tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post4189880999706016966..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Fun Online Polls: Floods & Dry JanuaryMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-38106550442005912812016-01-05T12:57:34.639+00:002016-01-05T12:57:34.639+00:00F and MW. Also there was a lot of upland manageme...F and MW. Also there was a lot of upland management as well that has been abandoned for whatever reason. I was reading how around Pickering Monks had built surge ponds on the moors to regulate the flow to the down stream watercourses and that these had been abandoned/neglected whatever.Lolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586735342675041312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-91842210522741663982016-01-04T19:04:46.760+00:002016-01-04T19:04:46.760+00:00M, you're married and I've seen your garde...M, you're married and I've seen your garden. The trees are all chewed away and the stream is dammed up. So there's enough beaver in your life. <br /><br />F, a good point, well made. Dredging is a better short term solution but not necessarily the best or only long term one.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-8218960109835730652016-01-04T18:30:47.533+00:002016-01-04T18:30:47.533+00:00"But faced with the deliberately stark choice..."But faced with the deliberately stark choice (basically George Monbiot vs agricultural landowners), the first option is the better one."<br /><br />I think you're wrong, at least in Cumbria. The hills in Cumbria have been deforested for a long time, the rivers have been undredged for a short time. When the rivers were dredged there were few floods. Therefore we should go back to dredging.<br /><br />It <b>might</b> be a good idea to start planting trees on the hills but it's going to take a long time for them to get established and to see whether or not it works. In the meantime, go back to doing what works.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13006890073202758172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-1557774214492376442016-01-04T09:19:43.219+00:002016-01-04T09:19:43.219+00:00I'm all for reintroducing beavers, phnaaar, ph...I'm all for reintroducing beavers, phnaaar, phnaarmombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.com