Projects and reports on the SUNO and Wharfe/Ouse Catchments Title Purpose Geographic Coverage Date Where held Current Projects + Reports NE green infrastructure mapping project Help local authorities protect and create green infrastructure through their Local Development Frameworks (LDFs). Identifies green corridors throughout region 2010 North Yorks + York LNP bring a diverse range of individuals, businesses and organisations together at a local level to create a vision and plan of action of how the natural environment can be taken into account in decision making Priority areas – River Swale River Ure Selby current YDRT has reports on Ure, Swale and Selby from Matt Millington NYCC paper on overall project at Opportunity mapping for woodlands to reduce flooding improving the condition of the water environment and meeting the objectives of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Y+H region 2010 Leeds City region – Green Infrastructure Strategy blueprint to guide environmental investment to underpin economic vitality and environmental health. Central Ure Landscape Project (CUre) - river valleys of the Ure and its major tributaries in a lowland agricultural context Aug 2010 EA/ YDRT Upper Wharfe SSSI Restoration project Project to improve the Upper Wharfe SSSI following Natural England report and recommendations by reconnecting the river to the flood plain. Significant opposition to the project by landowners Upper Wharfe (Buckden) 2013/14 and 2014/15 Project reports available via EA. YDRT Darley Beck Project
catchments, giving advice to farmers within these areas to help them improve the water quality of the rivers, lake and streams. EA Yorkshire Peat restoration through Yorkshire Peat Partnership Restoring degraded moorland which has been artificially drained. Interventions include grip blocking, gully blocking, steep gully re-profiling and re-vegetating. Yorkshire Dales National Park, , Nidderdale AONB Current General information on YWT Living Landscapes YWT is working with the minerals industry to develop wetland creation schemes, at Ripon City Quarry and Ladybridge Quarry near Nosterfield. River Ure current YWT Vale of York flood plains Conservation work going ahead on twelve sites around the Ouse to improve the wetland habitat around the river banks for wildlife, with a focus on insects. R.Ouse at York current CFE Local prioritisation Document Campaign for the Farmed Environment prioritisation plan for North Yorkshire North Yorks 2013 Pdf held by YDRT EA Ouse Catchment Flood management plan Aims to establish flood risk management policies which will deliver sustainable flood risk management for the long term Rivers Swale, Ure Nidd, Wharfe + Ouse current EA SUNO Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy sets out how EA will manage water resources in the Swale, Ure, Nidd and Upper Ouse catchment SUNO catchment 2013 EA Wharfe and lower Ouse sets out how water resources are managed in the Wharfe and Lower Wharfe and lower Ouse 2013
species and habitats in the district, identify their local status, threats to them and opportunities to assist their recovery. The Action Programme draws together the targets and actions which the partners are committed to undertake to help to reverse these declines locally. action Plan - City of York BAP Plan drawn up to provide up to date information about the wildlife that is found in York, the sites that are of value, its importance both for York and nationally, the threats that are posed by today’s way of life and what can and is being done to conserve it. City of York current - 178k Selby BAP Aims to identifies specific and positive actions that can be undertaken to conserve the District’s biodiversity. Selby District current Nature in the Dales 2020 vision The Local Biodiversity Action Plan for the Yorkshire Dales National Park, ‘Nature in the Dales: 2020 Vision’ sets out our aspirations for action between 2010 and 2020, aiming to conserve and enhance the biodiversity within the National Park. Yorkshire Dales National Park 2010 - 2020 Tarmac North Yorkshire Quarries Biodiversity Action Plan Vol2 of the BAP contains information specific to each of the nine quarry sites within N.Yorks that were included in within the BAP process. Sites mainly associated with the Swale + Ure washlands 2007 - 2011 Older projects + reports SPROUT ‘Strategic Partnership for the River Ouse and its Tributaries’ produced an Opportunity Plan to identify potential locations for environmental enhancement projects R.Ouse and all its tributaries 2007 YDRT have hard copy of the report plus pdf maps
Swale and Ure Washlands Create a chain of nature reserves and community assets on the former mineral workings Middle + lower sections of Swale and Ure. Roughly Scotch corner to Knaresborough 2005 Upper Wharfe Best Practice Project minimise the effects of enhanced sedimentation, poor fish recruitment, diffuse agricultural pollution and temperature by encouraging better land management, creating improved habitats for wildlife and promoting sustainable use of water as a natural resource Wharfe upstream from Kettlewell Ripon Project investigate the potential for delivering flood risk management through land use and land management changes at a catchment scale Laver/Skell catchment at Ripon Ended 2007 Final report lessons learnt paper - Landscape history + Human impacts – Swale + Ure Washlands The project has studied the fluvial, vegetational, and landscape evolution of the area and the impact of human activity during the later postglacial (Holocene) period. Swale + Ure Washlands 2004 YWT River Wiske Otter recovery project Aim to work with landowners to create a safe environment for otters whilst protecting the habitat that’s already there R.Wiske 2009