Richard Jeffries and Roy Richardson

1. Richard Jeffries and Roy Richardson Improving Scottish Rivers Proposals for delivery

2. From this… Urban improvements …to this.

3. From this… Rural improvements …to this.

4. River corridor Agricultural field Varied habitats – trees / scrub Flood water storage within river corridor Good for Ecology Good for land management Varied habitats – pools, riffles, etc Natural width low-flow channels keep the river bed clear of fine sediment. Less maintenance needed.

5. Working within the landscape

6. Catchment plan Healthy rivers Ecologically unhealthy

7. Ecology  Land use  Urban  Healthy sections Unhealthy sections Area at risk of flooding Focus areas Urban areas - flood risk? Land use River corridor Urban area Arable – avoid Pasture – investigate potential River corridor

8. Working within the landscape

9. Local factors & opportunities Channel moving around – issues with drain maintenance Regeneration opportunity Possibility of small-scale works 2 metre statutory buffer Space for a functioning river High value land: no restoration here Possibility of small-scale works

10. River plan Ecology  Land use  Urban  Stepping stone restoration Less maintenance Better habitats Restore to reduce flood risk No change Stepping stone restoration No change

11. Rural restoration opportunity • Land not used for agriculture • Old channel still present

12. Logie burn • £22,000 from SEPA • Total value £48,000 low cost active restoration

13. Urban restoration partnership

14. Small scale stepping stone example

15. Catchment plan River plan River plan River plan

16. Q & A

17. Discussion questions • Is improvements based on constraints the right approach? • Improvements: where might benefits outweigh costs? • Constraints: where might costs outweigh benefits?