River Trent Transformation: Staffordshire University Campus SUNRISE Project (ERDF Funded)
Spanning 2014 to 2021, This video tells the story of the transformation of a straightened section of the River Trent in Stoke-on-Trent on the Staffordshire University Leek Road Campus.
In what became part of the European Regional Development Fund and Environment-Agency funded SUNRISE project, this component of the works shows the radical transformation of the river corridor so far.
The Wild Trout Trust have been involved right from the start - in what grew into a highly complex partnership project mediated through the Trent Valley Catchment Partnership, hosted by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
There are multiple crucial partners who contributed to these works - from the intricate funding and financial reporting carried out through Stoke-on-Trent City Council, project management by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, consultation and support through the complex consenting and permissions process by the Environment Agency in its regulatory role, funding and project steering by the Environment Agency in its Catchment Partnership role, formal geomorphological design by AquaUoS (and now Dynamic Rivers), earthworks by the principal delivery contractor Sanctus Ltd. and the encouragment and facilitation by Staffordshire University; each partner was absolutely vital to the success of the project.
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It's a start. Many more projects like this are needed
Would love to see a follow up video a couple years later to see how things developed!
@chriswalford4161
Жыл бұрын
…and in spate.
Inspiring intervention
great efforts
I would love an update video on this project, I’ve been through there on the canal many times and am very pleased that this project was a success. Would be great to see an update years down the line to show people in my local area where there are many rivers that would benefit from this treatment, having a short video that could easily be presented to our council to help get the ball rolling would be absolutely amazing.
Excellent work to enhance the riverine environment. Best endeavours to Wild Trout Trust Simon Artley( member supporter) Manchester
There needs to be some new rules regarding buildings adjacent to rivers i would like to see rules saying 200meters Absolute minimum from a river bank for any construction at all
You'd regularly see wild rabbits and frogs around there. Not a single one now.
Good day I am interested about this.hope you will help us here in the Philippines to make solutions and prevent river erosion in my place.
Update would be good
@WildTroutTrust
8 ай бұрын
I have a little footage of a re-visit by almost all of the WTT Conservation Officers and the Director (we had a summer staff meeting nearby this year and made that site visit part of our activities over a 2-day meet; since we all live in different parts of the country). I will try to carve out some time to create a short edit. Paul
@Clyne-sv4hd
8 ай бұрын
@@WildTroutTrustThat would be great..thanks👍
How is this not making a fake river? Would it not be better to let the natural process create a natural river? By all means get rid of the non native species, but designing and constructing it like it was an Olympic canoeing course, means you are still deciding on what species will congregate and what will not just as if it were a farm or industrial site.
@ThyCorylus
Жыл бұрын
The river isn't in a natural state nor is the built-up situation of this section of the Trent a landscape a natural environment thus a natural process won't take place. Obviously this won't have the same outcome as an undisturbed natural process (impossible in Britain for the most part given its almost entirely a man-made landscape) but it offers a far better habitat than previous. One argument for letting a semi-natural process take place is the introduction of Beavers. I'm not sure I agree with reintroductions to contrive a pre-human habitat given Oostvaardersplassen and the ridiculous levels of management and interference required.
But now it looks utterly contrived where before only partially