Conserving Coniston & Crake: Restoring Rivers

Status:

In Progress

Catchment:

Coniston and Crake

Theme:

Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Habitat & Wildlife and Water Quality

Partners:

Coniston & Crake Catchment Partnership, Environment Agency, Lake District National Park Authority, National Trust and South Cumbria Rivers Trust

Part of the Heritage Lottery Funded (HLF) Conserving Coniston and Crake project. Restoring Rivers aims to improve spawning and juvenile fish numbers through the diversification of habitat along the River Crake and becks in the Coniston catchment. This will be achieved through coppicing and tree planting, installing fascines and large woody debris. This will help to stabilise erosion, encourage current turbulence, gravel sorting and riffle and pool sequences, whilst also providing bankside refuges for invertebrates, juvenile salmonids and fry.

More information can be found at: https://ccc.scrt.co.uk/

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