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You are here: Water Meadows - Framework Management Plan
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Contents
1. Preamble
2. Objectives
3. Process
4. Major issues
5. Urban countryside, amenity and education
6. Publicity, interpretation and volunteers
7. Archaeology
8. Drowning
9. Water voles
10. Drainage, water levels and flooding
11. Boundaries and their restoration
12. Grazing and meadow use management
13. Ecological surveys
14. Canada Geese and other birds
15. Tree survey and maintenance
16. Agri-environment Schemes and the SSSI
17. Summary chart of meadow features
18. Conclusions and recommendations
I. Conference programme participants
II. Meadow names, boundaries, hatch numbers and boundaries
III. The Living River Project
IV. Conservation job list and possible volunteers
V. Phased restoration of archaeological features
VI. Priorities for drowning
VII. Water vole information
VIII. Managing ditches for water voles and other wildlife
IX. Site of Special Scientific Interest area
X. Drainage priority areas
XI. Provisional plan for meadow use
XII. The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
XIII. Pollarding and the tree survey
XIV. Prioritising drowning and recognising natural flooding
XV. Hydrological micromanagement
XVI. Hotspots
XV11. Site Management Statement (not appended)
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