Jude Ward, Biodiversity Technical Specialist, West Midlands The Environment Agency maintains a number of flood and coastal defence assets across 7000km of river. It’s my job as a biodiversity technical specialist to ensure these assets are maintained, repaired, and created …
For those who follow me on Twitter, you’ll have seen that I’ve spent a lot of time recently supervising our pumping operations in the River Aire washlands in Yorkshire. It’s quite difficult to explain the complexity of the flooding and …
Lee Rawlinson, Area Director for Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Three weeks on from unusually heavy rain and flooding was seen across the North West and Derbyshire, recovery work has started in affected towns and villages including Whaley Bridge. Lee …
I am a Senior Archaeologist providing heritage advice at the Environment Agency. I’m lucky enough to be part of a scheme that has used innovative technology to make sure that we properly investigate archaeology. All the while reducing the impact …
We have received a number of comments and enquiries about some flood maintenance work we have carried out on an embankment at Kelfield Ings, on the River Ouse, eight miles downstream of York. Kelfield Ings is part of the Three …
