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& Delivering Natural Flood Management in an Upland Catchment Upper Wharfedale www.yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com Daniel Turner Senior Project Officer dan.turner@yorkshiredalesriverstrust.com

“Working to enhance and protect the rivers of the Yorkshire Dales for the benefit of everyone”

Natural Flood Management- Working with Natural Processes

Quantify Multiple Benefits Engagement How do we deliver catchments that are more resilient to Flooding? Reducing flood risk Funding Collaboration Expectation Management

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The natural environment is A number of EU directives aim to protect dependent on water to provide and improve the delivery of these services. society with many essential benefits also known as “ecosystem services” Water Framework Carbon Capture and Drinking Water Food Floods Directive Habitats Directive Recreation Carbon Drinking water Directive Biodiversity storage directive Directive Production Successful implementation and integration of the different directives at a local level is a major shared challenge. Understanding how this can be achieved is fundamental to delivering long-term sustainable ecosystem-based management strategies.

Where is Upper Wharfedale?

2015 Floods: Over 150 properties flooded, including 79 in Tadcaster. More than 20 other communities across the catchment were affected. r t e a s d c T a , f e h a r W r v e R i d s o o F l 5 0 1 2

Could we consider other Can we continue to build our approaches? way out of flooding?

It delivers more than just reducing flood risk

o s t l p h e g - n Elevate soil compaction n t i p l a e r e T a t e t r n f i l d i n w a helps to store more water o s l p t , e e r c n t i Leaky Dams replicate d . u n r o g h e o t n t r i a t e w natural features helping to slow the movement of water R i p a r i a n B u f f e r s s Wetlands help to store water t r i i p n c s r e a s e r o u g h n e s s a n d s l t o in the catchment h w e m o v e m e n t o f w a t e r

Countryside Stewardship Flood Facilitation Fund Naturally Resilient Yorkshire Water BAF, other projects through multiple benefits, Upper Wharfe Catchment Partnership ICASP and working with University Researchers

CSFFF Wharfedale Supports people and organisations that bring farmers, foresters, and other land managers together to improve the local natural environment at a landscape scale. This group’s focus is 16 farmers covering over 6000 ha Natural Flood Management

What are we doing: Running Training Events : Soil health workshop, Installation of NFM demonstrations (Leaky Dams), Stewardship workshops School Visits: Getting in to local primary and secondary schools Demonstration trials: Aeration trials to reduce compaction.

"Help local communities and farm business in Wensleydale and Wharfedale to tackle reducing flood risk.” What are we doing: Providing one to one support through Natural Flood Management Farm Plans. Setting up demonstration sites Connecting flood effect communities with farmers and landowners reducing flood risk. Modelling to help direct and priorities work. Funded by Princes Countryside Fund

Natural Flood Management Farm Plans

Natural Flood Management Measure- a practical guide for farmers

Demonstration Areas: Oughtershaw Beck

Funding Yorkshire Water Biodiversity Action Fund River Wharfe SSSI restoration project Working with partners: YDNPA, multiple benefits.

Phd student ICASP: Monitoring the effect of Woody material in upland catchments “to generate impacts worth more than £50M to the regional economy by using existing research to generate economic, societal and environmental benefits in rural and urban areas of Yorkshire.” • Improve responses and long-term resilience to floods and droughts in urban and rural areas