Case Study

Keeping their cool May 2015 RNRP helps deliver deliver helps Joint funding funding Joint woods for water for woods River restoration underway at the Cheselbourne site at underway restoration River

The Cheselbourne scheme to communities as shown tangible benefits can provide Trees The site scheme in Dorset. Project Planting Tree Wessex by a in a shallow to a small stream in Cheselbourne is adjacent the Historically, Piddle. the River into feeds which valley, were and deepened, and sheep straightened was stream the addition, In erosion. close by, causing bank to graze able would that watercress remove regularly to had landowners rainfall since heavy the summer, during the stream in grow and increasing blocking culverts it downstream, wash would flood risk. river a miniature completed recently Trust Wildlife Dorset AONB. Dorset from with help the site on project restoration and constrictions the banks, creating lowering included Work of flow the to slow the stream debris into woody introducing Project Planting Tree Wessex the work, this As part of water. will the sheep, which, by excluding trees and fencing provided the reducing to establish, vegetation bankside natural allow the will also cool trees The to dominate. cress for potential diffuse and agricultural run-off reduce temperature, water future. the debris in woody natural pollution and provide including local schools, volunteers, Trust Wildlife Dorset the site. “This is a on trees 2,000 around planted have and it demonstrates working partnership of example great can be beautiful and highly projects that small planting flood and natural restoration to river when it comes effective Thomson. says Hamish management,” Dorset Wildlife Trust Wildlife Dorset Environment Agency ensured that opportunities for woodland for that opportunities ensured Agency Environment which comprised mainlythe site, maximised on were creation to flooding. was land that arable prone Trust Trout Wild the such as partners, with other Working has also been and Dorset, Wiltshire of Trusts Wildlife the and these organisations success, since the project’s to invaluable ”

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(L-R) Hamish Thomson (Woodland Trust), Kim Goonesekera (Environment Agency), Rags MacGregor (Came (Came MacGregor Rags Agency), (Environment Kim Goonesekera Trust), Thomson (Woodland Hamish (L-R) Estate) (Came Millington-Stephenson and Mike Estate) The Wessex Tree Planting Project has shown how trees trees how has shown Project Planting Tree Wessex The and, in objectives water their achieve can help partners meetAgency the Environment they can help how particular, Directive. Framework Water the of the requirements The Environment Agency agrees that the project is having a is having the project that agrees Agency The Environment with worked to have pleased very are impact. “We positive this exciting on local landowners and Trust Woodland the woodland of these areas to seeing forward and look project, and supporting in improving vital role and play a grow says Kim and countryside,” system river the surrounding Agency. the Environment at Manager Project Goonesekera, Support for landowners in the form of trees and guards and guards trees of form the in landowners for Support scheme, MOREwoods Trust’s the by for has been paid costs a landowner’s of cent per to 60 up which covers the project’s Given a hectare. half than more planting if Directive Framework Water the to deliver in helping role also made was funding further these catchments, in to Agency ‘top-up’ the Environment from available successful a really “It has been landowners. for support the on improvements real that is delivering partnership Thomson. says Hamish and gaining momentum,” ground Landowners and partners have been made aware of of been made aware have and partners Landowners the support as well as can provide, trees the benefits and the Environment Trust Woodland the from available MOREwoods targeted A ways. of variety in a Agency, the in and distributed was produced leaflet Water for and Dorset Wiltshire, of and Piddle areas Frome Avon, have event and an advisor walks farm while Hampshire, those interested. engage also helped directly Getting the word out Getting word the often undertake wider river restoration work in which trees trees which in work restoration river wider undertake often and Trust Woodland the from part. Support can play a gained have these projects has meant Agency Environment as bank such provide, can trees that benefits the additional pollution and reduced debris woody shade, stabilisation, run-off. water and surface