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Clough Woodlands: Creating, managing and improving tree coverage and habitat restoration on cloughs in the peak district moors.
In partnership with the National Trust, Severn Trent will be improving biodiversity on clough woodlands around its reservoirs. This will have multiple benefits including improved water retention and filtration and therefore increased climate change resilience.
Clough woodlands are found in areas of steep-sided woodland on the edge of open moorland. Severn Trent Water will be utilising methods which enable planting and management to occur on inaccessible steep banks, i.e. helicopter deliveries and enclosure tree planting with natural regeneration.
Tree planting on steep slopes will reduce the risk of landslides and erosion, especially as the trees mature and roots become more established. The reduced risk of landslides and slope erosion will contribute to improvements in water quality in the Upper Derwent reservoirs, reducing the sediments, organic materials and metals washed into the reservoirs during rainfall events and landslides. It will also reduce the amount of sediments that settle in the bottom of the reservoir that over time reduce the water holding capacity of the reservoir
Other expected results include enhanced biodiversity and the protection of the variety of semi-natural upland habitats and breeding bird assemblages, carbon sequestration as trees mature contributing towards climate resilience and improved water retention slowing the flow into treatment works due to the network of tree roots created through the planting project
Other Examples:
There are over 120 WINEP actions planned to further the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity through conserving, restoring or otherwise enhancing a population of a particular species or a particular type of habitat.
Affinity Water’s Colne catchment project involves landscape-scale and integrated programme of Catchment and Nature-based Solutions (C&NBS) for the Colne operational catchment. This includes river improvement and habitat enhancement projects across multiple waterbodies.
(Banner image: Photo by Chris Bayley(External link).) (Photos on right hand of page supplied by Severn Trent Water)
Clough Woodlands: Creating, managing and improving tree coverage and habitat restoration on cloughs in the peak district moors.
In partnership with the National Trust, Severn Trent will be improving biodiversity on clough woodlands around its reservoirs. This will have multiple benefits including improved water retention and filtration and therefore increased climate change resilience.
Clough woodlands are found in areas of steep-sided woodland on the edge of open moorland. Severn Trent Water will be utilising methods which enable planting and management to occur on inaccessible steep banks, i.e. helicopter deliveries and enclosure tree planting with natural regeneration.
Tree planting on steep slopes will reduce the risk of landslides and erosion, especially as the trees mature and roots become more established. The reduced risk of landslides and slope erosion will contribute to improvements in water quality in the Upper Derwent reservoirs, reducing the sediments, organic materials and metals washed into the reservoirs during rainfall events and landslides. It will also reduce the amount of sediments that settle in the bottom of the reservoir that over time reduce the water holding capacity of the reservoir
Other expected results include enhanced biodiversity and the protection of the variety of semi-natural upland habitats and breeding bird assemblages, carbon sequestration as trees mature contributing towards climate resilience and improved water retention slowing the flow into treatment works due to the network of tree roots created through the planting project
Other Examples:
There are over 120 WINEP actions planned to further the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity through conserving, restoring or otherwise enhancing a population of a particular species or a particular type of habitat.
Affinity Water’s Colne catchment project involves landscape-scale and integrated programme of Catchment and Nature-based Solutions (C&NBS) for the Colne operational catchment. This includes river improvement and habitat enhancement projects across multiple waterbodies.
(Banner image: Photo by Chris Bayley(External link).) (Photos on right hand of page supplied by Severn Trent Water)
