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FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE

Farming Floodplains for the Future is an important national pilot project. Its aim has been to understand, through delivery, how the farmed landscape can be viably managed in ways that reduce flood risk downstream, while also enhancing the natural environment. A partnership project hosted by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, it has been funded by Defra through its Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Innovation Fund.

The initial three years of the project was completed at the end of March 2010, and the final report and associated documents are now available below.

The main details of the project, including results, findings and recommendations, are given in a short report - click on the link below

Farming Floodplains for the Future - Final Report

Case studies give details of the principle schemes delivered by the project - click on the links below (with the main techniques employed at each given alongside)

Case Study 1: Church House Farm (Re-connection of floodplain; habitat creation)

Case Study 2: Little Horsley Farm (Flood storage ; habitat restoration)

Case Study 3: Old Hattons Farm (Pond alteration)

Case Study 4: Fieldhouse Farm - The Dingle (Pond alteration; water control structure; woody debris; watercourse diversion)

Case Study 5: Izaak Walton Golf Course (Re-connection of floodplain; pond alteration; woody debris)

Case Study 6: Bellfields Farm (Flood storage; habitat creation)

Case Study 7: Deepmore Farm (Flood storage; habitat restoration)

Case Study 8: Fieldhouse Farm - Woodland (Floodplain woodland)

Case Study 9: Sow & Penk IDB (Watercourse maintenance)

Issue studies discuss some of the technical elements relating to the project - click on the links below

Issue Study 1: Data & Modelling

Issue Study 2: Monitoring

Issue Study 3: The Role of Agri-Environment Schemes in Flood Risk Management

Issue Study 4: Securing the Benefits of Land Use Change Long Term

Two toolkits have been devised to guide the establishment and implementation of other projects using Farming Floodplains for the Future as a template - click on the links below

Toolkit 1: Targeting & Establishing a Project

Toolkit 2: Designing & Delivering a Scheme

For more information on the project, contact :-

Matt Jones
(Wetlands Officer)
Tel (Direct) : 01889 880142
Mob : 07970 062320
E-mail : m.jones@staffs-wildlife.org.uk