1 keep farm animals out of the uplands,
2 plant native trees on high land whence they should never have been eradicated in the first place, and
3 bring back the beaver.
None of these has any chance of being considered by the intensely conservative local conservation industry. What a shower.
As for the farmers, this is worth reading from Mark:
Natural England has always found ways to put more money in the pockets of farmers so that they don’t have to spend their own. Thus, so that England can comply with the EU Water Framework Directive in reducing the level of diffuse pollution in rivers, groundwater and other aquatic habitats caused by farming operations, Natural England runs Catchment Sensitive Farming, a capital grants scheme that funds farmers to erect fencing along farmland watercourses to prevent livestock entering the water; put roofing over manure storage areas and livestock gathering yards to prevent run-off from rain; separate clean and dirty water in farmyards; install rainwater harvesting equipment; and create sediment ponds and install bio beds and sprayer wash-down areas to reduce pesticide run off into watercourses. All of these would seem to be me about the cost of doing business! Why they have to be grant funded seems to me more evidence of the dependency culture of farmers.
That's an idea. Will SWT and the local utterly useless Unnatural England be erecting fences around the streams on Blacka?
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