South West Peak Landscape Partnership

Project Objectives

Funded by a Water Environment Grant, 2019-2021Focus on improving water quality

1) Complete water & soil management feasibility studies, backed-up with Farm Water and Soil Plans for key holdings to identify issues and remediation measures.

2) Work with farmers to implement water and soil management measures to reduce diffuse pollution to improve water quality and benefit wider ecosystem services.

3) Implement a package of upland land management practices including Natural Flood Measures and management of Invasive Non-Native Species to benefit WFD through improvement of specific element status.

Location

Dove source to Manifold

Meerbrooksource to Churnet

Churnetsource to Meerbrook

Hampssource to Manifold

Project Partners

PDNPA = Project Lead – project management, delivery & reporting

EA = Main WEG contact – advice, support etc

NE = Designated sites and AES advice, consents etc

SWT = Joint work and delivery on specific sites

CWT = Joint work and delivery via Slowing the Flow project

Planned Deliverables

• Blanket bog restoration• Wet heath restoration• Clough woodland creation• Invasive Non-Native Species mapping, awareness raising and

removal• Soil compaction study• Farm Water & Soil Plans• Natural Flood Management measures• Farm Water Quality measures

Data Collection• Desk study• Rapid Invertebrate Assessment• Soil Compaction Testing

Site Surveys• Identifying sites with potential water quality issues• Producing Farm Plans outlining measures and options• Signposting to advice and funding

Habitat Restoration• 30ha sphagnum planting to restore two blanket bog sites in the Churnet

catchment • Planting 60,0000 plug plants by staff and volunteers

Invasive Non-Native Species

• Survey & awareness raising• Mapping on GIS• Manual removal

NFM Measures

‘Leaky Dams’

Large Woody Debris

Package of NFM measures such as:

Other Measures

Tree planting

Stock fencing and pasture pumps

CulvertsWatercourse crossingsLivestock troughsSediment ponds and traps

Package of on-farm measures such as:

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