Links and Resources
Here are a few of the documents and videos produced or supported by the Sussex Flow Initiative Project:
- Restoring Wood in Watercourse for Natural Flood Management – guidance document created to support individuals and organisation to undertake their own leaky dam works.
- A Practical Guide for Landowners and Farmers on Natural Flood Management – guidance document created to empower landowners and farmers to undertake natural flood management measures in a lowland catchment.
- Overview of Sussex Flow Initiative - video looking at the work of the project.
- Floodplain tree planting – video on floodplain woodland planting.
- Wilder School Day, building leaky dams – video of working with school groups to build leaky dams on Chailey Common.
Other Natural Flood Management projects:
In addition to the work of the Sussex Flow Initiative, there are a many other projects being run across the country. Below are just a few of the incredible projects being running by communities, farmers and other organisations:
- The Stroud Rural SuDs - is an innovative Natural Flood Management project working to reduce flood risk and restore biodiversity throughout the catchment of the River Frome and its tributaries.
- Pontbren Farmers - is a farmer led approach to protect and enhance soils and landscape through addition of trees, hedgerows and other measures.
- Pumlumon Project - is a pioneering, science-based project to revive the ecology and economy of the Welsh uplands.
- Slowing the Flow at Pickering - is a Natural Flood Management project using leaky woody dams and other measures to reduce flood peak in Pickering.
- Wild Ennerdale - aims to allow the evolution of Ennerdale as a wild valley for the benefit of people, relying more on natural processes to shape its landscape and ecology.
Other Natural Flood Management documents:
- High Water – video exploring Natural Flood Risk Management, and the communities at the heart of it all.
- Stroud Principles and Methods - video series highlighting the work of the Stroud project
- How Re-wilding Reduces Flood Risk