John Hickey, from the Connecting the Culm team, reflects on a visit by Network Rail’s Climate Adaptation and Infrastructure Resilience Team, where graduate engineers and university students explored how nature-based solutions can complement traditional engineering approaches to tackling future climate challenges.
Catchment officers, John Hickey and Lucy Jefferson, have been out and about across the Culm Catchment meeting landowners, residents, and community groups – all working towards our shared goal: installing nature-based solutions (NBS) and
Our seventh Connecting the Culm Forum, held in April at the Cullompton Community Centre, focused on nature-based solutions (NBS) and how we are using them to tackle flooding and drought and to restore nature. Our
Earlier this year Dr. Roger Cutting gave an illuminating presentation for us on the history and benefits of water meadows. Here, he talks about what sparked his interest in the subject, outlines the different types
Above: Tim Dafforn, Countryside Manager for the National Trust, speaking to Network Rail staff visiting the Killerton floodplain project recently. Two major transport links run alongside the River Culm for a stretch of
We are delighted to share the responses to the questions that were submitted during the sixth Connecting the Culm forum. The event focused on the topic of nature recovery on the Culm and you
T he sixth Connecting the Culm Forum, hosted by the excellent folk at Cullompton Community Centre, saw nearly 100 people gather for a fascinating evening focusing on nature recovery on the Culm. The
Tim Dafforn, Countryside Manager for the National Trust at Killerton, describes the changes in wildlife seen on the Culm floodplain at Coumbjohn since the Trust lifted grazing pressure and undertook some earthworks to improve
How can we fairly fund farmers to deliver the work that needs doing to reduce flood risk on the River Culm? Slowing down water on farmland during floods is an essential way to reduce damage
Over the last 3 years the CtC team have been working with landowners to design and deliver a range of ‘nature-based solutions’ (NBS) on land within the Culm catchment. A number of different NBS
