Category Archives: River restoration
Willow spiling
In November 2008 MNV was contracted to carry out some river bank protection works using willow spiling. The site was at Oatridge College near Edinburgh, an agricultural college where a series of demonstration sites have been constructed showing best practices … Continue reading
Meander Restoration 2 – The groundworks
Final site tidying up around the upper logjam Here is the first update on the Meander Restoration project outlined in a previous post, including day-by-day diary extracts and linked slideshows showing the August 2009 completion of the groundworks phase of … Continue reading
Meander Restoration – Part One
Normally part of natural flood management, this technique is designed to restore river channel features, to dissipate and absorb the energy of high flood flows. Natural river features include meanders, sediment features, rocks and large woody debris. The meanders are … Continue reading
