Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle Catchment Restoration Project

http://research.ncl.ac.uk/haltwhistleburn/

Monitoring, modelling, community participation and natural flood management are all underway in Haltwhistle.

The Tyne Rivers Trust and Elanor Starkey at Newcastle have led this innovative project.

The project was award a prize by The River Restoration Centre as best community participation initiative.

and was shortlisted for the Guardian Science award for its innovative Natural Flood Management Scheme.

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2016/mar/17/social-and-community-impact-category-award-winner-and-runners-up