River Irt, Assisted River Restoration, Wasdale

West Cumbria Rivers Trust Funded by Natural England Species Recovery Programme

WCRT are undertaking river improvement projects as part of the Natural England Species Recovery Programme.

The purpose of these works is to help restore the natural functioning of a section of the River Irt in Black Wood.

The project aims to naturalise a reach of the River Irt within Black Wood owned by the National Trust.

Works entail 70m section of cobble revetment removal, placed into channel to create habitat and rapid features, engineer paleo channel reconnection and large woody debris installation all of which have been issued a flood risk activity permit by the Environment Agency.

Due to the density of tree, it was concluded that this operation could not be untaken from the bank top, our excavators are all equipped with bio oil and regularly used in sensitive environments.