Natural Flood Management on the River Twyver

Changes in rural land use, urban development, alterations to the water courses, and changing weather patterns have all affected the way the rivers respond to rainfall and the risk of flooding to riverside communities. The Twyver Natural Flood Management project worked with landowners and farmers to slow the speed with which water flows into the Twyver and reduce risk of flooding in Gloucester. NFM measures included tree planting to help slow over land flows, installing woody structures to reduce the speed of flows in the rivers and fencing to exclude livestock. One key aspect of the project was to improve riparian habitat for biodiversity. This project was a partnership between Gloucester City, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, and the Environment Agency.

[@SusanA1056]

Have beavers been reintroduced?

[@mayuranjayatharan7048]

Hello, I am a postgraduate student currently researching the effectiveness of nature-based solutions for flood mitigation. Do you have any published reports or articles that I could read up on based on your findings?

[@deerwood9]

Have you considered the introduction of beavers to help with flood management?

[@simonpickering9085]

They would probably just head down stream to a wider section of river and probably too many dogs around on this section

[@chrisjones6736]

@@simonpickering9085 dogs should absolutely not be seen as a barrier to beaver introduction. Your first point is a good one, but if beavers can be held for a period in a good spot to help with nfm once they have established territory it is most likely they will stay there. They build MUCH better dams than we do, and make incredible contributions to other biodiversity. #CornwallBeaverProject. and numerous others!!

[@chinaski2020]

Tell the farmers to stop over-gazing their pasture

[@js2749]

I don’t see how staring at the grass creates problems 😁

[@chinaski2020]

@@js2749 oh great an auto-correct typo from a year ago..

[@js2749]

It was omlee a joke ffs@@chinaski2020

[@MK-lz1bx]

@@js2749🤣🤣

[@attermire2109]

the flooding is down to centuries of bad land management, the only 'climate change' is the normal long solar cycle one that flips between warmer and cooler over time