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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 →
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 →
The River Till Restoration Project
MNV was contracted by the Tweed Forum to deliver a river restoration project in Northumberland. The project looked at flooding issues on the River Till, focusing on damage caused by an increasing frequency and intensity of flood events around the Till – Glen … Continue reading →
River restoration at Carfraemill
Carfraemill River Restoration Project The Kelhope Burn at Carfraemill after 2008 flooding Flooding events during 2008 caused dramatic bank erosion in the Kelhope burn flowing by the Carfraemill Caravan Site and neighbouring house. The Camping and Caravan Club commissioned MNV … Continue reading →
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 →
MNV Sustainable Flood Management Demonstration Sites
A group visiting an MNV Sustainable flood management demonstration site Floods are destructive processes which damage buildings, agricultural land and transport networks, but are also constructive processes that maintain dynamic river systems and help landscapes to evolve. Flood management is … Continue reading →
