From Mark H

Saturday, 6 February 2021

I'd certainly like to see beavers introduced more widely across the whole country. 

Beavers, I think, work best to slow the flow of fairly slowly-flowing smaller rivers. Our upper valley rivers carry  water in steep-sided valleys, where flooding is acute and severe. Bye bye beavers.. .

Further down the Calder Valley,  beavers could be introduced where slower-flowing tributary streams meet the Calder? 

Around the new Hebble Brook/ Salterhebble junction, around West Vale or Brookfoot, Cromwell Bottom, Clifton lagoons? 

Some years from now, though, when the flow has slowed a lot more in the gathering grounds, I'll enjoy looking at the Midgehole beaver colony as I stroll back from the Blue Pig...