Recently, and for the first time, we dipped our toes into the world of leaky dams by creating a small series of leaky dams on a small burn. Leaky dams are a form of natural flood management which mimic either the natural build up of woody debris in a river or the work of beavers. Because we have lost much of our river side woodland in the uplands of Scotland, many of the rivers lack woody material which would usually fall into them. Leaky dams provide many benefits including slowing the flow of
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Recently, and for the first time, we dipped our toes into the world of leaky dams by creating a small series of leaky dams on a small burn. Leaky dams are a form of natural flood management which mimic either the natural build up of woody debris in a river or the work of beavers. Because we have lost much of our river side woodland in the uplands of Scotland, many of the rivers lack woody material which would usually fall into them. Leaky dams provide many benefits including slowing the flow of
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