Habitat Solutions
IN-RIVER WORKS. In some cases the damage done to the river channel by very excessive overgrazing over a long period – or arterial drainage schemes – is so severe that fencing alone will not cure the problem – at least not in an acceptable time scale.
Here a variety of options is available. Various combinations of logs, conifer tree tops and rocks can be used to stabilize banks and restore the natural channel form.
Left - 1995 - An eroding river bank.
Right - 2000 - Big increases in salmon parr and trout.
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