Deliver annual surveying events with partner organisations |
Cray and Shuttle |
Environment Agency, Friends of the Shuttle, Local Angling Groups, Local Community, North West Kent Countryside Partnership, South East Rivers Trust |
Active |
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Develop a network of volunteers to monitor Invasive Non-Native Species. |
Beult |
Environment Agency, Local Angling Groups, Volunteers |
Proposed |
View |
Run community clean up events as part of 'Love your river' days |
Cray and Shuttle |
Thames 21 |
Active |
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Develop fish passage projects within the Teise |
Teise |
Kent High Weald Partnership |
Active |
View |
Deliver river based education programme through local primary and secondary schools. |
Cray and Shuttle |
Thames 21 |
Active |
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Habitat enhancement on the River Teise below Woodfall's weir to Medway confluence |
Teise |
Environment Agency, Kent High Weald Partnership |
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View |
Promote best practice farming approaches
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Middle Medway |
Environment Agency, Kent Wildlife Trust, South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
View |
Engage stakeholders with the catchment based approach |
Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle Catchment Improvement Group |
Completed |
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Raise awareness of point source pollution from domestic and small scale sources |
Middle Medway |
Environment Agency, Local Community, Medway Valley Countryside Partnership |
Proposed |
View |
Connect communities with the value of their rivers |
Cray and Shuttle |
Bexley Natural Environment Forum, Thames 21 |
Active |
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Scope priority sub-catchments to implement NFM (Natural Flood Management) to manage flood risk more effectively throughout the catchment and build on the success of the Medway NFM project (2018-2021). |
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Environment Agency, Kent County Council |
Proposed |
View |
Expand the mink control programme within the catchment |
Darent |
Kent Wildlife Trust |
Proposed |
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Publish article describing how weirs affect fish communities. |
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Angling Groups, Environment Agency |
Completed |
View |
Deliver a coordinated approach to Invasive Non-Native Species control |
Darent |
South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
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Preventing Plastics Pollution (PPP) project aims to quantify plastic pollution, test methods for reducing plastic pollution and use lessons learnt to enable transformational change. |
Lower Medway |
Local Community |
Planned |
View |
Develop network of citizen science volunteers to monitor Invasive Non-Native Species across the catchment
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Cray and Shuttle |
Environment Agency |
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Identify Natural Flood Management opportunities within the Darent catchment |
Darent |
South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
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The Holistic Water for Horticulture project offers advice to farmers on nature-based solutions designed to increase businesses' resilience to water scarcity in the Medway: www.holisticwaterforhorticulture.org |
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Local Landowners/Farmers/Managers |
Active |
View |
Investigate solution to diffuse pollution issues
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Cray and Shuttle |
London Borough of Bexley |
Active |
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Investigate options for improved aquifer recharge |
Darent |
Environment Agency, Local Authorities, Local Community, Natural England, North West Kent Countryside Partnership |
Proposed |
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Trial natural capital mapping to target and scope interventions to improve catchment health. |
Beult |
Local Landowners/Farmers/Managers, Southern Water |
Active |
View |
Raise awareness of flooding and diffuse pollution |
Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle Catchment Improvement Group |
Completed |
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Promote pollution prevent through community engagement |
Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle Catchment Improvement Group |
Active |
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Develop network of volunteers to report flooding and/or pollution events |
Cray and Shuttle |
Thames 21 |
Active |
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Research the historic fish population, and species present through time, of the River Cray & Shuttle. |
Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle Catchment Improvement Group |
Active |
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Develop a citizen science project with the local community to provide intelligence on river issues. |
Darent |
Environment Agency, Kent High Weald Partnership, Kent Wildlife Trust, Local Angling Groups, Local Authorities, Local Community, Local Landowners/Farmers/Managers, Natural England, South East Rivers Trust, Volunteers |
Proposed |
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Liaise with angling clubs to deliver fishing related training and guidance. |
Cray and Shuttle |
Environment Agency |
Active |
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Work with farming community to tackle diffuse pollution issues |
Darent |
Environment Agency, Kent Wildlife Trust, Natural England, South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
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Delivery Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) programme across the Medway catchment. |
Beult |
Environment Agency |
Active |
View |
Indentify and prioritise fish passage projects in the Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle Catchment Improvement Group |
Active |
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Raise awareness of activities that impact water quality |
Darent |
South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
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Identify locations for riparian habitat creation in partnership with landowners |
Beult |
Environment Agency, Medway Valley Countryside Partnership |
Proposed |
View |
Engage with businesses and landowners by offering advice and support on matters related to the river. |
Cray and Shuttle |
Cray and Shuttle Catchment Improvement Group |
Active |
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PROWATER - Investigate options for improving water resource provision through landscape management |
Beult |
Kent County Council, Natural England, South East Water |
Active |
View |
Collect and investigate fish data
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Proposed |
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Deliver fish surveys to fill data gaps
|
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Environment Agency, South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
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Review the FCS2 classification and assess its appropriateness. |
|
South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
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Investigate NFM opportunities in the Eden |
Eden |
South East Rivers Trust |
Planned |
View |
Engage with local Authorities to discourage developments on floodplain |
Eden |
Environment Agency |
Planned |
View |
Recruit River Guardians/River Search volunteers to report/help clear litter and debris from the River Eden.
|
Eden |
Environment Agency, Local Community, South East Rivers Trust |
Planned |
View |
Continued stakeholder engagement with the Medway Catchment Partnership and its River Eden sub-group.
|
Eden |
Kent Wildlife Trust |
Active |
View |
Deliver engagement events through 'Love Your River' days |
Eden |
Environment Agency, Local Landowners/Farmers/Managers, Medway Valley Countryside Partnership |
Active |
View |
Delivery of the citizen science Riversearch initiative
|
Eden |
South East Rivers Trust, Surrey Wildlife Trust |
Active |
View |
Identify locations for habitat restoration |
Eden |
|
Proposed |
View |
Creation of habitat for protected species
|
Eden |
Environment Agency, Kent Wildlife Trust |
Planned |
View |
Develop the 'Yellow Fish' initiative in urban centres along the Eden |
Eden |
Environment Agency |
Proposed |
View |
Reduce run-off and minimise impacts of sedimentation |
Eden |
Environment Agency |
Planned |
View |
Map mink presence in the sub-catchment
|
Eden |
South East Rivers Trust |
Proposed |
View |
Eradicate Invasive Non-Native Species from the sub-catchment
|
Eden |
South East Rivers Trust, Surrey Wildlife Trust |
Proposed |
View |
Promote riparian buffer strips on agricultural land
|
Eden |
Kent Wildlife Trust, Surrey Wildlife Trust |
Active |
View |
Identify potential for floodplain rehabilitation throughout the catchment |
Eden |
Kent Wildlife Trust, Surrey Wildlife Trust |
Active |
View |