The OnTrent Initiative Ruth Needham OnTrent Project Manager.
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Transcript of The OnTrent Initiative Ruth Needham OnTrent Project Manager.
‘A Trent floodplain rich in wildlife habitats, landscape and historic features, for the benefit of all, both now and in the
future’
The OnTrent Vision
Trent facts
•274km long
•Flows through 3 Region and 21districts
•92% of Trent floodplain is managed for agriculture. Dominant land use grassland upstream changing to more arable in lower reaches.
•Heavily modified landscape.
•953km2 of natural floodplain, majority protected by flood banks.
How is OnTrent delivered?
Baseline Study
Action Program
LDF
Water Framework Directive
Agriculture
Flood Management
Minerals
Trent Vale Landscape Partnership
SPARCWet woodlands, Trent River Park, Trent Fisheries.
Trent Valley Way
OnTrent Forum
Seminars
Training
Leaflets
Trent Valley Habitat Pack
PolicyProjectsRaising awareness
Agriculture and land use
• 9.8% of Trent floodplain in CSS• Few incorporate significant wetland• Uncertain landscape benefits• OnTrent objectives recognised in HL
targeting statements• Budgetary constraints• Priority Habitats.
OnTrent Priority HabitatsCounty Staffordshire Derbyshire and
LeicestershireNottinghamshire Lincolnshire, North
Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire
Natural Area The Potteries and Churnet Valley Needwood and South Derbyshire Claylands Trent Valley Rises
Trent Valley and Rises Trent Valley and Rises Humberhead Levels
North Lincolnshire Coversands and Clay ValesTrent Valley and RisesHumberhead LevelsHumber Estuary
Opportunity Existing Potential Existing Potential Existing Potential Existing Potential
Priority Habitat
Earth heritage LS NS NS LS
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
Lowland raised bog NS
Lowland wood-pasture and parkland
LS NS NS NS
Purple moor-grass and rush pastures
LS NS
Reedbeds NS NS NS
Wet broad leaved woodland LS LS LS
Coastal Saltmarsh, mudflats and saline lagoons
NS
Exposed riverine sediment
Broad Habitats
Fen, marsh and swamp LS NS
Rivers and streams LS NS NS LS Standing open water and canals
NS NS NS NS
Flood management on the Trent• 160km2 area inundated during a severe flood• Heavily modified catchment, resulting in artificially fast
flows, increased flows from River Tame• 15,000 properties in the floodplain• OnTrent encouraging EA/Defra to develop flood risk on the
Trent more closely linked to land management.1) Changes in land use2) Flood bank realignment3) Storage areas.
Mineral restoration
• 30 mineral sites on the Trent
• Long future on the Trent
• QPA promoting BAP for each site
• Restoration objectives
OnTrent encourage restoration schemes that:
• Improve biodiversity and a range of habitat-types while avoiding issues associated with bird-strike, e.g. promote wet woodland at the margins of workings.
• Retain, replace or reinforce traditional floodplain landscape features e.g. wetlands, trees and hedgerows.
• Create OnTrent priority habitats.• Protect and conserve archaeological
remains including palaeochannels and alluvial deposits, and maintain historic landscape character wherever possible.
• If there is no alternative to its destruction, ensure an appropriate record is made of any archaeology, and that landscape restoration is in keeping with historic landscape character.
• Increase diversity in the design of restoration schemes along the river through a more holistic approach e.g. reconnection to the main river or creation of a braided-river where feasible and establishment of wet grassland.
• Accommodate sustainable responses to flood risk through the creation of wetlands and washlands, and the managed realignment of the river, where feasible.
• Improve opportunities for sustainable public access, principally walking and cycling but also provision for limited ability and horse-riding as appropriate.
• Allow for an appropriate mix of other recreational uses e.g. angling, bird-watching and water-sports.
• Support interpretation of the natural and historic environment.
• Involve the local community where appropriate.