TAW RIVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - TRIP

A £1.86 million project (2012-2015) funded through the Catchment Restoration Fund and successfully completed - delivering improvements in ecological status across the catchment under the Water Framework Directive in the areas of fisheries management, land management - agriculture, land management - biodiversity and data & surveying.

The project was managed by the Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) and run on a partnership basis with 14 partners in all. Fisheries work was co-ordinated by RTFA, WRT and the EA.

Achievements:

In-River (Fish) Habitat Improvements - in addition to access over weirs work for which see Weirs Project website page:

• Coppicing - 6km approx.


• Debris Dams - 29 blockages removed


• Spawning Gravels - 82 sites cleaned


• Woody Debris Introduction and Revetments - 5 sites

Catchment Management for Improved Water Quality:

• Farms visited and advised - 121


• Farm Plans written - 86


• Farm Instruction Projects - 22


• Watercourse Fencing - 18km


• Alternative Drinking Sources installed - 26


• Soil and Nutrient Tests - 48


• Culm Habitat Restoration - 700 acres


• Reports, Studies and Publications - 6

Thanks are due to all members of the partnership.