1. FARMING
FLOODPLAINS
for the
FUTURE
Matt Jones
FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE
2. FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE
• Partnership Project
– Bringing together
• Sow & Penk Drainage Board
• Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
• Environment Agency
• Natural England
• FWAG
• Staffordshire County Council
• Hosted by : Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
• Funded by : Defra
– Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
Innovation Fund
FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE
3. Key Aim
To determine whether the farmed
landscape can be viably managed in
ways that effectively reduce flood
risk downstream, while at the same
time enhancing the natural
environment.
• National pilot project
• Looking at the practicalities of
implementing solutions on the ground
• To inform future policy direction
FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE
4. The Sow & Penk Catchments
FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE
19. FOR MORE INFORMATION…..
www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk
Matt Jones
Wetlands Officer
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Tel : 01889 880142
Mob : 07970 062320
E-mail : m.jones@staffs-wildlife.org.uk
FARMING FLOODPLAINS for the FUTURE