for producing a daily time series of flows throughout the different sites. These range from two-metre wide drainage ditches to 20-metre channels, some of which are navigable and can potentially flow in either direction. The mobile ADP used for calibrating the fixed sites can be used both at high and low flows and significantly reduces the time and manpower required particularly in wide deep channels.

John Gibbs presentation  (1.00Mb)

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Other

Codes of Conduct for Stillwater Fisheries - copies of this booklet are available for sale (£5ea) from Branch Secretary