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The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Part 4 – How has the management plan been produced? – By Eleanor Morrison

The study was approached with the following strategy: Understand how the catchment works Appreciate the context of historic land management and the requirements of existing land managers; rural land managers are the key to the success of sustainable catchment management … Continue reading

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The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Part 1 – Aims and Main Issues – By Eleanor Morrison

This second article examines the principal aims of the Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative, which included: Investigating the dynamics of water and the changing nature of the gravel bed channels in the Bowmont-Glen catchment Interpreting the relationships between land use, river management, … Continue reading

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The Bowmont-Glen Catchment Initiative Update – Introduction – by Eleanor Morrison

(click on map to enlarge) The Bowmont Water, known as the River Glen in its lower reaches, is a major tributary in the Tweed catchment on the Scottish/English border.

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MNV – The Bowmont Catchment Initiative

Bowmont Water River channel (Source: www.geograph.org.uk). MNV consultancy has won an important contract from the Tweed Forum to study the causes of the recent adjustment of the Bowmont Water river channel and advise on future flood risk management solutions in … Continue reading

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